Example sentences of "you [vb base] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you advocate is similar to the International Baccalaureat , a successful school-leaving certificate pioneered by the International School in Geneva and now accepted by reputable universities worldwide , including Britain . |
| 2 | I would estimate that on present form our cost to the heads of agreement stage may be another [ ] assuming it is a UK buyer and that the information you supply is satisfactory to the potential purchasers . |
| 3 | ‘ What you say is close to the truth . |
| 4 | ‘ So this is the man you say is indispensable to us . ’ |
| 5 | You can get so lost trying to please so many people that you stop being true to yourself . |
| 6 | Make clear to your prospective employer any plans you have for the future , and make sure that the post you accept is appropriate to these . |
| 7 | How much of what you read was familiar to you-terminology , people , places , general developments ? |
| 8 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 9 | Not just the content of erm the two hours but anything else which you feel is pertinent to you as a group or indeed you as an individual . |
| 10 | And er the idea is to highlight the things that you feel are pertinent to you and what you 're going to do about them . |
| 11 | If you practise listening to yourself speaking on tape , you win be used to the timbre or magnification of your voice . |
| 12 | ‘ Tottenham is a big , big club and wherever you go is likely to be a step down . |
| 13 | Do some of the pictures which you think are crucial to understanding get rejected ? |
| 14 | I suppose it 's inevitable at a time like this , but now that the Inquiry has been set up my firm advice to everybody is er stop propagating rumours and er give any information which you think is relevant to the Inquiry . |
| 15 | With a specialised market it 's quite appropriate to approach any publisher you think is likely to be interested ( your training should have taught you which publishers specialise in your field ) with a synopsis and sample chapter . |
| 16 | First that I believe the causes you serve are vital to the welfare and happiness of people in this country , and that they will become more so in future . |
| 17 | All right , I 'll sit on the table , you 've been good to me , savin' me from those blokes that came after me for nothing . ’ |
| 18 | You 've been good to me . |
| 19 | You 've been good to a poor man . ’ |
| 20 | You 've been good to me , Peter , I would n't want to see you hurt by having me around . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You 've been good to us — you and Mr Dyson — but we ca n't stand it any longer . ’ |
| 22 | The shock o of losing someone you 've been married to for twenty one years , we grew up together , he was my best friend , he was n't just my husband he was my best friend . |
| 23 | Could your system cope with warm food after what you 've been used to ? |
| 24 | I think so too probably , and you 've been used to it . |
| 25 | Does she know that you 've been unfaithful to her once already and are willing to be again — except that this time I 'm not co-operating ? |
| 26 | ‘ You 've been lovely to me . |
| 27 | ‘ You 've been sweet to me . |
| 28 | ‘ You have been impolite to Sister Mary because she chastised you for taking your visitor out into the garden . |
| 29 | So , do n't let me , ever again , hear that you have been impolite to any of the sisters . |
| 30 | Lord , you have been merciful to your land ; you have made Israel prosperous again . |