Example sentences of "unless you be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you live in a flat , ( unless you are on the ground floor or have a fire escape running past your window ) the most vulnerable part of your home is probably the front door . |
| 2 | You say ‘ false pretences ’ — there 's no power to arrest unless you are on the spot and see it happen or you are in immediate pursuit . |
| 3 | Unless you are on a very low income , you will almost certainly be paying income tax and possibly one or two other varieties of tax as well . |
| 4 | Major repainting work now needs to be signed off by a qualified engineer — unless you are on a Permit — and this is one of the reasons . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , you ca n't pick anything up on your radio unless you 're on the right wavelength , can you ? ’ |
| 6 | That 's of no interest to anybody unless you 're on marijuana or LSD . |
| 7 | And unless you 're on the council you ca n't go there and state your case , you 've got to go through someone else , who maybe does n't understand it or does n't have feeling in it , and so it just does n't work really . ’ |
| 8 | It 's almost impossible to tail a bike in London unless you 're on a bike yourself , and that 's a definite if it 's rush-hour . |
| 9 | The pool was large for a private one , lying at the bottom of a vast expanse of immaculate lawn and surrounded by a high yew hedge which effectively hid it from all directions ( unless you were on a horse or a double-decker bus ) . |