Example sentences of "you [vb base] be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ! ’ |
| 5 | You 've been listening to his scaremongering nonsense . |
| 6 | ‘ I think a lot of what happens when you play solos has to do with what you 've been listening to lately . |
| 7 | But I do n't know what wind you 've been listening to . |
| 8 | You 've been listening to loverboy , that 's all ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You 've been listening to the hoodoo doctors , ’ he says . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ So that 's why you 've been clinging to me like a leech all these months . |
| 13 | Directly you go ashore have a bath , send everything you 've been wearing to the laundry , and wash your hair . |
| 14 | ‘ So you 've been chatting to the Earl of Ferngrove , Jill ! ’ |
| 15 | Once you 've been going to the same shops a lot , y'know , just standing around and not buying anything , they get to know you . |
| 16 | You 've been going to bed nice and early have n't you ? |
| 17 | you 've been going to the |
| 18 | You 've been lying to me all along . ’ |
| 19 | Even after what I just learned I could n't believe you 've been lying to me since we met — that I was coming back to ask you — ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You 've been lying to me and covering up for them all along . |
| 21 | And then , immediately , I said to myself , well , you 've been saying to these men [ his captors ] ‘ When you 're in a tight corner , renounce violence ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ You 've been talking to the girls ? ’ |
| 23 | You 've been talking to him , have n't you ? |
| 24 | You 've been talking to Stuart . |
| 25 | ‘ You 've been talking to someone . ’ |
| 26 | Anyway , if you 've been talking to Betty you know who he is . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You 've been talking to Wolff ! ’ |
| 28 | You 've been talking to her ! |
| 29 | You 've been talking to Steve and I want to know — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 've been talking to my wife . |