Example sentences of "you [vb mod] have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | And dispersing the audience 's attention among nine separate TV sets is a sure way of dispersing any atmosphere you may have been lucky enough to set up . |
| 2 | If time-out did n't work for you , you may have been applying the method incorrectly . |
| 3 | You may have been born in another country , for instance , and still not feel truly at home in the foreign culture and customs you have come to . |
| 4 | As well as being appropriately dressed you should also be aware that you may have been noted even while looking at the agency 's window display . |
| 5 | You may have been conned into believing that successful human beings are the ones with loads of brains and loads of friends but the truth is different ! |
| 6 | You may have been offered the similar T.buttikoferi , which has the usual bad habits when adult . |
| 7 | If , like me , you have learned that a certain amount of filamentous algae is an inevitable fact of modern pondkeeping , you may have been tolerant of its growth during the summer months . |
| 8 | You may find that you sleep better than before ( and can throw away any sleeping pills you may have been taking ) , that you have got rid of that nagging headache or that the muscles in your neck and shoulders suddenly feel warm and relaxed . |
| 9 | So be on your guard , and if you think you may have been sold a fake , report it to your local trading standards department immediately . |
| 10 | Or at least , some of you may have been ; I contrived to stay in the departure lounge for all these Angst -ridden travelogues , and I ca n't say I 'm busting a gut to catch up with any of them . |
| 11 | In fact , you can use your Steamatic to tackle those tough and often unpleasant jobs that you may have been putting off for ages . |
| 12 | A SEEMS to me as though you may have been overfeeding them with a fertiliser containing quite a lot of nitrogen and perhaps over-watering . |
| 13 | Paradoxically , however , although over the years you may have been contributing many thousands of pounds to the Inland Revenue , in practice you may have had very little direct contact with the tax system . |
| 14 | All the caution and tension that you may have been feeling has now flown . |
| 15 | If you have ever looked at the ingredients list on your bag of Koi pellets , you may have been puzzled by the high ash content . |
| 16 | You may have been instructed by a superior in your organisation to solve a problem by writing a report on it . |
| 17 | You may have been in they may been in the infants when |
| 18 | Consider the following reading tasks that you may have been set , either by yourself or your teacher : |
| 19 | You may have been of course . |
| 20 | If you had been a young person at the beginning of this century , you may have been in ‘ in service ’ , working as a maid or servant for a wealthy family . |
| 21 | You may have been expecting me , but I sure as hell was n't expecting you ! ’ |
| 22 | You may have been his class , but you were too limited for a man like him . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I believe you may have been under the influence . ’ |
| 24 | You see you may have been in sales but in advertise this is erm |
| 25 | You may have been single-minded about racing , but I was also tied into my work . |
| 26 | Look forward to your future with optimism , even though you may have been feeling held back for some time . |
| 27 | you know there was I 've got a policy er here that I can take out and you took it and then that was it and you spent the rest of the time talking about this one policy whereas , because you 'd been thinking about that one , there may have been others that you may have been able to disturb her about or erm you know if she had other member of the family or education , whatever , there was , there was other areas that maybe you could 've brought up or gone back to anyway . |
| 28 | You may have been sat in the Wendover if you 've come on the Sunday , but even having breakfast I bet you were going , what time do you think we ought to leave . |
| 29 | ‘ You ought to have been frightened . |
| 30 | 15a ‘ You ought to have been more careful . |