Example sentences of "you be [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Larry , how long have you been writing poetry ? |
| 2 | How long have you been playing guitar ? ’ |
| 3 | What you been doing stinker , look at the mess yeah , look at all this ooh . |
| 4 | ‘ Have you been attending school at all ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Have you been having hash ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Mrs Choak , how long have you been keeping house for your brother ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You are to give sentence ’ , he reminded them , ‘ in the causes of half a nation … . |
| 8 | If you are sending information to us on a monthly basis , please ensure completed forms are returned by the first day of the month preceding the event ( eg for events taking place in November , information should reach the editor by 1 October ) . |
| 9 | If you are copying artwork for a magazine article , half of the work ( i.e. designing the track layout itself ) is already done for you , and all you need to do is reproduce the given copper track layout onto a suitable medium . |
| 10 | The date to which the period of priority extends is conveniently given on the official stamp on the certificate of search , which will be on Form 94A or 94B , depending on whether you are searching part or all of the land comprised in a title . |
| 11 | If you are considering pupillage or a seat in new chambers , make careful enquiry into the status of the place and the kind and amount of work coming in . |
| 12 | You do n't have to keep your family 's name alive , and you 've got me as an object lesson when you are considering matrimony . " |
| 13 | Ask kind neighbours or friends if they can mow the lawn if you are intending being away a couple of weeks or more . |
| 14 | As he left Number 10 , Ian Gilmour sourly summed up the changes by saying they were ‘ not much good if you are steering full-speed ahead for the rocks ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I am glad you are seeing sense , my son ! ’ |
| 16 | If you are eating meat , trim off all visible fat before cooking — and before eating , if you are at a restaurant . |
| 17 | Make an extra portion of salad if you are eating salad that evening , and leave it in the fridge to be collected as you leave for work in the morning . |
| 18 | In all cases where you are borrowing money , you should ask for , or arrange for , full insurance on the aircraft — so that if you or another group member has a bad crash , maybe writing the aircraft off , the rest of the group ( or your dependants ) are not stuck with the loan . |
| 19 | But more than one such mention , or a too heavily insisted on mention , especially when it is plain that it is not contributing to the whole , simply draws attention to the fact that you are producing fiction . |
| 20 | 4.16 If you are handling cash , however small the amount , and you are not sure if there is an need for you to do so or you can think of an alternative method which will dispense with the need for you to carry cash in the course of your work , you should let your line supervisor know . |
| 21 | ‘ When you are handling food all the time it puts you off . ’ |
| 22 | This involves an area of about one square yard of currently uncultivated land , together with a sturdy spade and lots of energy , for you are seeking evidence of an impermeable layer , or hard pan , down below the ground . |
| 23 | Your opponent will almost certainly require you to produce receipted accounts for the disbursements in respect of which you are seeking payment . |
| 24 | That is one reason why you are seeking help . |
| 25 | — be prepared to open up any particular areas where you are seeking guidance , or new learning , or particular goals ( see previous section on reflection ) . |
| 26 | Thus when you are the only person to get up when a lady comes into the room , or when everyone has half finished their food and you are still waiting for Grace , by standing up , for failing to lift fork and knife , you are drawing attention to the sins of omission of the others and silently rebuking them . |
| 27 | As you inhale , imagine you are drawing energy from this source of light , in through the top of your head and out through your hands and feet as you exhale . |
| 28 | So if you are owed money by a company involved in a members ' voluntary liquidation the chances that you will get all you are owed are good . |
| 29 | You are speaking Hindi ! |
| 30 | When you are catching pond animals , take some of the pondweed and the stems of plants growing half-submerged at the water 's edge too . |