Example sentences of "you [am/are] [vb pp] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason why you are asked to be restrained in drinking calorific drinks is that these , even more than refined carbohydrate foods , have the opposite effect from fibre-rich foods in nearly all those steps in the consumption process which influence your degree of hunger . |
| 2 | Ten miles away at Ludlow you are bound to be impressed by its looming castle , the delightful mixture of Georgian and medieval architecture and the interesting museum of local history . |
| 3 | You are seen to be pulling a large load across the stage . |
| 4 | Everything happens so quickly on the water , though , that all you are left with is a vague impression , particularly with something like the carve gybe . |
| 5 | Try and arrange the transfer to coincide with your pay day , so that you know the money has been ‘ committed ’ and that what you are left with is , hopefully , yours to spend as you wish . |
| 6 | But you are expected to be competent with such material even if you feel this is not what you would eventually choose to work with . |
| 7 | If you are tall you are expected to be more ‘ adult ’ and have more duties put upon you . |
| 8 | Lodgings/digs These are generally unpopular with most students because of cost , set meal times and general restrictions — such as the number of baths allowed — and the times by which you are expected to be home and in bed ! |
| 9 | More generally , the fact that literary studies is sometimes thought of as a general training in thinking and writing means that you are expected to be able to control how you write — in particular , that you are able consistently to use a particular appropriate register . |
| 10 | I think the only drawback in that was , it 's been discuss , that , if you are dealing with money here you are expected to be , but I ca n't see that 'll make any difference because we 're not tied to National cost at the bazaar are we ? |
| 11 | if you are inhibited about being laughed at , making mistakes , feeling foolish , and so on . |
| 12 | Will be paid if you are required to be at work over the lunch period ( ie 1200 – 1400 ) and there is no Council establishment at which a lunch could be obtained . |
| 13 | That feeling that you are not where you are meant to be . |
| 14 | ‘ Miss Honey tells me that you are meant to be clever , too ! |
| 15 | The individual experiences of recovery are so varied and the learning opportunities so diverse that there is a general maxim , " Where you are is where you are meant to be " , which implies that one can learn from any experience and put it to good use in recovery . |
| 16 | The crêche may be located some distance away from where you will be working , and some have restrictions as to how far away you are allowed to be from your child in case you need to be contacted . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps , too , as parents you may be wondering , like I do frequently , whether the educational system you are confronted with is the right one to produce the kind of balanced , tolerant , civilized citizens we all hope our children can become ? |
| 18 | Organizations like this are not good at remembering the things you have done well and if , as most of us are , you are at the bottom of the pile , you will find that you are considered to be alternately either the best thing since sliced bread , or a liability to the organization . |
| 19 | If you are known to be seeing a shrink you are deemed to be going round the bend . |
| 20 | But if you are going round the bend and resist seeking any help you are deemed to be perfectly okay . |
| 21 | If you are known to be seeing a shrink you are deemed to be going round the bend . |
| 22 | You are praised for being selfless , a good sport . |
| 23 | ‘ You 're determined to be unpleasant . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If you 're determined to be so pigheadedly stubborn and blind to the truth , so be it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ In this department , you 're assumed to be drunk until proven otherwise , ’ said Keith Little , head of Accident and Emergency . |
| 26 | Okay , and you 're asked to be erm in the lec sorry in the er great hall at five o'clock if you possibly can , okay ? |
| 27 | No-one would believe they had a recession on in Japan when they have time and resources to devote to dreaming up and creating things like this : Toshiba Corp has just launched a line of word processors with sound effects — ‘ to introduce an element of fun in the workplace ’ according to Reuter — they bark when you write ‘ dog ’ , moo when you write ‘ cow ’ and make the sound of pouring when you write ‘ beer ’ , and if you recall a text file word-by-word at reading speed , they repeat these and 26 other pre-programmed noises , from sleigh bells to sirens , as the words come up — and it no doubt laughs like a drain when your boss sends it an electronic message telling you you 're fired for being a disruptive influence . |
| 28 | We 're also talking in terms of a ministry which what you expect is very often what you get you 're trained to be somebody , okay ? . |
| 29 | That is what you 're born to be . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Besides , you do n't go for redheads , you told me you do n't , and you 're engaged to be married , and what about Ta — ? ’ |