Example sentences of "you [vb base] on [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But nothing prepares you for the blinding flash of flares and the noise of the thundercrackers as you run on to the field .
2 Bryony if you 're going to walk you need hold on to there because when you hang on to the handle it 's too high and you tip it over .
3 When you see it coming — remember that they do everything on the move — you jump on to the runner on the opposite side from the dog , take a deep breath and hope the runner wo n't kick it up .
4 A nasty cross sea seems to haunt its approach which nearly always brings you beam on to a lee shore and makes steering difficult .
5 Y … you get on at the back , ’ replied the driver in a squeaky voice .
6 You get on with the noise machine please .
7 In this sort of book you may well find that the pattern of how-will-he-get-out-of-this is more convenient to use while underneath you get on with the purpose of your story .
8 ‘ It 's like you get on to a list , ’ he suggests with a smile .
9 You drive on to a roundabout , another driver smashes right into your rear , you are determined to remain calm .
10 ‘ When you go on to a slope with hard snow and ice which is relatively steep then you need stiff sole boots which have an iron bar under the rubber , ’ he said .
11 And it will , if you , at the beginning of the sentence , however , it 's got a comma after it , before you go on to the rest of the sentence .
12 They say when you go on to the Stock Market you should be worried because you can lose your strength .
13 Just le lea you 're leading them home so let them pick a bit of grass and then you go on into the yard and I 'll give them the breakfast , they have their breakfast and while they 're eating their breakfast you 're doing your horse and you get finished and then you go and have yours .
14 You know , you carry on down the motorway , like the sun was on , on , and I was really getting sweaty hot with the sun , it was like on the win on the on er , the window
15 That 's a responsibility you take on with a family .
16 If , when you get on , all your weight is left on the back foot , the back of the board will inevitably sink and you will go for a swim — as you step on to the board move the weight forwards quickly .
17 Fig 51 When you place the weight over the back foot the tail will submerge , so as you step on to the board lean forwards placing weight through the front arm on to the mast foot .
18 Oh no , ’ you rave on at the box .
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