Example sentences of "you [vb base] [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right , yes , every time you answer the telephone for an external call , when you pick up the telephone , you are representing Oxford University Press , it does n't matter who you are , and it does n't matter where you are , it does n't matter whether you 're in Eynsham , in Walton Street , in Corby , anywhere . |
| 2 | You pick up the dish and . |
| 3 | You pick up the warning signs from the news and so on before you get the official warning to go , but it 's still short notice . |
| 4 | Chastened , you pick up the bicycle and shuffle indoors , convinced you have ruined everything for good . |
| 5 | When you pick up the phone , say ‘ Good morning afternoon ’ and announce the name of the company or department . |
| 6 | You are advised to keep your answer to question 5 as concise as possible ( no more than a few sentences ) ; be sure that you know exactly what you want to say before you pick up the phone . |
| 7 | The best thing is — nothing can beat this — when you pick up the phone and tell them who you are , the repair man will always come round . |
| 8 | If you pick up the phone and ring to get seats here you will very often find that you ca n't get through . |
| 9 | Er I suggest you pick up the phone and you give us a call now on , alright ? |
| 10 | That 's it yes ah I 'm connected with you I am on a cerebral plane connected with you our brains our interlinked you reach down you pick up the phone and you ring now . |
| 11 | You pick up the phone and say , Hello . |
| 12 | You 're on my territory when you pick up the phone . |
| 13 | Yes , everybody , O K , now I 'll pay the phone bill , all I want you to do is pick up the phone and every time you pick up the phone and make an attempt to get me an appointment , I 'll give you a pound . |
| 14 | If I said to you every time you pick up the phone it 's closer to ten pounds , would it get you very excited . |
| 15 | You want to create a good impression every time you pick up the phone to answer it . |
| 16 | If you want to leave a copy of the icon in the original group as well , just use Ctrl=click when you pick up the icon . |
| 17 | You can feel the brake and then you pick up the feel of the tyre and it starts moving a little bit . |
| 18 | You pick up the cake of soap and leave as quietly as you entered . ’ |
| 19 | What we have to say is , straight from Essex Police if that happens to you , get out , wherever possible on the passenger 's side of the vehicle and then go to your nearest box and then you pick up the receiver and get through the police control room and they will ask you a series of questions , have you broken down ? |
| 20 | You pick up the plate , touch your nose and then you touch the bottom of the plate and then stroke your cheek and nose . |
| 21 | As you pick up the flesh , squeeze it and apply as much pressure as you can tolerate , but not so much that you bruise the area . |
| 22 | So resolute are they at keeping hold of one another that even if you pick up the mother , her babies will still hang on to her in a wriggling furry rope . |
| 23 | You make up the scheme yeah . |
| 24 | This Sunday is observed as World Day of Prayer for Vocations , I commend to your attention the materials from the National Vocations Office and ask that you bring out the theme of vocations in your celebration of the liturgy of this Sunday of Easter . |
| 25 | You are sometimes so stiffly English that you bring out the need to tease . |
| 26 | ‘ You bale over the wall . |
| 27 | It 's quite usual to pay a deposit to show that you intend to go ahead with the deal and if you back out the repairer is entitled to keep the money . |
| 28 | And then if if you lay down the joker cards you have to kiss everybody . |
| 29 | You start out with good intentions , helping with the homework , making it fun : you lay out the chocolate drops on the giant musical stave and challenge them to find the note ‘ B ’ and eat it : you run supportively alongside the wobbling bicycle , getting your ankles chewed up by sharp pedals . |
| 30 | If you do encounter ice , you wind up the throttle friction and do n't touch them until back on the ground . |