Example sentences of "[vb base] you be [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | mm thing is , I mean you 're like that are n't ya ? |
| 2 | When you er I mean you 're in that er situation , how do you cope with the idea that you need the money , you need the job , but you 've got to somehow sell yourself and get employed on the best terms ? |
| 3 | Now Sammy was a character in himself he was a bachelor and his wi his sister was Fanny the elocutionist er and , and er there the women used to , to go into old Sammy 's shop on a Friday night simply to be entertained by all the wisecracks and nonsense that used to go on in there , and somebody would say I suppose you 're off this weekend and he 'd say yes I 'm off to my little widow in Wales , he had n't got a little widow in Wales at all now but it would the start of the conversation going . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose you 're like all the rest — a city-kid who 's never been away from the busy streets before . ’ |
| 5 | This contact may be by post , by telephone or by personal meetings ; the choice will depend very much on how important you are to a magazine and the magazine to you and thus how often you are likely to be working with this particular publication , how physically near you are to each other and indeed how well you get on at a social level . |
| 6 | I think you 're like some disgusting little animal , some creature from another planet . |
| 7 | I presume you were at this morning 's ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I rang that night shelter you were at this morning and the girl I spoke to told me you were on your way . |
| 9 | ‘ How long have you been with this company ? ’ |
| 10 | What , seen , what have you been to that Liberti is it Liberties by the town church ? |
| 11 | Have you been to that Nettos ? |
| 12 | Have you been to that Nettos then ? |
| 13 | Have you been to that place , Holiday Inn ? |
| 14 | Have you been to that fifty one |
| 15 | Have you been to that part there ? |
| 16 | Have you been to any castles ? |
| 17 | The present crop of portrait painters is uninspiring : ‘ Have you been to any degree shows ? |
| 18 | Did yo , have you been to any more since |
| 19 | Have you been at that gym tonight ? |
| 20 | What mischief have you been at this last while , then ? ’ |
| 21 | When she walked into the kitchen her mother looked up and said , ‘ Where on earth have you been at this hour . |
| 22 | So how long have you been at these particular premises ? |
| 23 | ‘ How long have you been in this field ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ How long have you been in this job ? ’ |
| 25 | It is helpful if the speaker has good articulation ( crisp consonants ) and is able to phrase sentences so that the key word or subject does not depend on a high frequency — for example , instead of saying ‘ Do you know Sussex ? ’ ( key word Sussex ) , they could say ‘ Have you been in this part of the world before ? ’ |
| 26 | So have you been in this business before ? |
| 27 | And how long have you been in these particular premises ? |
| 28 | ‘ How long have you been like this ? ’ |