Example sentences of "[prep] [be] your " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I was talking about are your inclinations and I would suggest that you know nothing about them at all . ’ |
| 2 | Their brochure claims : ‘ All you have to pay for are your meals at the prices specified and any extras such as drinks , wines and spirits . ’ |
| 3 | Both Bachofen and Morgan believed that , since you belonged to the group by virtue of being your mother 's son , women in such a system must have a particularly high status . |
| 4 | And , of course , of being your own boss . |
| 5 | For informal workers who genuinely do work for themselves the freedom of being your own boss does not often amount to much amid growing competition and soaring inflation . |
| 6 | So , if talk of painting the town red brings the flaking bathroom walls to mind , in the only rush of spontaneity you can think of is your baby 's before you 've managed to get her clean nappy on , maybe you 're missing out . |
| 7 | But , ’ with one last sigh and a brave smile , ‘ there 's nothing quite like being your own boss . |
| 8 | He exhibits a number of adjectives which differ in precisely the way required while maintaining the same or essentially the same lexical value ( we modify his examples slightly where it is possible to do so without damage to his case , so as to make the distinction sharper ) : ( 19 ) visible stars vs stars visible the only navigable rivers vs the only rivers navigable a handy tool vs are your tools handy ? guilty people vs people guilty As it happens , the examples which Bolinger uses employ words which can make the distinction a rather subtle one , with perhaps the exception of visible stars ( a group recognized astronomically ) beside stars visible ; but it is quite easy to produce further instances which seem to confirm his view : ( 20 ) a complaining visitor vs a visitor complaining the eligible bachelor vs the bachelor eligible In other cases , the divergence of lexical value between the two positions may be greater but still with the characteristic value for the former , and the occasion value for the latter : ( 21 ) the responsible man vs the man responsible a sorry sight vs the girl is sorry He notes that the acceptability of an adjective in pre-adjunct position may apparently depend on whether or not it can be regarded as indicating a relatively enduring characteristic of what is expressed by the noun , as in : ( 22 ) the faint girl vs the girl is faint an asleep man vs a man asleep This possibility of course depends not only on the adjective itself but also on the nature of the noun being qualified , so that " when one scratches one 's head the result is not *a scratched head but when one scores a glass surface the result is a scratched surface " . |
| 9 | Well ’ — she leant slightly forward — ‘ the fellow that Rosie went off with was your dear Andrew , the loving father . |
| 10 | ‘ I told my son only trouble could come from being your pakiteng . ’ |
| 11 | The only cause you were interested in was your own . |
| 12 | I want to be your lover . |
| 13 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 14 | Why , I 'm old enough to be your grandmother ! |
| 15 | ‘ Look , ’ he said at last , ‘ the point is , I 'd like to be your friend . |
| 16 | If the money can clearly be proven to belong to you all , and to be your only means of support , it can not be let out of the family , casually , at the whim of one member . |
| 17 | There are elections at all levels where it can be better for a party to have a low turn-out overall because those who do vote will tend to be your people . |
| 18 | Speaking after the result Mr Sillars said : ‘ Obviously the SNP is very disappointed with this result … but it has been a privilege to be your MP for more than three years . ’ |
| 19 | If I may make one suggestion to the South Africans that is meant to be helpful , it is this : call on Bob Burrows , the ITV producer who was in charge of the Rugby World Cup in this country , and invite him to be your consultant . |
| 20 | ‘ Pamela is going to be your new Mummy , ’ he told them . |
| 21 | The main problem is how to be your own critic . |
| 22 | If , from the very beginning , you are able to listen to your children 's point of view and discuss things with them , they will grow up to be your friends and to respect what you say . |
| 23 | Whether it was built by Brownies or not , it 's proved to be your bridge to Brownies ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ What I want to know , ’ she said in a voice as cold as ice , ‘ is when do I cease to be your mistress and become your wife ? |
| 25 | And what do the answers to those questions say about your ability to be your company 's next marketing director , finance director or even chief executive ? |
| 26 | ‘ If you want to see Greg then he 's got to be your best chance . |
| 27 | I think I should like to be your wife . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd like to be your brother . ’ |
| 29 | Having a boyfriend or husband who is young enough to be your son can still raise a few eyebrows and set tongues wagging but , as these couples prove , love conquers all — even a 30-year age gap |
| 30 | ‘ That would appear to be your idea , not mine . ’ |