Example sentences of "you [verb] [be] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forcing her voice through frozen lips , she hid her inner turmoil and quipped , ‘ You make being engaged to Peter sound like just another job ! ’ |
| 2 | I hear you 've been looking at Eggle guitars … |
| 3 | It seemed to Preston that if you avoided being stabbed to death by terror gangs , you stood an even chance of being burned to death by sudden conflagration , or pushed on to the live line by a psychopath lurking among the rush-hour crowds , or struck down by a heart attack brought on by the extreme rage and frustration of trying to understand a platform announcement . |
| 4 | ‘ When I found out you 'd been sacked by Mallender Marine , I thought you might be able to supply the proof I need . |
| 5 | I said so , and you fobbed me off with the excuse that you 'd been talking about Lilian 's twin . |
| 6 | So how come you were so well informed , unless you 'd been primed by Lotta in the role of confederate ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Nor would you , mate , ’ Parks said defensively , ‘ if you 'd been accused of murder . |
| 8 | Do you mind being teased by Richard all the time ? " … |
| 9 | If you like being condemned to death and followed around by loonies with slippers on and becoming involved with weird prophecies from the dawn of time , it 's a lot of fun ! |
| 10 | At school there 's always the two or three girls in the class that you know are sleeping with guys , and they had no qualms about it . |
| 11 | It comes as a surprise , often , to realise that such a clause as you know is constrained by rules , varying in meaning as it moves from one part of the sentence to another , and being disallowed in certain contexts . |
| 12 | I want , what I want you to do is get into groups of four in a minute , according to these instructions . |
| 13 | Town should have been two or three up … but Ipswich went back in front thanks to a John Wark penalty justice was done near the end when Town won themselves a penalty … and what do you reckon was going through Paul Bodin 's mind … the man who missed the penalty that could have given wales a world cup place was on the spot again … |
| 14 | providing , and you 've been living off capital in that way , and and and I 'm not prepared to do that , but I do think there is strong case for borrowing , er , providing it 's kept in in that in in er er under control at this time , and borrowing , I may feel that we will be able to be in a much better position to take our capital receipts and use them advantageously in the future . |
| 15 | Anyway , I gather you 've been delving into prehistory — Marks , was n't it ? |
| 16 | ‘ You 've been sent in case there 's trouble . ’ |
| 17 | I 've noticed that some of the apples you 've been getting from Safeway have n't been very good . |
| 18 | Not long before the end of term now , pooh looking forward to er , going home to get some real food inside you I dare say , as opposed to the gruel you 've been getting in hall . |
| 19 | You 've been listening to loverboy , that 's all ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You 've been listening at keyholes , have you ? |
| 21 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 22 | Do you know any others erm tell you about erm you know some of the some of the times when you 've been affected by crime . |
| 23 | But you 've been dabbling in things that do n't concern you . |
| 24 | ‘ You 've been seen around London lately with both John D. Hansom and Roderick Luckey , and rumour has it that both men want to marry you . |
| 25 | You 've been raving about galleons and sea creatures . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You 've been dealing in magic , ’ Bloxham hollered . |
| 27 | You 've been straining at gnats , Jesus said , and yet , you 've allowed the big issues to go by without bothering with them . |
| 28 | yes you 've been promising for weeks |
| 29 | ‘ You 've been looking into Harry Martin 's activities ? ’ |
| 30 | You 've been going to bed nice and early have n't you ? |