Example sentences of "you [be] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Ye 're my young brother 's bairn and as innocent as the lamb of God . ’
2 D' ya is it is it advisable over the phone then to mention the price first or is it better to go into the to the er to the er
3 Have you been I mean will we see you at number one tomorrow ?
4 Where the bloody hell have you been he said !
5 so I got , he said er where you been he said ?
6 Clearly , you may also be able to persuade someone to lend you money if you have power of some sort — if they owe you a favour or if you are their boss or if you are in a position of some authority for example .
7 You are their friend .
8 You are what you consume .
9 But the film goes on to develop graphic , orifice-stuffing permutations on the theme of you are what you eat .
10 It 's an old maxim but it 's true : to a great extent , you are what you eat .
11 ‘ In the course of this process we have talked to Miss Morgan 's solicitor , who told us that she was the life tenant of a substantial estate , and that you are what they call the remainder-man . ’
12 I suppose parties are where you feel most aware of sex , and it is a problem sometimes , trying to feel sexy , when you are what most people consider ‘ unsexy ’ , by only having one leg .
13 A STUDY of baboons in Kenya shows that the old adage ‘ you are what you eat ’ is truer than might have been imagined .
14 Not ‘ you are what you eat ’ but ‘ you are what you speak ’ or , rather ‘ you are what speaks you ’ , is the axiomatic basis of Robyn 's philosophy , which she would call , if required to give it a name , ‘ semiotic materialism ’ .
15 Not ‘ you are what you eat ’ but ‘ you are what you speak ’ or , rather ‘ you are what speaks you ’ , is the axiomatic basis of Robyn 's philosophy , which she would call , if required to give it a name , ‘ semiotic materialism ’ .
16 Not ‘ you are what you eat ’ but ‘ you are what you speak ’ or , rather ‘ you are what speaks you ’ , is the axiomatic basis of Robyn 's philosophy , which she would call , if required to give it a name , ‘ semiotic materialism ’ .
17 You are what you think , having become what you previously thought .
18 Always remember , behaviour breeds behaviour and that , so far as the person on the other end of the telephone is concerned , you are what you say !
19 I says , Enough of this Junk Food , You Are What You Eat .
20 You are what you eat ’ is a favourite maxim , and eating the right things is important in order to be healthy at every stage of life .
21 If you have a joint bank account , you are what is known as ‘ jointly and severally liable ’ .
22 If you stop trying to become whatever it is you are trying to become and instead have the feeling that you are what you are , and this is the moment — your struggle stops .
23 There 's a lot to be said for the saying ‘ You are what you eat ’ .
24 Like Shaw 's Eliza in Pygmalion , you are what you decide to be , more or less ; and no people on earth , one may suspect , is so adept at jumping hierarchies by efficiently switching accent or style .
25 You are what used to be called a White Russian . ’
26 You are what your life has made you and to regret past experience would be to regret one 's whole life .
27 I 've always thought you are what you are and you should n't pretend to be anyone else .
28 ‘ You see , I think that you are what 's called a borderline personality , with pronounced schizoid tendencies .
29 This , I felt , shrinking with embarrassment , was taking the idea that you are what you eat a sight too literally , and ever since I have distanced myself slightly from that early guide to greens .
30 ‘ I really believe you are what you eat , and I 'm certain that 's why I feel so different in myself .
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