Example sentences of "you [be] [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This subject may send shivers down your spine , but you are right to be alarmed , for whether it is the lowly woodworm or the dreaded deathwatch beetle , whether it is dry rot or wet rot , all weaken the structural timbers of a dwelling . |
| 2 | You are right to be concerned about protein levels , but without a very thorough understanding of canine nutritional science , you will end up tying yourself in knots . |
| 3 | ‘ You are right to be afraid , ’ Rose Alderley said bracingly . |
| 4 | Between the 1st and the 19th you are liable to be preoccupied with partnership matters . |
| 5 | I await its summons , and as a preliminary response , end with two lines from Blake 's Milton : ‘ If you account it Wisdom when you are angry to be silent , and Not to shew it , I do not account that Wisdom , but Folly … ‘ |
| 6 | From the heights of Foel-cwmcerwyn , just to the east , you are supposed to be able to see Exmoor , Snowdonia and the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland . |
| 7 | ‘ No , officer , ’ he said slowly , ‘ I am afraid there is only my wife , and you are unlikely to be satisfied with her confirmation . ’ |
| 8 | In Britain , the tits you see will be blue tits , great tits , coal tits , crested tits , marsh tits , or willow tits ( to be fair , you are unlikely to be able to distinguish the latter two unless you listen to their calls and songs ) . |
| 9 | Economic strength is the reason : unless you have German approval on a product , you are unlikely to be able to sell in Germany , as the current hallmarking debate shows . |
| 10 | If you take an instant dislike to a particular hypnotherapist , or if you feel that you are unlikely to be able to establish any rapport with him , then he is not the one for you and any treatment would be unlikely to succeed . |
| 11 | Unless you have established for yourself what your motives are beforehand , you are unlikely to be able to present them in an attractive light to others . |
| 12 | If you ca n't sell yourself you are unlikely to be able to sell the agency 's work . |
| 13 | You are privileged to be able to witness our ritual . |
| 14 | While the patient is suffering the frustrations and discomforts of being ill , you are likely to be worried about the long-term prospects of his recovery , how long it might take , or indeed whether he will recover at all . |
| 15 | If your only source of income is your basic State pension , you are likely to be entitled to income support . |
| 16 | A You 're right to be disappointed with the results of your machine . |
| 17 | Loads of my friends are miserable over the way they look , and the media are basically saying , ‘ Yes , you 're right to be miserable . |
| 18 | You 're right to be concerned . |
| 19 | ‘ I think you 're right to be wary of Andrew , ’ Bridget said thoughtfully . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're right to be careful , ’ he said . |
| 21 | You 're right to be sceptical : we should be indulgent only to a certain point with lovers , whose vanities rival those of politicians . |
| 22 | You 're ashamed to be decent English people , you want us to go crawling and grovelling … . ’ |
| 23 | Sing if you 're Glad to be Gay — Sing if you like it that way … |
| 24 | ‘ You 're wise to be frightened . |
| 25 | ‘ Then you 're unwise to be glad . |
| 26 | See look all that down there , you 've blown it all up , and you 're supposed to be clever |
| 27 | ( Anyone would think you 'd been offered the leading role in the latest Spielberg epic , for God 's sake , you 're supposed to be depressed or something . |
| 28 | You 're supposed to be normal . |
| 29 | You 're supposed to be able to hear its bells ringing under the sea at New Year 's Eve . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 're supposed to be able to walk all the way from here to the coast . ’ |