Example sentences of "you [vb base] be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now when erm you say are supplying at the moment . |
| 2 | Alternatively , just hang plants from hooks above the window , or stand small pots of plants along the windowsill , making sure that the ones you select are going to be happy with the kind of light , temperature and humidity you are providing . |
| 3 | Erm plans for the succession er and development of senior people and some of the plans this is going back to July er were in place then , most of the plans are in place now erm has probably most of you know are retiring in in October er their jobs have now all been allocated and are in the process of being transferred to the partners . |
| 4 | At school there 's always the two or three girls in the class that you know are sleeping with guys , and they had no qualms about it . |
| 5 | At Orbec , twenty kilometres from Lisieux , is the Caneton , a restaurant which you know is going to be good as soon as you enter its doors — the smell is so appetizing — but it is small and not exactly unknown , so it is prudent to telephone for a table in advance . |
| 6 | If you have a good and close relationship with your mother you should be able to talk to her , but sometimes things are not even as straightforward as this , and if you are close to someone who you know is going to be upset or disappointed in you , it may be even harder to do . |
| 7 | You know both sides were very happy you know it was up with the company or down with the company you know , and I think certainly the younger lads sort of saw it as an infringement upon their future , you know we 've all got mortgages and the o older men who 'd been working since the quarry started you know were gon na see a drop in their standard of living , so I think you know people were getting a bit upset you know that a n a new fella h a new face had come in , and all of a sudden you know changes were being made that were gon na hurt everybody financially . |
| 8 | Whether you have to make urgent repairs to your car or pay for that holiday you 've been saving for , you can get money out of your account without giving us any notice at all — and you wo n't lost any interest . |
| 9 | → It seems to me , Dave , that you 've been labouring under a bit of a misapprehension . |
| 10 | As soon as you get the good news you 've been hoping for , accept it . |
| 11 | ‘ You 've been snorin' in that chair all efternoon , John Williamson , ’ his wife said , lifting the old coat off his knees . |
| 12 | It 's been a up , in fact , you 've been living off the people , in in in other words . |
| 13 | providing , and you 've been living off capital in that way , and and and I 'm not prepared to do that , but I do think there is strong case for borrowing , er , providing it 's kept in in that in in er er under control at this time , and borrowing , I may feel that we will be able to be in a much better position to take our capital receipts and use them advantageously in the future . |
| 14 | You look as if you 've been bickering with a volcano . ’ |
| 15 | Anyway , I gather you 've been delving into prehistory — Marks , was n't it ? |
| 16 | I 've noticed that some of the apples you 've been getting from Safeway have n't been very good . |
| 17 | Not long before the end of term now , pooh looking forward to er , going home to get some real food inside you I dare say , as opposed to the gruel you 've been getting in hall . |
| 18 | Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you 've been cuckolding for the last three years would take more than his limited social vocabulary . |
| 19 | That would have made an impression at a literary party , but the old trout just replied , ‘ Silly boy , I do n't think you 've been listening to a word I said ! ’ |
| 20 | You 've been listening to his scaremongering nonsense . |
| 21 | ‘ I think a lot of what happens when you play solos has to do with what you 've been listening to lately . |
| 22 | But I do n't know what wind you 've been listening to . |
| 23 | You 've been listening to loverboy , that 's all ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You 've been listening to the hoodoo doctors , ’ he says . |
| 25 | But do ask when you get back to the branch , because it samples claims that Abbey has , have had , erm , it reiterates the statistics that you 've just heard , the likelihood of somebody suffering with cancer , heart attacks , strokes etcetera , it er , gives you the ages er , if you choose , write in statistics , the one you 've been listening to . |
| 26 | Thank you Chairman erm I would like I know that you 've been listening to the first er part of our session this afternoon , erm and I 'd like to ask you to discuss with us one of the questions that we asked the group the Pension Fund erm and that 's to discuss the balance of power that exists between the employer and the various groups and classes of pensioner . |
| 27 | ‘ You 've been listening at keyholes , have you ? |
| 28 | ‘ So that 's why you 've been clinging to me like a leech all these months . |
| 29 | It was just a quickie , I just wanted to read this little point that I actually think brings lots of what you 've been discussing about together , and it 's a light hearted , but it does have some relevance if I can just say it . |
| 30 | ‘ You 've been playin' with that for hours . ’ |