Example sentences of "you [vb mod] [be] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean you may be on a diet and see a wonderful cream cake and consciously resist temptation to eat it . |
| 2 | I also wonder how the system copes with changes to people 's incomes , er many people particularly in recession we heard that unemployment in Cambridge is now approaching ten percent and if you 've been turned down by the council , your council housing on your means test are you really going to go back to them at a time when you may be under a lot of stress with unemployment to have your circumstances reinvestigated , I very much doubt whether people do go back . |
| 3 | However , because you may be in a situation where there is no equipment available for lifting a resident , we 've included some guidelines to protect both care assistants and residents from injury : |
| 4 | Is Paul saying , now you are a Christian , you may be in a dead-end job , but you 'd better grin and bear it ? |
| 5 | You must be in a position to support your mother if anything should befall myself . |
| 6 | ‘ But I suppose , ’ Robbie went on , almost as if bent on self-disillusionment , ‘ you must be in a hurry too , to get back to Petula . ’ |
| 7 | You must be like a piece of wood in the ocean : wood always floats to the surface , even though it is rolled over and held under . ’ |
| 8 | But by the end of this series you should be in a position to find the right horse at a fair price — and that 's what every horse buyer should be aiming for . . |
| 9 | So , for instance , you should be in a position to refer the client to sources of further help and advice , whether that be for other types of professional services , counselling or a victim support group . |
| 10 | As soon as you receive replies to requisitions , you should be in a position to prepare a report on title for any mortgagee for whom you act , as is commonly required by any but a private mortgagee ; you ca n't usually do so before , because until you have had satisfactory replies you ca n't certify that the title is good . |
| 11 | I 'm going to take no action this time , but you keep awake in future , Harris , because next time … you 'll be for a Court-Martial . |
| 12 | You 'll be on a lot more of them . |
| 13 | Oh never mind you 'll be in a bungalow soon |
| 14 | ‘ You look as old as one now ; and anyway , do n't be daft , woman , Susan 's only seven and in ten years ’ time you 'll be in a wheelchair . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I expect you 'll be in a hurry to rescue them , ’ it added . |
| 16 | Word was a year or two ago that the joints were popping with air-hostesses , models and career women : five minutes , a couple of lite beers , and you 'd be in a hotel room or service flat with some little darling doing the splits on your face . |
| 17 | W if anybody else leaves you 'd be in a position to make the complaint examiner appointment , you 're saying . |
| 18 | I do n't like to remind you of this , but if it was n't for me , you 'd be in a bedsit somewhere now , living off the DHSS . |
| 19 | Add legal fees and a new valuation and you could be on a loser . |
| 20 | And I may not need your services now , so you could be on a train back to Frankfurt tomorrow . ’ |
| 21 | Well that 's what I 'm saying about the image of the drinking er I guarantee you could as you know as you say you could be in a pub all afternoon all evening all night with maybe twenty people having a music session and ten of them might n't be drinking at all . |
| 22 | So , supposing your income is £10,000 and your partner earns £5,000 you could be in a position to borrow either £40,000 or£37,500 . |
| 23 | ( Close your eyes , and you could be in a pavement café on Boulevard St. Germain . ) |
| 24 | A lot of those parts would be worked out anyway , almost like a big band having charts , so it 's not like you 're looking for a vision from those people in the way that you would be from a group of high dollar players , who are hired to create their own thing for you . ’ |
| 25 | Alcohol will turn men away from you and send your soul to hell ; you will be like a ship with a broken rudder , like a temple without its god , like a house without bread … |
| 26 | Once suitable terms have been settled and , one hopes , clearly and concisely set out in a signed agreement , you will be in a position to give the job your undivided attention , secure in the knowledge that you have created the right conditions for job survival . |
| 27 | You will be in a position of trust , both of you . |
| 28 | I think it 's also worth just bearing in mind that we 're talking about only one percent of the erm of the farmed land i in this county , we 're not talking about banning hunting in in er in Leicestershire , we 're talking about what we 're saying on one percent there are tens of thousand of fields in in this county nothing can change overnight , even if this er motion goes through because the tenants will still have the rights to decide , it 's only when you actually start getting to new tenancy agreements that you will be in a position if you wish , to start to change things and therefore I suppose at the end of erm , at the end of five years you might have a hundred or two hundred fields on which this ban will apply but you will still have tens of thousand of fields on which the , the hunt will still be , the hunts in this county will still be free to , erm , to operate . |
| 29 | This lethal game is often called ‘ last across ’ , the idea being to see how close you can be to a train before it hits you or you can get out of the way . |
| 30 | If you are in good practice , it is fun to discover just how accurate you can be with a crosswind landing . |