Example sentences of "you [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When are you goin' to be Superintendent , Denis ? ’ asked Sean . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , you goin' to be sociable ? ’ she said , sitting up . |
| 3 | You know that you tend to be bronchial . |
| 4 | If you tend to be a ‘ hard-liner ’ , you will be attracted to punishment as a way of controlling people 's behaviour . |
| 5 | If it rains when you are driving , you tend to be drenched by the time the hood has been erected and are the laughing stock of every MX-5 driver in the neighbourhood . |
| 6 | If you tend to be inaccurate off the tee , remember that a tailwind usually reduces the effects of side spin on the ball so here 's your opportunity for the long drive . |
| 7 | DECEMBER may be a hard-working month when you tend to be carrying more than your share of responsibilities . |
| 8 | In group meetings , if you tend to be hesitant then get in early with your proposal . |
| 9 | ‘ The other thing is that wherever you go , restaurants or hotels , you tend to be met with a nice smile , because if people have laughed at you , they have warm feelings towards you — there 's no question about it . |
| 10 | You tend to be rather poorly which is why they 've given you the blood transfusion . |
| 11 | Alright so you tend to be at work . |
| 12 | I know that you tend to be inundated with questionnaires but hope you will agree that this is a vital area of concern and will help us find ways of reaching new ways of assisting young people in and into sport . |
| 13 | Thinking about the various stages you go through and then once you 've reached the level of department managers at , on a lot of issues you tend to be at this stage but it 's important to remember that a number of your staff may be down here somewhere . |
| 14 | Well one of the problems you see , i if you are perceived as one of the best , you tend to be in the top three or four or so on , you know , the , the people know who you are , but when you are perceived as being the , you know , that sort of effort you sort of find it , find it pretty difficult . |
| 15 | Well , I did , or you tend to be , you used to be Claire , when you used to wax your legs . |
| 16 | You intend to be a stranger to me from now on . |
| 17 | ‘ You intend to be rid of the main part of it ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Are n't you frightened to be here alone ? ’ asked the visitor . |
| 19 | Keep it light and sometimes when things are not as clear as you would like them to be just trust and give the remedy you judge to be nearest . |
| 20 | And I think , if you look at that video , it will actually perhaps encourage you because it sh yes , those are experienced advocates , I 'm not expecting you to refine your skills to that level , but I think if you see the , the erm the level of which experienced advocates advocate at it will actually perhaps make you relax a little , if you see the stand realize that the standard we 're expecting you to go to is not , not anywhere near quite as high as that . |
| 21 | You got to be careful when the pavements are frosty cos you can slip and hurt yourself . |
| 22 | ‘ What you got to be so pleased about ? ’ |
| 23 | But that 's what you got to be in this job . |
| 24 | You got to be f---ing joking . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But you got to be ready for it . |
| 26 | ‘ You got to be young for that . |
| 27 | It was n't doing any good , and the way to get results in this business is to remember when you 're dealing with smart people you got to be smart too . |
| 28 | Now on that twenty feet long , now I 'm up about say , you can say anything like about fifteen feet up in the in the air , might be less than that and then you got twenty feet up like that , well then there used to be wire and used to have a big wheel in top , which you could n't go over the top and with a wire , then I used to have a sling chain , my main hook and that was thirteen foot long and you take th that and on , on working on top of the lorry , see you got to be so careful and there 's men working on that lorry as well , course I broke the wheel . |
| 29 | Okay , now , what you should have in front of you , is a recipe for successful learning , because what you 've got at the top , right , what you 've got at the top is something that you 've learnt , and you think you 're pretty good at it , and what you 've got in the middle is , how you got to be good at it , and what you 've got at the end , is what you gain from having it . |
| 30 | You got to be quick . |