Example sentences of "you [vb mod] be [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Silly question , of course you must be or they would n't have let you out . " |
| 2 | ‘ I know less than nothing about you , and if you 're important , which you must be if you 're a , well , a tycoon , then I expect you entertain a lot — friends , business associates — which means that you 'll need someone who 'll be a credit to you — and I do n't know if I can ! |
| 3 | ‘ No reason why you should be because she was . ’ |
| 4 | 10–30 per cent overweight and not as fit as you should be If you are between 10 and 30 per cent overweight , and similarly you get puffed out easily , do little or no exercise , and consider yourself unfit , you too should begin by exercising gently . |
| 5 | Any idea what you think you might be if you look at that , look at some of the questions , some of the descriptions ? |
| 6 | And you 'll be and you 'd be thinking , Ah I can see where he 's going now yeah I can see what 's coming up next he 's going to now he 's he 's integrated once |
| 7 | You 'll be when they 're gone . |
| 8 | Now how you 'll be when you 're seen as being more of an adapter , or more of an innovator . |
| 9 | Think where you 'd be if you 'd chosen him . ’ |
| 10 | Think how irritated you would be if you began reading a story with the opening sentence ‘ They were cooking apples . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And then he talked about how amazed you would be if you knew who Oliver really was . ’ |
| 12 | Five years you 've been at it now ; you should be a concert pianist , and you would be if you had practised . ’ |
| 13 | And I was saying but I 'm not cos I mean like day weeks he goes yeah but you 're just as bad as all the rest of them , you would be and he would n't say anything , you know , he would n't even tell me that . |
| 14 | I told her where you would be and she told Fernando … ’ |
| 15 | You will be if you do n't get dressed ! |
| 16 | ‘ You will be when you have finished the drink . |
| 17 | No , you can be when you 're |
| 18 | But after you reach a certain stage in life — I 'd put it somewhere between forty-five and fifty-five — you suddenly feel you are as secure as you can be and you really ought to give something back to society . |