Example sentences of "you [to-vb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it is getting towards summer they would like the work done as soon as possible and subject to a satisfactory estimate I can authorise you to carry out the work . |
| 2 | Now it 's up to you to work out the answers all by yourself . ’ |
| 3 | This will enable you to work out the changes you need to make in your diet and plan your own personal ‘ diata ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ It was clever of you to work out the connection with Jim Lancaster , ma'am . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not asking you to write up the interview . |
| 6 | It may help you to write down the reasons why you want the test . |
| 7 | And they said we do n't mean to be over the men , but what we mean is for you to come down the office , no what the office wants as regards orders , and be responsible and pass them out to the men who you 'll think who 'll do the job best and all that , and that 's what we mean . |
| 8 | It means getting down to " D " plant half an hour before your boss rings your office to tell you to sort out the problem there . |
| 9 | On a personal level , the New Moon on the 24th and the eclipsed Full Moon on December 9 enable you to sort out the wheat from the chaff and decide exactly where your true loyalties lie . |
| 10 | You were staying at the Imperial when I phoned you to set up the interview last week . |
| 11 | A neighbouring school may decide to cut back on special needs provision or transport to the swimming baths or some other expensive provision and an influx of recruits from that school may be looking to you to pick up the bills . |
| 12 | I want somebody whose sitting there listening to the radio sort of er just relaxed and I I just want you to pick up the phone and ring . |
| 13 | The separation of to and the infinitive by introducing an adverb or phrase : I want you to gently pick up the box instead of I want you to pick up the box gently . |
| 14 | I needed you to point out the facts of life . ’ |
| 15 | So , briefly : Flaubert teaches you to gaze upon the truth and not blink from its consequences ; he teaches you , with Montaigne , to sleep on the pillow of doubt ; he teaches you to dissect out the constituent parts of reality , and to observe that Nature is always a mixture of genres ; he teaches you the most exact use of language ; he teaches you not to approach a book in search of moral or social pills — literature is not a pharmacopoeia ; he teaches the pre-eminence of Truth , Beauty , Feeling and Style . |
| 16 | I want you to draw up the will exactly as I 've said , and let me have it as soon as possible . ’ |
| 17 | Ready , question nine , these the following lot I want you to fill in the blanks |
| 18 | Question five asks you to fill in the rhythm of the music in bar ten . |
| 19 | they , they actually assign there 's er , there 's er a computer system which er allows you to build up the rates for doing work . |
| 20 | You might argue that such an investigation , though time-consuming , would enable you to build up the picture you want . |
| 21 | The superb setting of the Playa del Sol Beach Club helps you to switch off the moment you arrive . |
| 22 | Get into Microfit , when you 're in the data input menu I 'd like you to call up the file Q M four FIT |
| 23 | ‘ Which is why he was looking for you — although how on earth he expected to persuade you to pay up the difference I do n't know ! ’ |
| 24 | Within a year or so you will have the satisfaction of moving in to the house you have built with your own hands ; your old home will have been sold , allowing you to pay back the building society loan you took out to buy the land and materials ; and there will be more than enough profit , considering how much you saved by using your own labour , to pay for some champagne to celebrate . |
| 25 | ‘ Let's hope he does n't want you to hobble up the aisle with a leg in plaster . ’ |
| 26 | Which is why I wanted you to take over the investigation from young Ebert . |
| 27 | ‘ I want you to take over the shop . ’ |
| 28 | I am asking you to take up the privilege . |
| 29 | Try to round off your answer by demonstrating how the old job has fitted you to take on the job you are applying for . |
| 30 | Fifteen minutes later : ‘ I 'll leave you to dig out the part numbers and the vehicle details , Staff . |