Example sentences of "you ca [adv] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You ca n't be too careful with a really crusty port , ’ said Henry . |
| 2 | You ca n't be it at home : they wo n't notice ; |
| 3 | ‘ But you ca n't be generous , you have to go for the best person for the job . |
| 4 | You ca n't be for the audition , said Malcolm . |
| 5 | ‘ You ca n't be certain you 're right and there is the greatest temptation to put them off and not to take them . |
| 6 | If you do the generous thing , then you ca n't be blamed . ’ |
| 7 | Ooh , you ca n't be ! |
| 8 | You ca n't be Nora . |
| 9 | ‘ You ca n't be a footballer when you grow up and the girls ’ toilets are messy . ’ |
| 10 | You ca n't be Green without one . |
| 11 | And until she 's sure , you ca n't be absolutely sure yourself . |
| 12 | ‘ You ca n't be . |
| 13 | ‘ You ca n't be . ’ |
| 14 | Those who dismiss the cult of dieting as a frivolous wish to be beautiful are missing its sinister subliminal message — that you ca n't be a truly successful woman unless you resemble a stick insect , a pre-pubescent boy , or the late Duchess of Windsor . |
| 15 | In effect he says : you ca n't be a theist unless you use metaphysical terms . |
| 16 | But learn his Humour , and you ca n't be wrong : |
| 17 | ‘ Then you ca n't be certain lass . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ When you 're surfing big Waimea , you ca n't be thinking about anything — except for the moment . |
| 19 | Even if you ca n't be in the team , your enthusiasm is commendable . |
| 20 | Resistance to the philosophy of animal rights takes many forms , from the incredulous ( ‘ You ca n't be serious ! ’ ) to the superficial ( ‘ What about carrots ? ’ ) , and from the arrogant ( as in the increasingly heard boast of American researchers , ‘ I 'm a speciesist and proud of it ! ’ ) to the deep . |
| 21 | You ca n't be too careful . ’ |
| 22 | You ca n't be fool enough to imagine there could ever be anything between you . |
| 23 | You ca n't be spontaneous or produce off-the-top-of-the-head ideas . |
| 24 | Smile , for even though you ca n't be seen by the other person , if you smile it helps your voice to sound more assertive and friendly . |
| 25 | ‘ You ca n't be the Gas , I s'pose you 're the Room . |
| 26 | ‘ You ca n't be our little girl any more , Anna , love , ’ Ma said . |
| 27 | ‘ You ca n't be flippant about such matters . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You ca n't be influenced from the future because you do n't know what 's going to happen , so you can only be influenced from the past . |
| 29 | You ca n't be ill . ’ |
| 30 | Love her , hate her , you ca n't be lukewarm about Sinead . |