Example sentences of "you [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you trust to a lawyer or a doctor , then it will be against his code of ethics to betray that trust . |
| 2 | Spiritual direction is not simply a cosy chat , and being straight may be one of the most important contributions you make to a person . |
| 3 | Er , but any change you make to a computer system , is likely to introduce bugs into the system , so that it does n't give the right answers any more . |
| 4 | ‘ Do not demand interest on loans you make to a brother Israelite . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , something other than sex gets you aroused to a passion , ’ she said with unaccustomed acidity . |
| 6 | And it does seem to me that erm the minute you suggest to a Parish Council who has already complained about illegal encampments on roadsides and laybys that there is a good site in their patch , there is an immediate reaction , and I am thoroughly convinced that this reaction is based on a fear that is actually based on ignorance , and that we have to remember that travellers of any description — and I do n't categorise them like Peter does — travellers of any description are human beings . |
| 7 | Well if you want to a woman as a sexual object . |
| 8 | Erm I would have thought and it 's a personal immediate reaction at this stage , it would be difficult for you to come to a conclusion on the appropriate district location . |
| 9 | Supposing you say to a child ‘ What is four times two plus one ? ’ |
| 10 | It 's a small stretchy band , normally worn on the wrist , with a single wire of about six feet and a crocodile clip which you attach to a metal part of your office , that is , desk or radiator but not the computer . |
| 11 | In the end you came to a door that said ( and this was equally inexplicable ) 3D . |
| 12 | If you listen to a text enough times you will come to a point where you more or less know it by heart , and the correct tunes will be sort of " ingrained " in your ind to such an extent that you will yourself react if you would say the text with the wrong intonation . |
| 13 | A lot of it is a matter of hearing : you just start to hear it that way after a while , especially if you listen to a lot of Coltrane and people who really developed that part of the language . ’ |
| 14 | You speak to a person about one thing and they 've got a totally opposite point of view from you and you think well I am surprised , with all that they 've gone through and yet they you know , they do n't see , people do n't s think along the same lines . |
| 15 | You retreated to a place where harshness or cruelty could n't touch you . |
| 16 | Are you going to a therapist ? ’ |
| 17 | Are n't you going to a charity ball at his house soon ? ’ |
| 18 | Are you going to a rave tomorrow ? |
| 19 | ‘ Are you going to a solicitor ? ’ she said in the end , cushioning her voice as if she did n't care . |
| 20 | Are you going to a wedding Edward ? |
| 21 | Are you going to a wedding ? |
| 22 | Well are you going to a swimming pool with a cold ? |
| 23 | Are you used to a peat fire ? ’ |
| 24 | Have you talked to a nurse recently ? |
| 25 | In 1978 , he told five youths who tied up a 14-year-old boy as a target for their catapults : ‘ What is the best sentence for you really would be to have you tied to a tree and everybody throw stones at you . |
| 26 | I mean it just appalled me I think that we are all of us , if you like to a degree , tarred with the same brush are n't we ? |
| 27 | And in the Slovenský Raj the paths go through the steams and when you get to a waterfall , ladders have been built to take you to the top . |
| 28 | when you get to a window I do n't know other than t the curtains wo n't be fire retardant will they ? |
| 29 | Continue until the path meets a river , turn left and follow the river until you get to a bridge . |
| 30 | I mean , when you get to a point where you 're playing stadiums and it 's nothing special any more , you know something 's wrong . |