Example sentences of "you [be] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What have you been doing since you got out of the army ? ’ |
| 2 | Slowly lower your head , slide back a yard or so , and then cast to the fish , or imagine you are casting if you have no rod with you , without allowing the rod-tip to show over the edge of the bank . |
| 3 | I , I 've got my views , I 'm sure you 've got yours , and I shall listen later in the morning to the debate , but I would finally say delegates , that I hope you enjoy your stay in Portsmouth , in particular Southsea where most of you are staying if you have a chance go to the rose gardens , have a walk along the sea front there , there it 's magnificent this time of year and a tribute to our staff in our direct works organization for their hard work . |
| 4 | ‘ You are saying that you did not see your brother alive again after the meal you had together yesterday evening . |
| 5 | Do n't clench your fists tensely , or get so enthusiastic about what you are saying that you wave your arms about and knock over the wine . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought ‘ You must be very calm , you must not antagonise your aggressor , just try to be calm and keep sensible , and always think what you are saying before you say it ’ , ’ said Lizzie , of Oxford , who bears a striking resemblance to her sister . |
| 7 | Oh , Sally-Anne , do you never think of what you are saying before you say it ? — all in the most sorrowful manner , no doubt . |
| 8 | Now you 'd better get out to where you are going before I change my mind and dash upstairs into Great-gran 's room and tell her where you 're going first , before you join your men pals . |
| 9 | Let someone know where you are going and what time you expect to be back and do n't forget to let them know when you are back . |
| 10 | ‘ You are going because you want me ! ’ he snapped , giving her a shake . |
| 11 | Do not knit too quickly or you will find that you are racking as you knit , which will break or damage the needles . |
| 12 | It will enable you to challenge telephone bills if you think they are wrong and to gain a better idea of how much you are paying while you talk . |
| 13 | If you are asking whether I feel the same about her , the answer is no . |
| 14 | ‘ You can not always guarantee that you will always be in control of what you are doing as we live in a culture that is soaked in violence , and so it seems to think that violence is acceptable , even normal . ’ |
| 15 | I have n't stayed in for about two months , about eight weeks , not one night , and he goes , ‘ I think you should stay in at least one ’ , and I goes , ‘ If you think I 'm staying in then you get lost , because I 'm not staying in this flaming house ’ , and he goes , ‘ You 're staying when I tell you to ’ , and I goes , ‘ I wo n't ’ , and I walked out and came back ten minutes later and said , ‘ I 'm going out , all right ? ’ and he goes , ‘ Okay ’ , and he give me some money to go out and come up here [ to the youth club ] . |
| 16 | I said , you 're joking and I said they sell the house to you |
| 17 | No , I do n't when you 're joking because you do n't say shut up to me for you to say shut up . |
| 18 | No you 're alright , cos sometimes you make , you , you know , you 're writing and you need a flow of ten minutes cos then it interrupts and says do you want to save this ? |
| 19 | you only get a hu yo you 're struggling if you 've only a got a hundred . |
| 20 | the first bit yeah you 're remembering the last bit when you 're remembering that you 've forgot the first bit . |
| 21 | Did you hear the remark about the swimsuit , I showed him Rebecca 's swimsuit , he said cor if you 're wearing that I think I 'll go swimming as well . |
| 22 | You 're listening as you approach the bathroom door . |
| 23 | ‘ But honestly , when you 're acting you 're acting and you do n't even think about it — and we are talking about a Carry On film after all , so the passion rating is pretty tame . |
| 24 | " How can you say that , how can you say that , " said Clelia , " by saying that you are condemning me , you 're criticizing me , you 're implying that I talk too much , God knows I do , but surely you could do better ? |
| 25 | You know what you 're getting because we 've had it before . |
| 26 | what you 're looking for I mean there were firms like you know |
| 27 | Almost , but erm one could certainly arrive at a situation of the sort you 're imagining that we want to be sure that when we look at some very exotic phenomena in the past of the universe , which has no parallel on earth , erm or in our vicinity , how can we be sure that the laws of physics that we 've deduced on earth really apply ? |
| 28 | You 're suggesting that they 've been disorganized ? |
| 29 | ‘ I want to make it absolutely clear , ’ said Angalo slowly , as a great feathery head nabbled in the water a few inches away , ‘ that if you 're suggesting that we ride on a geese — ‘ |
| 30 | ‘ You 're suggesting that I go to him ? ’ she 'd hissed . |