Example sentences of "you [vb base] [verb] a " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Ye 've made a mistake ! ’ |
2 | The truth is , Ah suppose , if ye 've got a berg sailin' down on ye and ye 're trapped in the ice there 's no thickness of steel that will save ye from gettin' crushed . |
3 | ‘ Ye stink worse'n a pig . ’ |
4 | ‘ But perhaps ye have made a mistake and it is really the Sicilian woman … ’ |
5 | 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 |
6 | Law of good continuity Then you tend to get things like closure where , instead of seeing four separated lines , you tend to see a square or a rectangle or whatever . |
7 | cos if you concentrate on the kerb you tend to drive a bit too close to it |
8 | You tend to look a little washed out under the lights without something . |
9 | No , you tend to rush a job like that and then goof you would n't be happy . |
10 | My impression is that if you invent something , you tend to have a built-in arrogance . |
11 | to climb the stairs , and I think then you tend to panic a bit , I and I felt most of the time I felt fine , and then you see getting up at five o'clock yesterday morning , by the time I got off , it was your father that fell asleep on that last drinking session , but I mean , as I said we ai n't used to drinking in the day like that |
12 | You tend to get a bit buried in the country . ’ |
13 | Which means of course if you work for Trading Standards , as I did until very recently if you work for Trading Standards you tend to get a rather jaundiced view of shopping . |
14 | But if you come on when it 's the British news you tend to get a , a more in-depth programme , it lasts longer |
15 | The cliffs themselves are banted back in order to make them safe from rock falls and so forth , but they , they do still suffer from weathering attack by rain , by frost , and the combination of salt from spray and frost is quite damaging , so that anybody who walks along the undercliff knows that in winter , for example , you tend to get a sludge of erm white erm finely divided wet chalk which sledges off erm cliff , particularly those people in recent years who 've walked behind the marina , where it no longer gets washed off by the high tide erm where Brighton Corporation have to keep trying to remove it . |
16 | MH : Quite apart from anything else , there are n't all that many professional artists around here , unlike London , so you tend to feel a bit isolated . |
17 | Cooke said : ‘ You hate to lose a game like that , especially when it is so tight and when two decisions go against you in that manner . ’ |
18 | So if you intend to paint a cold , bleak , winter scene , the grey would be an ideal choice . |
19 | If you intend using a wheelbarrow measure it first . |
20 | If you intend using a small cast will it consist of the most fluent readers — those with the strongest voices — the best dancers — the top recorder group ? |
21 | The odd day here and there is not important , but if you could let me know within the next couple of weeks or so when you intend to take a major part of your holiday away — if you know — I do n't myself know erm yet — but if you do know then I can have a look at the overall picture and see that we 're not all dispersed . |
22 | Check beforehand if you intend to wear a badge because , if the rules are being strictly interpreted , only a single national or association badge will be permitted . |
23 | Having planned in advance that you intend to press a bouquet or some special flowers , you must also decide how you intend to transport them from the event to your home . |
24 | But no matter how optimistic the weather forecast , keep a raincoat handy if you intend taking a closeup . |
25 | You must tackle a warren as though you intend to do a good job at it ; there 's precious little point or pleasure in dabbling with it for that way you achieve very little . |
26 | Even so , this does not pose a problem if your charger is switchable to the US standard , and it is a point you should check out first if you intend to use a European-standard camcorder in the United States . |
27 | ‘ As you intend staying a little while , ’ Merrill said bluntly , ‘ you 'll find a couple of ancient deck-chairs in that store … ’ |
28 | If you intend to climb a mountain , you do not look at the foothills and worry ; you keep your eyes fixed on the summit , and that way , if you are very lucky and very determined , you may achieve it . |
29 | Replace them as a whole Secondhand units may be purchased for approx £50 As you intend to fit a larger engine a Salisbury rear axle as fitted to Series 3 LWB which is much stronger than your present axle , should be considered |
30 | If you intend to pursue a very flat structure , I would delete the post of Depute Director for modelling purposes . |