Example sentences of "you [be] n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are n't given a list by the firm , make your own priorities list of all the things you want or do n't want cleaned |
| 2 | Er in fact most of the radiation we get in fact is not from nuclear power , it 's from erm man made sourc it 's from , from natural sources eighty seven percent of the population as an average comes from our natural environment a lot comes from radon gas erm a small amount of radioactivity in our food erm we were discussing at er er lunch in , in fact the benefits of , of eating er low sodium salt salt is meant to be bad for you so the health er er er freaks say and it 's the sodium , therefore you should buy low sodium salt which is calcium chloride rather than sodium chloride what they forget to tell you of course is that potassium er sorry it 's , it 's potassium chloride rather than er than s than sodium chloride , what they forget , forget to tell you of course is that potassium is slightly radioactive it contains erm a small amount of , of a naturally occurring radioactive potassium so you get a small dose of radiation er to compensate for the fact you are n't eating any sodium . |
| 3 | You are n't looking for quantities that will fill air balloons but , nonetheless , you need amounts that call on industrial preparation and , as was the case for Paneth and Peters in Germany , the question was where to get it . |
| 4 | " You are n't looking so very well yourself . " |
| 5 | ‘ And besides , ’ Julie had added , looking at her friend with concern , ‘ you are n't looking too well . |
| 6 | If you are n't using flags , cross your arms in front of your body with your right hand clasped over the left . |
| 7 | In practice a question to the defendant on the lines of ‘ Is there any reason why you are n't wearing your seat belt ? would cater for the cases where he or the vehicle is exempt . |
| 8 | You are n't defeated . " |
| 9 | ‘ You are n't intending that we should set up home together ? |
| 10 | ‘ You are n't asked to . ’ |
| 11 | If something interests you , you 're free to go and explore the possibilities of teaching it , and you are n't shut into these watertight boxes that you 're in that department and can never get out of it . |
| 12 | It is worth checking your essay to make sure that you are not presupposing things which you do n't believe are true , and that you are n't hiding anything in a presupposition which needs to be made explicit and justified . |
| 13 | You are n't getting it out of me that easy . |
| 14 | ‘ Rachel , ’ said her mother at last , ‘ you are n't getting involved with him , are you ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Shelley , I do hope you are n't getting too fond of him . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's accepted that the towing tractor will stand idle for some of the time , but at least you are n't taking tankers into the field , ’ he adds . |
| 17 | I assume you wrote this for the New Staffroom , though you are n't credited . |
| 18 | ‘ You are n't holding them right , miss , ’ he told her . |
| 19 | When you are eating a fibre-rich diet there are restraining limits on how many calories you can actually manage to consume in a day — even if you are n't trying to shed weight . |
| 20 | ‘ You are n't trying to tell me you 're sorry it got away , are you ? ’ |
| 21 | I like it here , but I can see you are n't enjoying yourself . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You are n't thinking of going out into the jungle to exercise for old times ’ sake ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ My lady , you are n't thinking of running off with a pedlar ? ’ |
| 24 | You are n't thinking of refusing ? ’ |
| 25 | That 's my greatest complaint — that you are n't led from one stage to the other and you have to keep changing your horizons all the time . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But you are n't leaving already , Joe ? ’ |
| 27 | You are n't leaving , are you ? ’ |
| 28 | ( Decide : where you were ; what you were doing ; why you are n't telling the truth . ) |
| 29 | I think there 's a lot that you are n't telling me . ’ |
| 30 | I hope you are n't seeing this job as a temporary expedient . ‘ |