Example sentences of "you 're [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Menachem Begin recalled ‘ Ben Gurion used to say that if you 're pursuing a policy that may lead to war , it 's vital to have a great power behind you . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah , you 're , you 're made a laugh of are n't you ? |
| 3 | If you if you were going into I mean if you specialized in patisserie or something where you 're chucking a lot of the stuff out . |
| 4 | However , it can get more complicated when you 're shaping a neck . |
| 5 | Apparently they have had people calling in saying , ‘ please could I speak to Sue ’ , and that could be anybody , and then the switchboard has to go through the rigmarole of saying , ‘ what 's it all about , do you know where the person works , can you give me a bit more information ’ , and it takes up a lot more of their time , so please , if you 're leaving a message for somebody to call you back , leave your full name and your extension number . |
| 6 | So he said , well they have a grill at the top he says , so if you 're cooking a chicken instead of it coming out pale th the grill will come on and it will brown it |
| 7 | ‘ So you 're building a hotel down there at Crystal Springs ? |
| 8 | and then and then you 're splitting yourself , you 're building a barrier up for yourself . |
| 9 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 10 | If you 're seeking a way to express frustrated emotion and thwarted love , then you need to know that children are individuals who come with their own rights and demands . |
| 11 | Er when you 're riding a horse , you see the weight is all on the back er whichever tendency do and what we call the gait er |
| 12 | Imagine you 're throwing a party , and you can have any musicians , past or present , along to play for the night — who would you choose ? |
| 13 | Do n't be too influenced either by colour — you can often buy pvc liners in blue or ‘ stone ’ ( buff or beige ) , but you 're constructing a pond not a swimming pool , and mud and algae will soon hide or discolour the liner below water level , and every part that shows above can look glaringly conspicuous . |
| 14 | as much as anything , but it 's only cos you 're writing a letter , and you say oh hello you writing a letter to mum , he says no I killed her to come here , you do n't put your foot in it a big way , but after a while because you know nobody there is nice it really makes a lot of difference people |
| 15 | If you 're watching a sett that is n't often visited by humans it 's as well to be extra careful and observe the following basic rules . |
| 16 | ‘ Winning close matches on a regular basis is a signal that you 're watching a champion . ’ |
| 17 | When the curtains part and you see a white screen you know you 're watching a screen and it is n't real . |
| 18 | You , you can have your erm if you were watching a programme and er , I 've done this , erm if you 're watching a programme and you want to see what the weather forecast is er you can have that superimposed on your programme . |
| 19 | You could listen to the news on the telly and it would n't make any difference , but if you 're watching a programme , |
| 20 | You 're watching a review of the week 's news from I T N. |
| 21 | You 're watching a review of the week 's news from I T N. |
| 22 | You 're watching a review of the week 's news from I T N. |
| 23 | You 're watching a review of the week 's news from I T N. |
| 24 | You 're watching a review of the week 's news from I T N. |
| 25 | You 're watching a review of the week 's news from I T N. |
| 26 | " It 's a girl , you 're seeing a girl . |
| 27 | kind of carpets all the time , just an odd contract stuff , now it 's nearly all contract , so you 're seeing a lot of different carpets and it 's more interesting wondering where they 're going to , like America and |
| 28 | ‘ I hear you 're seeing a lot of Marshall . ’ |
| 29 | When you 're reading a speech ordinarily you have either to keep your finger on the spot or find it again . |
| 30 | Erm , because if , if interruptions are coming from the people who work for you , you can , you know , nicely tell them to go away and get on with it , but if they 're coming from the boss , and bosses are sensitive soles , so it 's difficult to actually say to the boss , boss you 're wasting a lot of my time , go away . |