Example sentences of "you [modal v] be [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | it sounds as though you may be over-soaking the paper prior to stretching . |
| 2 | If your household has two cars and you get rid of one of them you may be helping the environment , but are certainly worse off . |
| 3 | You may be initiating the correspondence . |
| 4 | Many of you may be feeling the inset of charity fatigue as the London Marathon 1992 becomes nothing more than a passing memory . |
| 5 | Alternatively , you may be shown the door with a few sharp words more in keeping with a tyrannical consultant than your friendly neighbourhood GP . |
| 6 | Try , if you are a farmer in a Third World town , to buy a stamp to send an order for urgent spare parts : you may be told the post office has run out of stamps . |
| 7 | ‘ You must be given the sorcerers ’ protection , ’ he said . |
| 8 | By the time you get all the crew up on the windward rail , which would be in true wind of 10 – 12 knots , you should be flattening the bottom of the main and opening up the leech . |
| 9 | You should be playing the piano . ’ |
| 10 | Yeah you spoke to , you , you should be carrying the antidote anyway |
| 11 | Relationships are at their most transformative stage , and after the 14th you should be reaping the harvest of love 's labours or indeed digesting the results of your efforts in other directions . |
| 12 | you should be told the details of the complaint against you ; |
| 13 | While you should be offered the right to be accompanied at a disciplinary hearing by a fellow employee or ( if appropriate ) by a trade union representative , you might prefer your solicitor to be present . |
| 14 | At all stages you should be asking the questions : |
| 15 | ‘ You might be telling the truth for once , ’ he replied insultingly . |
| 16 | ‘ See Davies and you might be watching the beginning of a new wave in comedy ’ Time Out |
| 17 | If you leave the boat , except in my company or with my express permission , you 'll be breaking the law . |
| 18 | ‘ I hope you 'll be watching the box on Thursday night , ’ he said to each of them in a humorous voice . |
| 19 | This light can be used with Fair Isle , weaving ( though do n't forget you 'll be doubling the width of the floats ) and , with caution on slip , punch lace and occasionally tuck . |
| 20 | Because , and you 'll be given the instructions for those in your small group sessions today . |
| 21 | St Mary 's Priory You 'll be given the details later . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ This afternoon — I presume you 'll be helping the men finish this morning 's work ? ’ |
| 23 | In this way you 'll be setting the pattern for 1992 . |
| 24 | ‘ Ah yes , miss , you 'll be wanting the cuttings on that don chappie . |
| 25 | " Then you 'll be leaving the warren ? " |
| 26 | Some form of automatic operation is vital if you 'll be leaving the greenhouse unattended for any length of time . |
| 27 | Disadvantages : Difficult to get character references , so you 'll have to rely on your own judgement ; you 'll be leaving the children with people you do n't know very well , although if you get a regular commitment you should soon get to know and trust your sitters . |
| 28 | " You 'll be meaning the Adeanes . " |
| 29 | ‘ I suppose you 'll be examining the upstairs — to find out what she fell on to ? ’ |
| 30 | By inserting this an amendment to rule eleven , you 'll be giving the colleagues standing in future C , C E C elections the same facilities . |