Example sentences of "you [vb base] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forcing her voice through frozen lips , she hid her inner turmoil and quipped , ‘ You make being engaged to Peter sound like just another job ! ’ |
| 2 | Never mock other people who find the work difficult ( you know how much you hate being laughed at ) . |
| 3 | The persuasive and analytic skills you develop are applied during your course to literary works and issues ; but they have the additional value that they are potentially transferable to other problems and circumstances . |
| 4 | Is this grass that you bring being delivered tomorrow morning ? |
| 5 | Er , as far the these building are concerned I think your point is valid , I mean , I think probably printers , I think that you suggest are left on because you never know when it 'll be to . |
| 6 | It may be that a new course is still in the planning stages , or that what you want is offered at another local centre . |
| 7 | In most cases , the characters for the keys that you press are passed directly to the application that is currently active . |
| 8 | Erm C Forty One is one of the er policies which you say is ignored by the suggested amendment . |
| 9 | All your accounts remain separate , but the amount of interest you earn is based on the family 's total . |
| 10 | If so , a proper contract should be drawn up to specify this , if , on the other hand , you are employed by someone , perhaps the local council , and the work you create is done under the terms of your employment , then the employer owns the copyright . |
| 11 | The impression you create is given as much by how you look and behave as by what you say and this very definitely includes what you wear . |
| 12 | This competing to be noticed and admired only for how you look is treated and encouraged as normal behaviour in girls . |
| 13 | A file you overwrite is lost . |
| 14 | The details you give are assessed according to a points system and then the bank may check with a credit reference agency to see whether you have a previous record of not paying your debts . |
| 15 | ‘ You enjoy being mastered . ’ |
| 16 | You might as well say you enjoy being crippled . |
| 17 | Unless , that is , you enjoy being pinched . |
| 18 | I expect you remember being taken and fetched each day — some four or five miles — sometimes by me and sometimes by Ruth Donnison — and how you used to fume when we picked up the Khin Zaw 's children who were always late . |
| 19 | What you can do here , if you like is put W there . |
| 20 | You like being pushed around ? ’ |
| 21 | If you like being condemned to death and followed around by loonies with slippers on and becoming involved with weird prophecies from the dawn of time , it 's a lot of fun ! |
| 22 | Unless you like being marooned in out-of-the-way places with a half-empty water bottle , it is not a subject a hitch-hiker should get drawn into . |
| 23 | ‘ He 's had trouble with campers , who 've broken down his fences and left fires that have caused a lot of damage — not Guides or Scouts , of course , who you know are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks but he puts all campers together and calls them all nuisances . ’ |
| 24 | you know are worked through and and in that particular case all the service is actually September ninety fifty six . |
| 25 | But anyway , one day he found himself walking in our street , which was different to how it is now , because not only was The Bar there , which as you know is gone now , but also there were different kinds of people living in that part of town then . |
| 26 | driven by anyone who you know is disqualified from driving or has not held a driving licence , or is prevented by law for holding one |
| 27 | driven by anyone who you know is disqualified from driving or has not held a driving licence , or is prevented by law for holding one . |
| 28 | driven by anyone who you know is disqualified from driving or has not held a driving licence , or is prevented by law for holding one . |
| 29 | driven by anyone who you know is disqualified from driving or has not held a driving licence , or is prevented by law for holding one . |
| 30 | driven by anyone who you know is disqualified from driving or has not held a driving licence , or is prevented by law for holding one . |