Example sentences of "you [vb base] [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ye ken , ye walk up tae a door and it opens of its ain accord .
2 He said : ‘ These are not 500 bananas that you pick up in a supermarket and put in your basket and take somewhere else .
3 Continue westwards to the village of Liverton following the B1366 south for ¼ mile when you branch off on a track on the right then go left to pass Lane Head Farm and Stubdale Farm .
4 And do you find that if you sit down with a guitar to write , with all the best intentions in the world , you end up …
5 And you sit there like a dog chained to a stake fixed in the past , mouthin' your worn-out shibboleths , still full of hate for England and your Church , too arrogant to make your peace with God .
6 Here you launch straight into a 120ft free abseil to a sea-washed rock platform , which serves as a base for a splendid two-pitch wall climb , finishing with a joyous ( and solid ) jug-pull , poised above the sea .
7 To do this you must know : what you are capable of , what you want out of a job , and your weak spots so that you are prepared to counter any negative questioning .
8 Never feel uncomfortable warning people you encounter halfway up a mountain who are dressed for the beach that they are taking a great risk proceeding without extra clothing and food .
9 To the size absolutely , to the size of the audience so if we say a one to one we 've got a certain level of conversational power if you say so with a group like this it has to be
10 as if you walk round with a shotgun armoured tank .
11 You walk around in a skirt and wear a bra , how was I to know ? ’
12 So you get in , and you walk in to a row .
13 See previous to that it was maybe every five years you put in for a wage increase a wage application .
14 The one search will serve if you act also for a mortgagee , in which case name the mortgagee rather than the buyer , because the priority given to the mortgagee extends to the buyer , but not vice versa .
15 If you break down on a motorway , do not leave your car , just wait for the motorway patrols to find you .
16 Your attire must tell other walkers and climbers how serious you are , indicate the status you enjoy in the world of mountaineering , and not make locals in the mountain 's nearest bar fall dangerously silent when you pop in for a pint on the way back home .
17 ‘ Guido was right , you look just like a Botticelli nymph ! ’
18 It 's an accident on the M Six , and er now if you look there in a moment you 'll see a car come out of control up through there .
19 Alternatively , and no less awe-inspiring , if the cloud conditions are right , you ascend through the mist until you break out into the sun somewhere before the summit from where you look down on a sea of white cloud with many peaks bursting through .
20 In this small picture , you look down on a couple of hundred thousand people and their bodies are as invisible as microbes .
21 ‘ Not that you look remotely like a lioness — more like a half-drowned kitten . ’
22 You sound just like a policeman . ’
23 You sound uncommonly like a policeman to me , searching for evidence .
24 You sound more like a Noel Blake man !
25 ‘ And while you 're getting out of there , you run straight into a patrol car and they arrest you after a chase .
26 Meals are part of the holiday social life , and such good value that it makes little difference if you drop out for a day or two to eat locally .
27 Meals are part of the holiday social life , and such good value that it makes little difference if you drop out for a day or two to eat locally .
28 If you jump out of a loop with a GOTO ( How could you ! ! ! ) you should jump back in .
29 A nasty cross sea seems to haunt its approach which nearly always brings you beam on to a lee shore and makes steering difficult .
30 You seem almost like a farmer to me . ’
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