Example sentences of "you be [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not only are you ignorant , ’ Claire said icily , ‘ but you are also a filthy-minded little toad . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Madame Craig , you are not only the greatest living writer of the detective novel , you are also a detective yourself ! ’ |
| 3 | You are also a journalist . ’ |
| 4 | You are also a woman . |
| 5 | It also it is a fact that the people that you do tend to lend the equipment out to take it for granted that you are also a highly qualified video sort of technician and if anything goes wrong , they ring you up and say ‘ What plug goes where , and why is n't this working ’ and why should you if you 're working run down to some conference in the John Hall Room and try and sort out something for these people . |
| 6 | People imagine that just because you write about fishing , you are also an expert angler . |
| 7 | ‘ Besides not being a proper wife to Bernard , you are also an adulteress . |
| 8 | Being in love leaves this huge hole in your self , and if you 're adolescent , and do n't have a clear concept of yourself , then you are just a hole , an outline . |
| 9 | Could it be that you are just a little bit jealous of The Great White North — a society , after all , rather less divisive and certainly more prosperous than decaying , decadent Britain ? |
| 10 | You gentlemen here , forgive me , but you are just a bunch of naive dreamers . |
| 11 | ‘ You are just a concept/You are just a dream/You 're just a reflection/Of the new regime/You are just a symbol/You are just a theme/You 're just another figure for the sales machine . ’ |
| 12 | To them you are just a very large creature who for some unknown reason feeds them , and for that , and that alone , they may give you a grudging sort of respect , if owls have any idea what respect is . |
| 13 | From their point of view you are just a loss making nuisance and they have a living to make . |
| 14 | You can be one of the best players in Britain but over here you are just a small fish . ’ |
| 15 | I managed to say , ‘ So you are just an accomplice of these other cruel beasts . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You are clearly a man with a wide experience of garden fêtes , Mr Gaily ! ’ said the Reverend George Jocelyn Bottingley . |
| 17 | You are clearly a bright girl , and will throw off this disturbance . |
| 18 | Dear Lydia , said her head , you are clearly a very neurotic woman . |
| 19 | ‘ You are decidedly an intelligent young lady . |
| 20 | At Barclays we have responded by creating a specialist team to give expert advice and assistance to people interested in franchising — whether you are already a Barclays customer or not . |
| 21 | However , if you are already a keen needlewoman the answer to using this type of fabric is what we call ‘ cut and sew ’ . |
| 22 | If you are already a diet winner — and , contrary to what the average survey would have us believe , there are lots of you about — then we can make you even more successful . |
| 23 | Do n't worry if you are already a subscriber , you will be able to overlook your next year 's renewal ! |
| 24 | If you are already a member or subscriber come along and support us . |
| 25 | But if you are already a tenant and you are suddenly faced with a crisis , you will need legal advice to solve it . |
| 26 | You will need a degree or professional qualifications , preferably law or accountancy , unless you are already an established financial journalist or parliamentarian . |
| 27 | If you can readily interpret all this laconic shorthand you are either a well-tried collector or an extraordinarily apt pupil . |
| 28 | At the end of the day you are either a sticker person or not a sticker person . |
| 29 | ‘ Miss Kyte , you are either a very good actress , or an innocent victim of an old lady 's wiles . |
| 30 | You are evidently a revolutionary . |