Example sentences of "you [vb base] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When you sit down for a wee while .
2 Do n't zoom the lens in and out , either , but save this effect for the last shot in which you zoom out to a wide view of the garden again .
3 So that you wind up with a prioritised monthly to do list .
4 I mean do you do better if you put in on a large stake as opposed to a small stake ?
5 You plot along at a steady crawl wondering if you 'll ever reach that far-off doorway , let go of the joystick as soon as you get there , then promptly take another pace !
6 Instead you manipulate the plots of the others to your own ends , playing one off against the others , letting them waste their energies in fruitless rivalries while you look on from a safe distance , waiting patiently for the moment to make your move , the day when I drop dead and you can come home and claim your own .
7 You look rather at a loose end over there .
8 The sort of thing you read about for a cheap thrill in the advice column of a woman 's magazine — it really happens , it happens to you .
9 A tiny figure is when you consider up to a third of the population is estimated to have no belief in God .
10 Maybe it 's like driving an expensive sports car : you ease through city traffic , choking on fumes and endless queueing , and then you finally edge out onto a motorway , you drop down into a stronger gear , and you press the accelerator .
11 And you open just like a little shelter .
12 you know you finish up with a wrecked
13 You start off with the truth , embellish it slightly , then gradually add to it , until you finish up with a fully-fledged whopper .
14 The , the way the hills get lighter as you go through until we get right to the back and you finish up with a little bit of erm very light cloud beyond the hills in the distance .
15 The water-based ones are quite easy to apply and dry quickly but they often look patchy afterwards unless you finish off with a water-based varnish instead of the usual oil-based polyurethane .
16 This contact may be by post , by telephone or by personal meetings ; the choice will depend very much on how important you are to a magazine and the magazine to you and thus how often you are likely to be working with this particular publication , how physically near you are to each other and indeed how well you get on at a social level .
17 You get away with a good deal , ’ he said looking at Taliesin thoughtfully .
18 Then you ring Dial-A-Ticket ( 0532–710710 ) which is generally engaged , so you re-dial at frequent intervals till you get through to a recorded ticket office girl blotering on about similar information .
19 This is really , really mega-important , because if you get off to a disorganised start then you 'll find it hard to recover .
20 It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot .
21 You set off in a strong boat with keen crew , but your ship is dashed upon the rocks off The Isle of the Crown , and the adventure starts with your hero having been washed up on the beach of that isle and with a firm desire to seek out his long lost love …
22 Make sure you lean back through a curved spine and rock off the heel of your hands for added support .
23 Yeah but if you feel strongly about a particular issue , erm Elizabeth Peacock , during the er coal pits erm dispute when she was very very upset at what your You were planning to do , closing down all those coal mines and and she went public about it .
24 You thrash around for a few minutes , trying not to breathe , but you have to inhale sometimes . ’
25 However , if you go back to a lengthy program after a couple of months you will find it very difficult to understand if you have not included any REMs .
26 it 's so inflammable you go anywhere near a naked flame sorry flame
27 You go in with a whole lot of money and you come out with a whole lot of junk .
28 If you go along to a good quality golf course they have the score card a planner but they also have a little script that tells you about the hole .
29 Assuming you end up with a new settlement .
30 You end up with a gridded image with each square a different combination of negative exposure and flash exposure .
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