Example sentences of "you [modal v] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a planned hospital stay you will have been told to prepare for the operation as best as you can , perhaps by losing some weight , discontinuing any medication that you may be taking , or attempting to stop smoking . |
| 2 | as well as any current diseases and drugs you may be taking to treat them . |
| 3 | If you think you may be harbouring a priceless heirloom in your attic , why not satisfy your curiosity and take it along to a special Valuation Evening at Claydon House , Buckinghamshire , on 28 September ? |
| 4 | Have you considered the harm you may be causing to people , tearing up the past in this way ? |
| 5 | You may be receiving help soon from an unexpected source . ’ |
| 6 | And if you have recently tested EFC-negative then you may be facing 10 years of bitter medicine , without any guarantee that a full cure will be found for your distressing condition . |
| 7 | One of the problems you may be facing in your church is inertia the feeling that we 're doing fine everything 's ticking over . |
| 8 | ‘ I ought to make it quite clear to you , ma'am , ’ he murmured in the taxi , ‘ that any knickers you may be wearing may well be taken down and used in evidence . ’ |
| 9 | Yes , I do understand , but I think you may be over-reacting . |
| 10 | it sounds as though you may be over-soaking the paper prior to stretching . |
| 11 | Try and put yourself in the employer 's place , or perhaps in the place of one of the people you may be dealing with as the employer 's representative . |
| 12 | You may be reading this newsletter as someone the Regional Council has consulted in its efforts to identify the options for reform in Lothian . |
| 13 | On the other hand you may be expecting too fast a weight loss . |
| 14 | You may be expecting some kind of platform game with bouncing mushrooms but instead you need a fair bit of brain power too ! |
| 15 | If your household has two cars and you get rid of one of them you may be helping the environment , but are certainly worse off . |
| 16 | Some widows who have been moderate social drinkers begin to drink more during bereavement , in order to take the edge off their emotional pain ; but this of course creates more problems than it ever solves , so you should never encourage your elderly parent to start taking ‘ tonic ’ wine for her ‘ nerves ’ or a tot of whisky at night to help her to sleep , for you may be helping her to establish a habit that can easily get out of control and become very hard to break . |
| 17 | Add to that determination , patience , skill , desire , stamina and a good pair of shoes and you may be getting close to finding out . |
| 18 | you may be getting somewhere near . |
| 19 | You may be getting it all wrong . |
| 20 | You may be getting a friend or neighbour , and handy some s social event they are planning be careful losing money or credit cards while out shopping , your interest can help you with your career , meeting this month may solve problems with high finance . |
| 21 | It simply means they promise anything to get you off the phone , so keep your fingers crossed or you may be staying here more than one night . ’ |
| 22 | If your diet is based on a cultural background originating from a hotter country , you may be lacking in vitamin D , which is absorbed through sunlight , as well as being present in food . |
| 23 | But you may be spoiling it for yourself . |
| 24 | You may be initiating the correspondence . |
| 25 | A pair of pliers : Pliers are a real jack-of-all-trades tool — they 'll grip all sorts of things you may be trying to undo or tighten up , bend things like stiff wire or metal sheet , and crimp wires together if you 're doing any electrical work . |
| 26 | Healthy , clean wood can heal — sometimes you may be trying to get ahead of spreading disease as it works its way into a plant , and pruning to discoloured , infected wood or leaving bruised , sawn and anything other than clean cuts only causes more trouble . |
| 27 | At the same moment you may be trying to tell the same editor an agreed version of what is happening at your client 's company . |
| 28 | Alternatively , you may be commenting on my handling of the revolution , ’ Mait said , grinning in exhilaration , ‘ playing both sides off against the middle to divert attention from the construction of all this . ’ |
| 29 | If on the other hand you specify the languages in advance , you may be leaving out a language group in which there are people who want to train that you did not know of . |
| 30 | You may be fumbling in the dark — both literally and metaphorically -but you might as well know what it is you might find ! |