Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] your [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or scratch your crutch with the salad fork . |
| 2 | I said you and I were man and wife , and to lose me would break or damage your bond with the King . |
| 3 | Two slotted benches occupied most of the space and they were high up so that you had to sit with neck bent or smash your head against the ceiling . |
| 4 | One significant advantage is that should you upgrade or change your machine in the future you only need a new interface to use the tablet with a new computer — plus the appropriate software , of course . |
| 5 | By day it 's very much a ‘ let's get a sunlounger and lie on the sand ’ sort of resort and the sandy beach is well equipped with everything you 'll need in the way of bars , restaurants and shade , and there are several places to waterski , windsurf and parascend or try your hand on the wet bikes . |
| 6 | Check at your local college or library for details of suitable opportunities in your area or share your hobby in the friendly atmosphere of a knitting club . |
| 7 | Can you imitate an academic ? — like not washing or changing your shirt for the next few days … ? ’ |
| 8 | or guessing your distance by the sparkle |
| 9 | It 's best to go with an organised group if you want to cycle or paddle your way through the area . |
| 10 | I am not suggesting that you should collapse in a soggy heap if you bang your head or shut your finger in the door ; but suppressing tears when you are really unhappy is suppressing the grief itself and this can be harmful in several ways : |
| 11 | Write about a journey to an unfamiliar place , a place that , when you visited it , fractured , ruptured or enlarged your understanding of the world . |
| 12 | In the centre of the island are the fire mountains — dormant volcanoes — where the temperature is 400 degrees a few feet below the surface , and you can find a restaurant that grills your steak on the native rock . |
| 13 | But direct observation does give you the colours and you do become more accurate , even though sunlight and shadows move so fast during the time it takes to paint such a scene that the particular arrangement that caught your eye in the first place has long since gone by the time the picture is finished ! |
| 14 | Word Whiz is a word challenge game that measures your knowledge of the English language . |
| 15 | But a character ( in one of his films ) states that clawing your way to the top is very bad for the fingernails … and , basically , I am very laid-back person , anyway . ’ |
| 16 | Linking hands , they whispered their love for one another , and although they were kept physically apart by those old granite stones , they were in another sense brought close together by them , for it is curiously easier to give your heart away through a hole in the wall than to swear your fidelity between the sheets of a feather bed . |
| 17 | And if you want to advertise , what better way to do it , than take your product into the skies . |
| 18 | Jump the gap and make your way down the steps and platforms to another ladder , pick up another crate to your left and climb down the ladder , kill the workman and run right ( out of the building ) , get on the lift and jump into the little room ( this contains a couple of records ) , get the crate and climb up the ladder to kill the last workman , get on the lift to your left and go to the top , jump onto the platform , and the next , and the next , until you reach the furthest one where there 's an extra life . |
| 19 | On the face of it , this is a month when you should be concentrating on your future and accepting your share of the limelight . |
| 20 | You will fall on yourself and bang your head on the radiator when you step backwards . |
| 21 | I 'd like to take you by the throat and bang your head against the wall . ’ |
| 22 | And raise your profile at the same time . |
| 23 | You just walked back to your position trying to look unconcerned and got your clap from the crowd : I could feel this smile on my face , feel it spreading out to a grin . |
| 24 | The aim is to leap around in an inflated suit and push your opponent off the mat . |
| 25 | To enter simply circle the following words in the square opposite and send your entry to the address below . |
| 26 | If you wish to oppose the granting of such decree you should put your reasons in writing and send your letter to the address shown below . |
| 27 | So get phoning and voice your vote for the Scouseology superstars . |
| 28 | Francis Bacon who put money into an unsuccessful company to colonize Newfoundland wrote in his essay On Plantations ( the word used then and for most of the seventeenth century for what would later be called colonies ) ‘ You must make account to lose almost twenty years profit , and expect your recompense in the end . ’ |
| 29 | And found your notebook on the kitchen table , conveniently open at the name of this place . |
| 30 | Slowly lower and touch your chest with the bar . |