Example sentences of "you [vb base] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ye want tae be a man about it , ’ Rab rebuked Paddy . |
| 2 | You know that you tend to be bronchial . |
| 3 | If you tend to be a ‘ hard-liner ’ , you will be attracted to punishment as a way of controlling people 's behaviour . |
| 4 | If it rains when you are driving , you tend to be drenched by the time the hood has been erected and are the laughing stock of every MX-5 driver in the neighbourhood . |
| 5 | If you tend to be inaccurate off the tee , remember that a tailwind usually reduces the effects of side spin on the ball so here 's your opportunity for the long drive . |
| 6 | DECEMBER may be a hard-working month when you tend to be carrying more than your share of responsibilities . |
| 7 | In group meetings , if you tend to be hesitant then get in early with your proposal . |
| 8 | ‘ The other thing is that wherever you go , restaurants or hotels , you tend to be met with a nice smile , because if people have laughed at you , they have warm feelings towards you — there 's no question about it . |
| 9 | You tend to be rather poorly which is why they 've given you the blood transfusion . |
| 10 | Alright so you tend to be at work . |
| 11 | I know that you tend to be inundated with questionnaires but hope you will agree that this is a vital area of concern and will help us find ways of reaching new ways of assisting young people in and into sport . |
| 12 | Thinking about the various stages you go through and then once you 've reached the level of department managers at , on a lot of issues you tend to be at this stage but it 's important to remember that a number of your staff may be down here somewhere . |
| 13 | Well one of the problems you see , i if you are perceived as one of the best , you tend to be in the top three or four or so on , you know , the , the people know who you are , but when you are perceived as being the , you know , that sort of effort you sort of find it , find it pretty difficult . |
| 14 | Well , I did , or you tend to be , you used to be Claire , when you used to wax your legs . |
| 15 | You intend to be a stranger to me from now on . |
| 16 | ‘ You intend to be rid of the main part of it ? ’ |
| 17 | Keep it light and sometimes when things are not as clear as you would like them to be just trust and give the remedy you judge to be nearest . |
| 18 | ‘ What , you mean to be a kind of private prompter , whispering at him right through the play ? ’ |
| 19 | After you have discussed your answers with your partner discuss what you perceive to be God 's intended purpose for each of the three types of love , how they support and complement each other . |
| 20 | ‘ You expect to be here much longer ? ’ |
| 21 | This can matter if you expect to be working late and the bus stage is some distance away from your place of work . |
| 22 | Alternatively , if you expect to be in a high earning bracket , you might consider setting up a limited company , even if you are the only salaried employee , rather than launching the same business as a self-employed individual . |
| 23 | If you expect to be arrested , you clear out everything that might give a clue or be used to incriminate you . |
| 24 | Let someone know where you are going and what time you expect to be back and do n't forget to let them know when you are back . |
| 25 | You expect to be told off and you 're not . |
| 26 | You should have some reasonable figure in here , given the speed of your VAX and the size of the QA activities you expect to be requested . |
| 27 | You expect to be notified of anything like that . |
| 28 | I mean , you expect to be going in and listening to Bon Jovi and , and Free , and you know in the background do n't you ? |
| 29 | So you want to be an Actor ? |
| 30 | So you want to be a childminder … |