Example sentences of "you [vb base] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | how to ensure that any complaint you make is correctly dealt with . |
| 2 | It tries to explain how it is that ‘ when you meet a human being , the first distinction you make is , ‘ male or female ? ’ and you are accustomed to making the distinction with unhesitating certainty ’ ( Freud 1933 : 113 ) . |
| 3 | If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus . |
| 4 | If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus . |
| 5 | If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus . |
| 6 | If the only claim you make is for broken glass in your cars windscreen or windows , including bodywork scratched by the breakage , it will not affect your no claim bonus or protected no claim bonus . |
| 7 | The fundamental point that you make is we should n't be simply offering good advice or , or bad advice , we should be offering real aid , real goods . |
| 8 | The key is to start with something simple ; 95 per cent of the decisions you make are unconscious — for example , when you drive a car you never really think about putting it into first or second gear . |
| 9 | All the samples you make are of use to you . |
| 10 | The type of notes you make are personal but the important point is that you can follow them with only a glance . |
| 11 | If you want to carry the smallest possible quantity of water or get the best possible price in the market , the judgements you make are important in a way those made in a water tray or school shop can never be . |
| 12 | Forcing her voice through frozen lips , she hid her inner turmoil and quipped , ‘ You make being engaged to Peter sound like just another job ! ’ |
| 13 | Never mock other people who find the work difficult ( you know how much you hate being laughed at ) . |
| 14 | You hate being an underdog , you hate not being able to express yourself properly . |
| 15 | You hate being on social benefits . |
| 16 | The persuasive and analytic skills you develop are applied during your course to literary works and issues ; but they have the additional value that they are potentially transferable to other problems and circumstances . |
| 17 | But in return for its rich density of lovingly dwelt-on , almost novelistic detail , what you lose is any sense of a strong forward pulse or of the play 's irresistible sweep towards doom . |
| 18 | ‘ What you mean is : there 's no chance of my being kept on after the three years are up . ’ |
| 19 | What you mean is that we might bang into things or kick a detonator on the nose or something of the kind . |
| 20 | ‘ If you mean is he off his rocker , then we 're all off our rockers . |
| 21 | what you mean is you wish you could find one that did n't pick his nose and his nails |
| 22 | ‘ What you mean is that my uncle will tell me what to say . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ What you mean is , could we , by accident , on three occasions , have released murderers back into society ? |
| 24 | ‘ Precision of the kind you mean is important in science . |
| 25 | ‘ What you mean is it was n't black . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If you mean is he going back to his wife , the answer is yes . |
| 27 | ‘ What you mean is , you hoped I 'd find out from someone else . |
| 28 | Yeah , it 's the , it 's the with the word natural is n't it that er you know people often use the word natural to mean good and right and therefore something you should do , but of course no not always I mean if I said to you death is natural , nobody here would think I was advocating suicide or that er we should n't have hospitals to try and save people 's lives I mean er when you say death is natural , what you mean is death is one of those things that we just have to put up with , we 'd rather we did n't but we 're all gon na have to face it in the end , some of us sooner than others er but erm but there we are . |
| 29 | ‘ What you mean is , you 're not so thick-skulled that you did n't get the message . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ What you mean is , she will wonder what happened if we return to the palazzo at such an early hour . |