Example sentences of "and you [vb mod] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 They 'd shout ‘ Classes ’ and you might be in the bath !
2 Think of your hair as a delicate and expensive yarn that needs to be pampered , rather like a luxurious cashmere sweater , and you 'll be on the right track !
3 You foul my pitch and you 'll be on the next plane back to Athens , whether Harry Lawrence was a friend of yours or not , whether that damns your record …
4 He wo n't enjoy it , and you 'll be on pins waiting for him to show everyone just how much he hates it .
5 Get public sympathy and you 'll be in a much stronger position altogether — outside the hospital more than in .
6 One mistake and you 'll be in thick heather .
7 Let that sunshine fool you into taking off your coat , and you 'll be in bed with pneumonia before you know it . ’
8 They 'll catch me and you 'll be in trouble . ’
9 The perfect joint responds to a couple taps : any stiffer and you can be in seven sorts of trouble .
10 she says and you can be in that
11 My name is Laurence Woodward , and you will be under my control . ’
12 The job will take some hours and you will be without hot water while you are doing it , so you need to have everything to hand before starting .
13 Get into a jam with , for example , a knot in the yarn , bad knitting and so on and you will be in real trouble .
14 ‘ This is a serious business , ’ said Holmes , ‘ and you will be in trouble if you try to hide anything .
15 Now , if you still wish to arrest me , do so — but tomorrow I will be free and you will be in prison ! ’
16 The small age gap will bring you closer together , and you will be like friends .
17 Identify the plants above and you could be on the road to a brand new five-door Renault Clio .
18 Add legal fees and a new valuation and you could be on a loser .
19 Go into Printemps in Paris , Rinascente in Milan , de Bijenkorf in Amsterdam , or the KaDeWe and you could be in any of the others .
20 Enter Nielson 's new Superstore on the A40 in West London and you could be in MFI or Do-It-All .
21 The winds , temperatures and humidity can change and you could be in your best shape , but the wind is against you .
22 ( Close your eyes , and you could be in a pavement café on Boulevard St. Germain . )
23 Timing could be upset , and you could be in an unsafe position for the descent .
24 You want advice , help , diagnosis , money , or any number of other things , and you should be in command of the situation in order to get exactly what you want out of it .
25 Well one of you on cleaning fruit , getting all the stalks and stones out of the fruit , we used to have a sieve , not a riddle , a sieve with round , the wires were round in the sieve and you rub it , and the stalks would drop through and then you 'd put them out onto an iron baking sheet and sort out all the stones that and little bits that were in the fruit and you 'd be on cleaning fruit you might be one day , the other whichever one was the you 'd be cleaning and greasing baking tins , ready for the baker to put the cakes in or what have you , and then at night we used to grease all the bread tins ready for men to be allowed to drop the dough into the bread tins , and er stuff like that and cleaning up scrubbing down and
26 And you 'd be into time and motion and so on which I 'm sure Semina you could erm appreciate and comment on as well .
27 Another pint and you 'd be like those young lads all falling over themselves to make an impression .
28 ‘ Wally might come in , and you 'd be in trouble .
29 ‘ She said you had a chill on the kidneys and you 'd be in bed for a few days yet .
30 ‘ One kick of them hooves and you 'd be in the middle of next week . ’
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