Example sentences of "you [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You squeeze a dollop of special paste into a small cup at the base of the burner and light it . |
| 2 | You need a focus for that desire to live , so you pick a therapy , orthodox or alternative , and you use it . |
| 3 | But in good conditions , once you reach the summit cairn of Bleaklow Head , the highpoint on the western end of the Bleaklow ridge , the section across the drab peaty wilderness towards Alport Low can be quite enjoyable — if you pick a good line . |
| 4 | You pick a big office block which has a reception and preferably a switchboard near the front door . |
| 5 | LIFESPAN will use this code to uniquely identify the media items for offline storage ( the built-in intelligent archiver ) ; eg. if you pick a LIFEID of LT , media for this process must be labelled LT0001 , LT0002 etc . |
| 6 | But if you pick a couple of complete no-hopers , rank outsiders , well , there 's no need to stay , is there ? |
| 7 | every time you get a question right you pick a card , but if you have more than , once you 've got more than nine cards you 've got to put one at the bottom of the pack again |
| 8 | and you send it off and they send you a booklet where you pick a holiday and this go-kart worth a thousand pound on the so they 're having to do that you see . |
| 9 | You pick a card . |
| 10 | You you pick a track . |
| 11 | Now when you pick a paw pear before prickling when you pick a pawpaw for a prickly pear and you pick the wrong pear next time beware ! |
| 12 | Now when you pick a paw pear before prickling when you pick a pawpaw for a prickly pear and you pick the wrong pear next time beware ! |
| 13 | you pick a funny thing , ooh is n't that funny ! |
| 14 | In the var section you declare a variable to be a pointer to a variable of that type . |
| 15 | All this is possible if you book a car through Enterprise to be collected at your arrival airport , for the duration of your holiday . |
| 16 | Ski test : if you book a Ski Enterprise holiday in Tignes on March 17 or 24 , you can try out the 1990–91 range of skis from leading sports manufacturers . |
| 17 | When you book a selected golf holiday in the 1991 Solgolf brochure ( one of Britain 's leading golf holiday companies ) as a Golf Plus club member you will automatically receive £25 discount on your holiday invoice . |
| 18 | The Cosmos Consumer Protection Plan cover virtually every aspect of your holiday , from the moment you pick up our brochure to the moment you arrive back home , and because we want everyone to know where they stand with us it clearly spells out our obligations to you and your commitments to us when you book a holiday with us from this brochure . |
| 19 | This curious misuse of language means that if you book a spot at anything less than the top rate , some time in advance , the station can re-sell it , at a higher rate , to anyone who wants it , at any time before the cancellation date . |
| 20 | In the air , look right round as you make a quick circle . |
| 21 | You will soon notice the difference if you make a sudden switch between the two . |
| 22 | You can sometimes discover what responses the opponent is likely to make it you make a sudden move towards him . |
| 23 | However this year ( April 1991–92 ) community charge benefit will be backdated to 1st April as long as you make a claim within 56 days of receiving your bill which takes into account the £140 reduction . |
| 24 | You make a hole in the outside wall and run the waste pipe through , fit an elbow and lead another pipe into the hopper head . |
| 25 | Uniting boredom , provinciality , the Gadarene stampede , and paper people , Peter Verkhovensky says : ‘ I realize that in this godforsaken town you are bored , so you make a rush for any piece of paper with something written on it . ’ |
| 26 | Their attitude was , when you buy it you make a commitment to buying it and you wear it . |
| 27 | I would much rather say that every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you , the part of you that chooses , into something a little different from what it was before . |
| 28 | You make a cup of tea for a friend who has called around to express their condolences only to find as you pour it out , that there is no tea in the pot . |
| 29 | If you make a ritardando , I retard my machine . |
| 30 | That comes automatically , together with iced water , before Peggy Sue begins interrogating you , and is replenished so often and so generously that you make a note to speak harshly to the next British rip-off artist who rushes you 80p for a niggardly Nescafe . |