Example sentences of "you [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ye are a great pair of girls . |
| 2 | Ye 're a Roman Catholic , Ah take it ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Ye 're a real wee smasher , ’ he told her . |
| 4 | ‘ Ye think ye 're a big man , ’ Phillis said , with a rare spite , ‘ but I saw ye greeting . |
| 5 | ‘ Mother , ye 're a devious woman . ’ |
| 6 | Have you been a good boy ? |
| 7 | Have you been a good boy ? |
| 8 | Have you been a good boy for your mum ? |
| 9 | Mm mm mm and have n't you been a good boy ? |
| 10 | You been a busy boy tonight . |
| 11 | MOSTLY A'S : You are a fanatical ( if rather smelly ) fishkeeper , with no interest in the opposite sex and probably severe facial contusions caused by a man with a catfish named after him . |
| 12 | ‘ Why , ’ she said , ‘ you are a good person ! |
| 13 | If you are a good journalist you 're already there ; you should be able to anticipate ahead that there might be an invasion on . |
| 14 | And when the tailor and the little grey man were consuming the pie , whose warm smell filled the little house , the little grey man said , ‘ Otto was right , you are a good and honest man , and you care — for all the creatures in this place , leaving no one unattended and nothing undone . |
| 15 | Before I discuss the technique of punt fishing , however , let me describe what kind of punt is ideal , and then you will know what to look for if you are about to buy one , or know what to plan if you are a good D.I.Y . |
| 16 | ‘ Mr Christie , ’ said a voice , ‘ you do n't know me but I know you , We have met and I know that you are a good man and a religious man . |
| 17 | You are a good clerk , Monsieur Corbett . ’ |
| 18 | You are a good model and you suited me very well . |
| 19 | Come now … y'know I need a good listener , and you are a good listener . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You are a good mother , ’ he said gently . |
| 21 | ‘ You are a good second class student , ’ was his verdict ; ‘ my job is to help you scrape up enough marks to push you over the border line . ’ |
| 22 | The importance of liking yourself is that you do n't need the approval of other people — you do n't m-ed other people to tell you that you are a good person , a caring mum , an intelligent member of staff , a considerate daughter , etc . |
| 23 | His mother was advised to make her signal much more definite — ‘ You are a good boy for getting dressed nicely — you have a good game with your X now ’ . |
| 24 | General statements like ‘ You are a good boy ’ , ‘ That 's really nice ’ , ‘ That 's right ’ can comment on what the child has just done . |
| 25 | ‘ I hope you are a good liar . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ And you are a good woman , more 's the pity . ’ |
| 27 | The Bishop , reading Peter 's thoughts , would have liked to have put his arms around him , would have liked to have said , I can not make you Archdeacon because you have insufficient judgement and experience , but you are a good priest , a conscientious priest , and I am wretched to disappoint you . |
| 28 | I believe you are a good friend of the Oldenburgs . ’ |
| 29 | You may think you are a good enough driver to go over the speed limit , but you may also realise that a world in which everyone drove very fast might be a little on the dangerous side . |
| 30 | People think you are a good woman , but you are lying to them ! ’ |