Example sentences of "you be [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you talkin' about what I think ye are talkin' about ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ No , I mean what else have you been thinking about ? ’ |
| 3 | The doctor said to me , ‘ Have n't you been told about these things ? ’ then sat and explained it all to me . |
| 4 | Have you been talking about me ? |
| 5 | getting , what do you call it say you been talking about me you know . |
| 6 | ‘ What have you been saying about her ? ’ asked Gabriel sharply , turning to the others . |
| 7 | " What have you been saying about me to David Fairfax ? " |
| 8 | What have you been saying about me Jimmy ? |
| 9 | This rather convoluted question fits a particular pattern which it is useful to familiarise yourself with : ( a ) a quote captures a general perception ; then ( b ) you are asked about some other writer ( or invited to select a writer ) where it is plausible to think the quote may be relevant ; then ( c ) you are asked to discuss this second writer in the light of the quote . |
| 10 | Remember , your speech will reflect not only on those you are speaking about but upon yourself . |
| 11 | Much will probably depend upon whether you are complaining about a single , unequivocal act , such as suspension in breach of your contract , in which event you ought to respond rapidly , or something such as a gradual change in your status , which may require prolonged consideration . |
| 12 | The first worry is that proving that your contract has been broken may not be easy , particularly if you are complaining about the breach of an unwritten and rather vague term . |
| 13 | One moment , you are prying into my affairs , the next you are burbling about the garden . ’ |
| 14 | I know , of course , why you are inquiring about both women . |
| 15 | ‘ So you are writing about those things , ’ another Israeli said as he stood in a narrow , shaded lane . |
| 16 | ‘ Karen was telling me you are writing about the workforce rather than about the plant 's operational side . |
| 17 | In doing this you will probably find that you have become concerned , not simply with the particular task they have to carry out , but with their relations with other officers carrying out other tasks or involved with other aspects of the investigation you are writing about , even down to such matters of internal etiquette as how high does an officer have to rank before he can go into the office of a superior without knocking ? |
| 18 | Once more , you want to aim with your research not just to acquire enough facts spread over your pages to give a feeling of the times , but to acquire so many that you have enough and to spare and can choose among your store for the one that does more than merely give a notion of the time you are writing about . |
| 19 | She also enclosed a little leather-bound copy of Heine 's love poetry , with a jocular luggage label on it that read , ‘ This is not what you are writing about ! ! ! ’ |
| 20 | A useful test is to imagine that you are at a party and someone asks you what you are writing about : your answer will have to be short , coherent and sufficiently interesting to hold the attention of a listener who does not have to listen to you . |
| 21 | If you are writing about a twentieth-century author and you want ideas about the author or what to say about her or him , you can use the massive reference work published by Gale , Contemporary Authors ( which lists biographical and bibliographical information , together with other relevant comments ) and Contemporary Literary Criticism , which is described as " excerpts from criticism of the works of today 's novelists , poets , playwrights and other creative writers " . |
| 22 | If you are writing about Eliot 's poem The Waste Land ( published in 1922 ) for example , you might consider it relevant to know about other events of that year ( or the years when it was being written ) , and so you could look up 1922 in the index to the London newspaper The Times ( the poem is set partly in London and was published there ) . |
| 23 | For example , certain things conspire to give academic register connotations of " seriousness " : you are being assessed on your writing ( a serious matter ) and you are writing about important things , such as culture ( a serious topic ) . |
| 24 | * Do n't copy the style of a literary text you are writing about ( see p. 85 ) . |
| 25 | Go and look at the clock you are thinking about and see whether or not you were right . |
| 26 | If you are thinking about buying a microcomputer have you really worked out what you want it for , or if you really need it ? |
| 27 | The reason why this happens is that you are thinking about other issues at the time . |
| 28 | If you are thinking about having a test for HIV then it is extremely important that you follow these guidelines : |
| 29 | If you are thinking about trying to breed them , this is best achieved in a smaller aquarium where the breeding fish are on their own . |
| 30 | If you are thinking about purchasing a paddlefish , I would think very carefully , unless you can house them in a very , large aquarium . |