Example sentences of "[noun sg] you [verb] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inevitably as a journalist you get to know a large number of people , and it 's people who make appointments . |
| 2 | To sit down in a cafe you had to buy a cup of tea . |
| 3 | ‘ Have you finished ? ’ they ask as you lie gasping , and when they switch on the light you expect to see a sign over the bed , NOW WASH YOUR HANDS . |
| 4 | To line the sides of the cake tin you need to cut a strip of paper ( or two , for double thickness ) , as long as the circumference of the tin — allowing a little for overlap — and about 1cm ( ½inch ) wider than its depth . |
| 5 | This meant that to go for a crap you had to take a shovel and dig a hole which was hard work when the ground was solid . |
| 6 | ‘ Now that you have discarded your masculine disguise you seem to need a good deal of attention . ’ |
| 7 | If that sounds confusing , it can be illustrated simply ; the singular number of the English noun is unmarked with respect to the plural , since the singular form is basic and to make the plural you have to add a suffix . |
| 8 | If you are the guard you have to wear a blindfold because you are armed with a laser torch which is so powerful that it would blind you if you could see it . |
| 9 | In that time you rehearse every skill you need to skipper a small cruiser in flotilla in Greece . |
| 10 | Now as you probably know this is a level nine course it 's a it 's a course on which a platform is erected for other courses as Gordon said then the the introduction to management you have to make a short presentation do n't you but it does n't concentrate just on this . |
| 11 | No , no , if you go , if you went on a philosophy you wanted to take a degree in English and philosophy you do n't know any more o than the next person about |
| 12 | Below the photic zone oxygen is consumed by biological activity so immediat from immediately below the photic zone you tend to see a decrease in oxygen with depth reaching a minima somewhere between five hundred and a thousand metres depth |
| 13 | Secret To do this trick you need to choose a month with five Wednesdays in it . |
| 14 | ‘ It is almost certainly the case you have to do a little bit extra because you are female but you do n't have to prove you are twice as good . ’ |
| 15 | The diamond design shown in the opposite photograph is really an adaptation of the solid design ( see pp. 80–1 ) , although in this case you have to make a very definite outline with the leaves and then ensure that it is echoed in the shape that the flowers make in the centre of the design . |
| 16 | You know when you go in the car park you have to get a token to get out . |
| 17 | To hire a motorhome you need to hold a full U.K. driving licence and be over 25 , although some operators will accept drivers over 21 at premium prices . |
| 18 | To create a one metre wide path on peat you need to excavate a one metre wide trench with a depth of eight inches . |
| 19 | At that point you have to call a halt to it . |
| 20 | " I have n't liked to say anything about it , but you must have noticed , that evening you stayed to have a drink with us , that my wife was n't quite herself . " |
| 21 | Between the loch and your start point at Caldons campsite you need to follow a short section of the Water of Trool . |
| 22 | Because er , to produce more output you have to have a bigger stock , and therefore the price goes up , so you produce more , decreasing not quite so much , and keep a greater percentage than you did last year , so that for cows , as the price goes up you 've got to counteract it again , cows this year , and try to sort of , keep my , get my herd bigger and bigger , and profitable . |
| 23 | Our unique gear guide gives you all the gen you need to choose a stove and lists every model |
| 24 | If you 're going to use this by by rewarding specific desired behaviour you need to have a look at a reward list and there 's a whole range of potential rewards that 've been around . |
| 25 | There are many things that I can do now , but could n't do as a young man , which contradicts the notion that in order to be a good instrumentalist you have to acquire a comprehensive technique i your teens . |
| 26 | But if you come on when it 's the British news you tend to get a , a more in-depth programme , it lasts longer |
| 27 | ‘ To be good at the game you have to have a reasonable level of intelligence , ’ said Cathy Williams , a teacher from the Percy Hedley School in Newcastle which caters for children with cerebral palsy . |
| 28 | ‘ To be a manager you have to have a strong personality , and I 'm not really like that unless I 've had 23 pints . |
| 29 | In order to serve a notice you have to get a name , and that 's enormously difficult , because I mean , practical difficulties need to be taken on board , Anne and then Diana . |
| 30 | Every analysis is also to some extent an interpretation ; so if for example you choose to summarise a narrative , you will , by selection and emphasis , be interpreting what the most important incidents and characters are . |