Example sentences of "you be a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either you are a worse poet than I , in which case I 'm bored — or you 're better , when I 'm jealous ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You are a stranger here , sí ? |
| 3 | This means that unless you are a higher rate tax payer there is nothing else to pay . |
| 4 | If you are a Higher Rate Taxpayer in this year further tax will be payable by you . |
| 5 | If you are a basic rate taxpayer , the amount you have to pay the Exchequer increases ( after the first £2,000 ) to £25 ; and if you are a higher rate taxpayer , it goes up to £40 for every £100 of your taxable income over £23,700 . |
| 6 | This means that unless you are a higher rate tax payer there is nothing else to pay . |
| 7 | On the other hand , if you are a higher rate tax payer , you will have to pay the tax liability on the difference between your own rate and basic rate . |
| 8 | This means that unless you are a higher rate tax payer , there is nothing else for you to pay . |
| 9 | What is more , by using a more polite or polysyllabic manner of discourse , you will be telling the client so ; as well as implying that you are a loftier being which does not make for rapport . |
| 10 | This is not unusual and does not mean that you are a greater failure than anyone else . |
| 11 | ‘ You are a greater fool now ! |
| 12 | If you are a commoner they will not be among the nobility , since you can not hope to compete with them , nor will they be people living far away with whom you have no dealings . |
| 13 | Well , you 're a bigger fool than I took you for . ’ |
| 14 | If you think you 're going to persuade me to retract what I said in that article , you 're a bigger — ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Only if you 're a bigger fool than I take you for . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You 're a stranger … |
| 17 | The cries of gratitude sounded from the car and heartfelt from Haverford , ‘ You 're a better man than I am , Gunga Din . ’ |
| 18 | And he said you 're a better man than I am ! |
| 19 | But you 're a younger , fitter man , and you 've had some … experience of the criminal mind . |
| 20 | The proprietor listened , then said , ‘ You 're a braver man than I am , mister . |
| 21 | Then you 're a sillier bugger than I thought you were , Mike . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I should have recognised that you were a stronger character than that , and accepted your delight in the presents my father gave you for what it was — sheer , innocent pleasure . ’ |
| 23 | N not as it is today , beautiful green grass and we used to play er cricket , football , marbles er pitch card , ring tor , er duckie stone , and all that of course the village in those days was divided into two parts and if you lived over 's Hill you was a downtowner . |