Example sentences of "you [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , no silly , where have you been the past year — it stopped meaning Automatic ( or Automated ) Teller Machine ages ago — it now means Asynchronous Transfer Mode ; what does DTP stand for ? |
| 2 | ‘ So how long have you been the plant 's senior technician ? ’ |
| 3 | Yeah , cos you been the college up there did n't you ? |
| 4 | How long have you been the new director ? |
| 5 | You are the actor on show at your audition — no-one is interested in auditioning your coach . |
| 6 | The older you are the greater the chance of you having shingles . |
| 7 | You are the only woman I know — apart from Lucy — who wears skirts and dresses and make-up and turns me on more powerful than a monsoon with all the steam and heat … |
| 8 | No king , no throne for him to sit on — ‘ Now you are the dreamer . ’ |
| 9 | Sir John — your name first — you are the leader here . |
| 10 | ‘ You are the one who is married , ’ she said , ‘ not me . |
| 11 | There is a sort of joy in persuading the English you are the right person for them by dancing like a stoned Russian . |
| 12 | Ensure that you are the one to decide what will happen to everything you own . |
| 13 | You are the best appointment to York . |
| 14 | You are the best and most convincing appointment for London . |
| 15 | If you are the sort of band that wants an arts council grant , then you are probably too special or too precious to conform to the limits set by ‘ popular ’ taste . |
| 16 | You are the most extraordinary and wonderful woman I have ever encountered , and I shall make it a magnum of champagne . |
| 17 | If it 's a take-over , you are the boss from day one . |
| 18 | You are the people who make our work possible and I try to forge more tangible links between us . |
| 19 | This is nothing personal , you understand — your voice is not your own , you are the product of a discourse . |
| 20 | ‘ But Nate has specifically said that you are the man he wants to fly out to Turkey . |
| 21 | Now you are the biggest single contributor to our balance of payments deficit , ’ she said acidly . |
| 22 | And you are the hot favourite , bonny lass . |
| 23 | You are the only ghost |
| 24 | And : ‘ You are the purest person I 've ever known . ’ |
| 25 | In any case the richer you are the less likely you are to realize how cold-hearted the world can be when you are old and penniless — even one 's own relations . ’ |
| 26 | Having explained that his Communism was an aspect of his campaign for black equality he thundered at the committee : ‘ You are the non-patriots , you are the UnAmericans and you ought to be ashamed of yourselves . ’ |
| 27 | Having explained that his Communism was an aspect of his campaign for black equality he thundered at the committee : ‘ You are the non-patriots , you are the UnAmericans and you ought to be ashamed of yourselves . ’ |
| 28 | If you are the right weight already you could very probably still be healthier if you reduced your intake of saturated fats . |
| 29 | If you are the stay-at-home type you might like to choose an exercise book or tape that covers strength and suppleness exercises of the kind we have described . |
| 30 | ‘ I would try to say , You are the chief of intelligence . |