Example sentences of "you [vb base] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if you 're going to employ an assassin and you 're a mean skinflint you pick on the lowest of the low to do your dirty work . |
| 2 | This , in turn , gives your reader a sense of what sort of debate or discussion you see yourself as being engaged in ; and it is this , alongside whatever concrete arguments you make on a given topic , which shapes a reader 's or examiner 's general response to what you write . |
| 3 | If you insist on a public debate then I suggest you give us your views in a more suitable manner . " |
| 4 | ‘ It is indeed proper coffee , ’ I confirmed , ‘ but if you insist on the wimpish unleaded kind then you will find a jar in the locker above the sink . |
| 5 | Bloody hurt it bruises , you sit on it and it does n't , I thought I might , I suppose after a while you 'll get blisters but it 's bruised , when you sit on the bloody thing . |
| 6 | There is nothing you can do to change what has gone before and you will only cause yourself misery in the present if you concentrate on the gloomier aspects of the past . |
| 7 | if you land on a certain square you can keep it ! |
| 8 | As some of the options ( transfers etc ) only come up when you land on the right square , I did n't have to wait eons for Phil to finish his turn . |
| 9 | Both were winter occupations and helped keep you warm on a cold day . |
| 10 | Effectively , you agree with a bank that on , say , 1 January you will pay the bank interest on a notional principal calculated using a fixed interest rate reflecting the current yield curve ; the bank will pay you interest on the same notional principal at whatever interest rate pertains on 1 January . |
| 11 | To get the power back on again you will now have to push against the sail as you sail on the wrong side . |
| 12 | Here are some easy rules to remember before you embark on a major scheme : |
| 13 | I 've sometimes made some rather awful mistakes when I have thought first about what I would like to give rather than what my friends would like to receive , so do try to find out before you embark on a special garment . |
| 14 | And said we 'll try and get something sorted out before you babysit on the nineteenth . |
| 15 | No , no , you look on the male age , look at the male age . |
| 16 | I 've got some olive oil but I 've noticed if you look on the olive oil that some of the , some of it is n't mono unsaturates is it , you know , on a lot of it |
| 17 | But we are a few guys , not interested in politics , who will play golf with anybody as 50 per cent individuals and 50 per cent representatives of our country because when you stand on the 1st tee , they call … |
| 18 | I get about thirty quid if you stand on the right corner . |
| 19 | You stand on the flat tray which they call a seat , take the weight on your arms on the sides of the cockpit and lower your feet into the nose cone . |
| 20 | The money you save on a hyped discount today will probably have to be passed on to the car 's next buyer as well , although discounts you negotiate privately may not be . |
| 21 | So for example if you finish on the thirty first of August , on the first of September the lump sum should be paid into your account . |
| 22 | But there were some people you know on a smallish farm , they did n't have an oil engine , then they would have to turn the scrapper by hand . |
| 23 | Ha , yet the Southwold Parish Council , I 've seen it in there , er there 's been a some vandalism on the golf course , you know on the common and er |
| 24 | Whatever you see on the right-hand side of the centre-line , you knit on the right-hand side of your machine . |
| 25 | What you see on the left-hand side of the centre line , you knit on the left-hand side of the machine . |
| 26 | If you get on the wrong side of Miss Trunchbull she can liquidise you like a carrot in a kitchen blender . |
| 27 | That , that 's a rational law , okay , it 's nothing to do with a taboo , there 's not some strange supernatural principle which says , in Savoy Street you drive on the other side , and if you do n't you 'll be struck down with a fever or ill luck or something like that . |
| 28 | Personally I 'd rather buy a pack of cards and play the game for real , or buy one of those magazines you find on the top shelf of the newsagents . |
| 29 | The final point to consider is that if you decide on a joint endowment , your girlfriend may decide to cash in her present endowment . |
| 30 | You may then have to look through reams of examples before you decide on the right person for the job . |