Example sentences of "you [modal v] be more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , in France you may be more clever . ’ |
| 2 | Clients can not be everywhere and , indeed , you may be more articulate than the client . |
| 3 | ‘ You must be more used to it than I am . |
| 4 | ‘ You must be more careful ! ’ |
| 5 | With a crop with a limited amount of sales surplus production suppresses prices , and you must be more competitive with your fellow farmers |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps you should be more sure of your facts before inflicting punishment for sins committed only in your own imagination ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ There could be a reason why you should be more careful now . |
| 8 | ‘ You should be more careful , ’ he said , coming up to her , his fingers reaching up to smooth the horse 's flank only a hand 's length from her knee . |
| 9 | ‘ You should be more careful , ’ said Sam . |
| 10 | This understanding may be due to the farmers being highly tolerant because there are so few walkers , but if you 've ever sat down to have a chat with a shepherd on the windy fellsides you might be more likely to say that tolerance and friendliness is in their nature . |
| 11 | Erm but one , one one , I mean cl clearly the policy which was pursued was one of inequality and there was a rich peasant economy and either you say well yes there is , there is an economic imperative for that and that 's the explanation or you say well there might have been a political factor involved in this that there was a recognition that progress was going to come through class conflict and therefore if you are actually promoting the kind of you might realize it was happening and you might be more prepared |
| 12 | The important thing is that you 'll be more confident and able to cope at , say , 21 than you were at 16 . |
| 13 | If you 're windsurfing in April and May you 'll be more comfy if you beg or borrow a wetsuit , otherwise you wo n't need any special equipment . |
| 14 | I tell you what , would you like to just go an sit behind on that chair over there and you 'll be more comfortable . |
| 15 | Dress is informal , and storage space often limited , so you 'll be more comfortable travelling light . |
| 16 | ‘ If you 'll sit in that chair for a minute , I 'll remake your bed — then you 'll be more comfortable , ’ she said . |
| 17 | You 'll be more comfortable on the bench with me and we 'll be warm enough under that blanket and my cloak , even without the fire . ’ |
| 18 | What I think you 'll be more interested in is its time-saving and intuitive approach to what will in the future be referred to as presentation spreadsheeting . |
| 19 | Surely you 'd be more effective ? ’ |
| 20 | Yes y I think you 'd be more disappointed if you , if you 'd taken the tap this time and you 'd come out with a commended . |
| 21 | Well this was a Manpower Board that came round and they was inspecting erm what people were doing in the particular factory at and if they thought you 'd be more useful somewhere else then they 'd direct you to another factory . |
| 22 | And you would you would be more , you 'd be more nervous in case they they thought , Well she 's terrible is n't she ? |
| 23 | Intonational accentuation , combined with stress , often indicates emphasis , as in I do wish you 'd be more tidy ! ( high fall on do ) . |
| 24 | However , once you 're growing hair you can sit on and are headed skyward from five foot three , then , if there are no seats left in the front , you 'd be more comfortable tied to the roof rack . |
| 25 | ‘ It would help my comprehension if you could be more specific . ’ |
| 26 | " Perhaps if you could be more specific … " he suggested . |
| 27 | When you receive the buyer 's requisitions on title , try to be more helpful than " cagey " in your answers and do n't fall into the easy habit of giving stereotyped and evasive replies if you could be more helpful . |
| 28 | It sounds like you may benefit from looking at some time management strategies for coping more effectively at work , and also looking at how you could be more assertive in order to limit the demands colleagues make on you . |
| 29 | Er and erm it 's difficult for people to maintain er not only as I say , but in their lifestyle over a particular period of time , so you could be more likely to get at the truth by this method , than by sending out questionnaires . |
| 30 | If you could go back to calling me Du you would be more honest about our relationship and oblige Your obedient servant , Sophie Arandt . |