Example sentences of "be you just [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you decide to eat it , or are you just taking it because it 's there … ? |
| 2 | The prize for Best Car Park Love Song went to Patsy Hubcap , known as ‘ the nightingale of pay-and-display ’ , for her poignant number , Are You Just Leaving ? |
| 3 | Or are you just protesting for form 's sake ? |
| 4 | Are you just giving up claims connected with your dismissal or any claim of any sort ? |
| 5 | Or are you just gritting your teeth waiting for the neighbours to turn the stereo on full blast or start a spot of DIY ? |
| 6 | She was still trying to cope with what she was beginning to realise was her over-reaction , though she could n't have said quite why she should feel so alarmed , when he told her coolly , ‘ You misunderstand me , Miss Everett , ’ and was on his feet too as , looking arrogantly down at her , he stated bluntly , ‘ Should I ever be so lucky as you suggest , then , be sure of it , I 'd throw away my rabbit 's foot , ’ and having forthrightly left her under no illusion but that should he ever get saddled with her then he would consider his luck had run out , he went on toughly , ‘ I already know the answer , but , for the record , I want to hear it from you — are you just playing around with Travis for the pure hell of it — or , ’ his voice had taken on a grim edge , ‘ are you in love with him ? ’ |
| 7 | Am I even a little bit — beautiful , or are you just saying it to make me open up ? ’ |
| 8 | Are you just stirring it , or is there something I should be doing ? ’ |
| 9 | Are you just going home , Miss O'Brien ? |
| 10 | Or are you just going to get a change of gear and go off again on your merry way ? ’ |
| 11 | Are you just going to sit there and stare out of the bloody window ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ So am I going to be rewarded with an explanation , ’ he growled , ‘ or are you just going to stand there sipping that damn punch all evening ? ’ |
| 13 | Now — are we going to get on with planning this party , or are you just going to sit there and make stupid remarks ? ’ |
| 14 | If you did n't think you were being blackmailed into bed , were you just looking for a man , any man , to wipe out the memory of Marcus , to prove you 're a normal , beautiful , loving woman — and now you 've proved that , you find you do n't even like the man you chose to be your therapist ? ’ |
| 15 | Were you just passing ? |
| 16 | Or were you just popping back to see you 'd left Hatton neat and tidy ? |
| 17 | Or were you just hoping for something ? ’ |
| 18 | Or were you just stringing him along for the fun of it ? ’ |