Example sentences of "your [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea that a runner can win more by not trying too hard is not likely to be well received in the hard-bitten commercial world of sports retailing , but if the winter miles are currently very wearisome and every race is a struggle to gain a few seconds , you might try leaving your watch off at a race or two and see if the Zarei approach puts a bit of the enjoyment back into running . |
| 2 | To create a Chignon , tie your hair back with a band and put the Flexi Comb around the ponytail . |
| 3 | The dodgy S & M imagery of ‘ Raping A Slave ’ ( actually a meditation on power and work ) and other included tracks form the ‘ Young God ’ EP and the still-withering power of ‘ Cop ’ ( ‘ Nobody burns your skin off like a cop ’ ) amidst the all-powerful monotony show that we 've lost something along the way . |
| 4 | ‘ As soon as you get round the corner , put your foot down for a couple of blocks . |
| 5 | You put your guitar down for a second , and just as you turn away there 's a horrible discordant ker-draanngg ! , accompanied , if you 're unlucky , by the even more expensive noise of your headstock suddenly leaving the band to embark on a solo career . |
| 6 | The only thing that 's keeping your neck out of a noose is that little set-up you 've got going in Longrock . |
| 7 | I do n't know how many people know this , but if you 're in custody and you have council accommodation , the council will only pay your rent up to a year . |
| 8 | Dress your child up in a clown outfit and paint on a sad face . |
| 9 | If you own a computer it is worthwhile entering all your vocabulary on to a disk from early on in your programme . |
| 10 | This the movies , so we accept that someone who burgles you home , hacks your safe out of a wall with an axe and steals all your savings may be one helluva guy . |
| 11 | Cos if you take your eye off for a second , bang somebody 's there ! |
| 12 | Thorpe Park recommend that you plan your day out for a visit of more than six hours to get maximum enjoyment from your outing . |
| 13 | ‘ You can release all the mental strain that you 've built up when psyching your self up for a marathon , ’ she says . |
| 14 | Although you will not be able to take your puppy out for a walk in public places until it has completed its course of inoculation , at about 12 weeks old , the intervening weeks up to this point will be useful in familiarizing the dog with walking on a leash . |
| 15 | If you take your wife out for a meal , you invite her out for your meal you just say , let's go Tuesday night , it never went in the diary . |
| 16 | And again you leave it standing a certain time and you pour off your whey and take your curd in to a muslin and er hang it up and again more whey 'll drain off cos it 's hanging up . |
| 17 | you 'll have to put your top on in a minute , okay , oh it 's filthy |
| 18 | Hold up a finger at arm's-length , close one eye , and line your finger up with a picture or some other convenient object some way away . |
| 19 | Simply place your finger over the end of the tube , lower the other end in the tank over the rubbish , and lift your finger off for a second . |
| 20 | The silly bitch really could n't see that there was anything dubious about turning your daughter in to a pin-up . |
| 21 | Do n't get your health out of a bottle : There are , of course , certain medical conditions which make the taking of professionally prescribed drugs essential . |
| 22 | A copy of the background correspondence is attached for your information along with a form giving permission to use the material . |
| 23 | Steve has a proverb for us : ‘ There 's a cliché about film criticism that says you ca n't talk your way out of a belly laugh or an erection . |
| 24 | We used to think that you could spend your way out of a recession and increase employment by cutting taxes and boosting government spending . |
| 25 | ‘ Ethel , ’ continued Miss Hardbroom , ‘ just because you happen to be an excellent scholar and one of the most helpful members of my class , I do not expect you to lie your way out of a situation when it has become awkward . |
| 26 | Get robbed of a race in the weighing room , smash your shoulder up in a gallop — that 's racing . |