Example sentences of "you 're [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're determined to be unpleasant . ’ |
| 2 | because I 'm self-employed and you 're intending to be self- employed which means you 're |
| 3 | ‘ I think you 're trying to be honest , ’ Henry said . |
| 4 | I said , ‘ Oh for Chris'sakes , shut up I know you 're trying to be nice to me and help me , but please do n't because you 're just giving me a headache . ’ |
| 5 | Talbot said : ‘ If you 're trying to be encouraging , Professor , you 're not doing too well at it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , Henry , ’ said Elinor , now blocking her mouth with the palm of her hand and moaning elaborately , ‘ you 're trying to be funny ! |
| 7 | You 're in a mess , William , and you 're trying to be devious with me . |
| 8 | ‘ You can exclude me from the all round , Mother ; and I think it 's a little late for you to say you 're trying to be calm and helpful . |
| 9 | ‘ Besides , you do n't go for redheads , you told me you do n't , and you 're engaged to be married , and what about Ta — ? ’ |
| 10 | Oh well , you 're engaged to be married . |
| 11 | you 're bound to be right . |
| 12 | Even if you 're not a serious d-i-yer , you 're bound to be aware of this clever invention . |
| 13 | ‘ I can assure you I 've never had the misfortune to meet your criminally motivated friend , but might I suggest that if you 're going to be paranoid about your picture you put it in a bank vault for safety ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We 'd better get on with it if you 're going to be nasty , had n't we ? |
| 15 | ‘ And you 're going to be famous , too . |
| 16 | Now if you 're going to be subtle , we 'll miss each other in the dark . |
| 17 | That 's where you 're going to be married . " |
| 18 | ‘ Then you 'd better brace yourself for disappointment , because this time you 're going to be unsuccessful . ’ |
| 19 | You 're going to be disappointed though . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 're going to be disappointed , Robyn . |
| 21 | And and er obviously if you 're going to be European properly there has to be a full cooperation in many of the aspects of life How would you answer the these bogey this bogeyman tactic of loss of sovereignty , ? |
| 22 | ‘ You 're going to be hot in that fur , Therese , ’ she murmured . |
| 23 | ‘ If you 're going to be annoying I 'll just stay here . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ God said to me , ‘ Richie , you 're going to be late for your contest , it 's on now ’ ’ . |
| 25 | It had been one of those deep , deep sleeps ; the kind when you do n't know a thing until your mum starts yelling at you for the umpteenth time that you 're going to be late for school if you do n't get up . |
| 26 | So there you are , you 're stuck now in this traffic jam , and you know you 're going to be late . |
| 27 | you 're talking also about extending the car park at the pub , just down the road , so you 're going to be increasing traffic into that pub . |
| 28 | When a local policeman told Sharon Rogers that , ‘ by the time you 're 16 you 're going to be pregnant , homeless and stuffed up with drugs ’ , she believed this summed up the attitudes of many of the police and social workers she encountered during her offending career . |
| 29 | All of that to me smacks of a lack of appreciation of the need to understand a business thoroughly , where you 're going to be involved in making major decisions . |
| 30 | ‘ Well if you 're going to be absent when I need you , you must cease taking walks ! ’ |