Example sentences of "[verb] at the [noun] you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is to get somebody to call your number , and check it rings at the number you 've diverted to , and the other is to call the switchboard and ask them , because on the switchboard , when they dial your number , up will come the number that it 's been diverted to . |
| 2 | Yeah you 're getting you 're you 're getting saturated at the moment you 've |
| 3 | was she sat at the bottom you know |
| 4 | Go and push a few notes on your own piano ; there 's no one here to wince at the sound you make these days . |
| 5 | Were you to take after the Italians , you would use no more than oil and vinegar , added at the time you served the salad , even leaving each consumer to make up his or her own dressing . |
| 6 | well I mean the , the agent has n't or has n't yet sued , but I was n't really putting it like that , I was asking you whether it is your case as in presently stand looking at the defence you 've raised to whether or not you have failed to perform your legal obligations under clause nine . |
| 7 | Now talking bout the Cosmo , I 'll come back to that again because there was a lad there and he was in the Independent Labour Party , and er his name was Eric and er this pamphlet will tell you said he answered more questions when he spoke , and at nineteen he was he spoke , he answered more questions than any other speaker had ever answered at the Cosmo you know he got a record for answering questions . |
| 8 | Unless specifically agreed by us in writing at the time you make your booking , we can not accept any booking which is made conditional upon a special request being satisfied . |
| 9 | You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years . |
| 10 | Calm down , cheer up , control your temper , wipe that make-up off , you look like a tart , look at the way you walk , do n't wear those trousers , put a dress on , men ca n't control themselves , it 's up to you to take control , love bites are a sign of a man out of control , your sister 's a tart , if you lose your name no one will have you , who do you think you are , listen to her — social life ? |
| 11 | Look at the way you live . |
| 12 | and again , just look at the work you know . |
| 13 | ‘ Look at the mess you 've made on the carpet ! ’ |
| 14 | Look at the , look at the miles you had to walk at ! |
| 15 | Well look at the time you see I did promise at one o'clock to make five o'clock arrive earlier , quicker and we got there in style for the past four hours . |
| 16 | But look at the negotiation you did , what were you doing well , what were some of the things that you needed most strength . |
| 17 | As you look at the place you have chosen , daylight turns to dusk ; the colours become muted and the shadows lengthen . |
| 18 | Look at the colours you got in that ! |
| 19 | ‘ I better look at the ones you found , then . ’ |
| 20 | You can just see at the end you know at the end , it fills like a , a little little splodge of wee . |
| 21 | You were told at the time you did , and Councillor told you at the time that th it was totally inadequate was the children 's budget , so how can you expect more money from the Government when your sense of priorities is so blatantly wrong on the money that you 're already handling . |
| 22 | You know they they 're a lot of the older men makes you wonder have they been sacked so they do n't have to pay them hand shakes at the end you know if they wanted to lay some people off . |
| 23 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 24 | Next you have to decide when to enter the date and time information — do you want to use the spreadsheet like a time clock where you record what you are doing at the time you do it or will you use it to maintain a post-hoc record and enter dates and times in batches . |
| 25 | When stuck at the roadside you ring the free phone and a mechanic will be sent out to try to get you going again . |
| 26 | When you arrive at the area you 've chosen , a useful first stop is the local windsurfing shop , the address of which should be advertised in the windsurfing press . |
| 27 | In your mind you may have to start from the beginning of the paradigm and go down until you arrive at the form you need at the moment . |
| 28 | If , when you arrive at the interview you find you are early or there is a delay , do n't just sit around allowing tension to build up inside you . |
| 29 | This is generally for a set sum , over an agreed period , during which you sill pay back the capital and the interest : the rate of interest is fixed at the time you take out the loan , so your monthly repayments never change . |
| 30 | It was Bob who told me he booked we our union normally stay at the Claremont you see . |