Example sentences of "you [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 As you pick up the flesh , squeeze it and apply as much pressure as you can tolerate , but not so much that you bruise the area .
2 When you pick up the phone , say ‘ Good morning afternoon ’ and announce the name of the company or department .
3 You pick up the plate , touch your nose and then you touch the bottom of the plate and then stroke your cheek and nose .
4 You are advised to keep your answer to question 5 as concise as possible ( no more than a few sentences ) ; be sure that you know exactly what you want to say before you pick up the phone .
5 The most important pre-flight check is to ensure that you pick up the handles so that right and left align with the correct bridles .
6 The best thing is — nothing can beat this — when you pick up the phone and tell them who you are , the repair man will always come round .
7 If you want to leave a copy of the icon in the original group as well , just use Ctrl=click when you pick up the icon .
8 If you pick up the phone and ring to get seats here you will very often find that you ca n't get through .
9 You can feel the brake and then you pick up the feel of the tyre and it starts moving a little bit .
10 So resolute are they at keeping hold of one another that even if you pick up the mother , her babies will still hang on to her in a wriggling furry rope .
11 So you pick up the pieces and start turning up a little here and a little — but you get the idea .
12 Now i it 's the sort of thing that you y you read about , you pick up the the paper , you put n news on , and Nasty accident on the M Eight or M Six , whatever the case may be , and a lot of vehicles are involved .
13 Chastened , you pick up the bicycle and shuffle indoors , convinced you have ruined everything for good .
14 You pick up the cake of soap and leave as quietly as you entered . ’
15 You may also have to pay an extra charge if you take equipment back with more damage than when you took it out ( make sure any damage is recorded when you pick up the goods ) and if the equipment is so dirty that it requires cleaning .
16 Er I suggest you pick up the phone and you give us a call now on , alright ?
17 That 's it yes ah I 'm connected with you I am on a cerebral plane connected with you our brains our interlinked you reach down you pick up the phone and you ring now .
18 You get mad , sometimes you cry , then you pick up the pieces and get on , because there 's always someone else who needs you . ’
19 You pick up the phone and say , Hello .
20 You 're on my territory when you pick up the phone .
21 You pick up the warning signs from the news and so on before you get the official warning to go , but it 's still short notice .
22 You pick up the dish and .
23 and we we see what is fed to us there , we pick up , you pick up the you know , the comic strip papers you know , yo you see headlines there , most of it is is you know Tory sort of dominated .
24 Yes , everybody , O K , now I 'll pay the phone bill , all I want you to do is pick up the phone and every time you pick up the phone and make an attempt to get me an appointment , I 'll give you a pound .
25 If I said to you every time you pick up the phone it 's closer to ten pounds , would it get you very excited .
26 When you pick up the rec , the , the hands it will actually take you through to the nearest police control room area now , if it 's on the M eleven then most of the calls will go into Chelmsford , our police headquarters , once you cross over the borders and go into Metropolitan area , then that goes up to the Scotland Yard in their control rooms .
27 What we have to say is , straight from Essex Police if that happens to you , get out , wherever possible on the passenger 's side of the vehicle and then go to your nearest box and then you pick up the receiver and get through the police control room and they will ask you a series of questions , have you broken down ?
28 That 's right , yes , every time you answer the telephone for an external call , when you pick up the telephone , you are representing Oxford University Press , it does n't matter who you are , and it does n't matter where you are , it does n't matter whether you 're in Eynsham , in Walton Street , in Corby , anywhere .
29 You want to create a good impression every time you pick up the phone to answer it .
30 The idea is that , if you pick out the best bits from the past , combine them , mix and match them , dust them down and restore them fondly , then the result will be something better .
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