Example sentences of "you [vb base] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The most common reason for a biomusical is opportunism : take a star like Judy Garland or John Lennon , and you pick up a hit title and a hit score ready-made .
2 If you pick up a handful of ordinary package brochures , America will be there : Crystal , Inghams , Intasun , Neilson and Thomson all have new or expanded American programmes .
3 ‘ Well , ’ says the ex-chief executive philosophically , ‘ when you 've managed a business in crisis mode as long as I have , you pick up a few enemies . ’
4 It 's nice when you pick up a guitar , knowing it to be a company 's idea of what a first electric should be like , and finding that they 've got it just about right .
5 Whenever you pick up a heavy load , bend both legs .
6 When you pick up a round stone now , walk to the dinosaur 's back and you 'll automatically go up and put a piece of roof on .
7 If you pick up a sea cucumber , do so with care , for they have an extravagant way of defending themselves .
8 If , having read this , you pick up a magazine targeted at younger teenagers — for example , one of the pop music or video games magazines — the layout is so ‘ reader-unfriendly ’ that it seems clear that the criteria for ‘ correctness ’ in a layout need , at least , some re-evaluation for this target audience .
9 I do n't trust you and I shall be breathing down your neck next time you pick up a phone . ’
10 O K , you pick up a bonus for that , anybody else on the team come up with something positive about unit linking that 'll make me say , yes , I like this one ?
11 Erm and and I mean the actual bearing when you you pick up a a a a little miniature bearing and and you can spin it on your finger and
12 the bank seems to pay the a cripplingly low salary demand that everybody dresses in in Saville Row , but you could buy a house on a something like two and half percent mortgage well it 's not like that now , but it 's still still get a preferential mortgage and this banking person man was looking around only three or four weeks ago , but you see a lot depends on your luck as to whether you pick up a a very good buyer .
13 So what you 're saying is then , you like the idea of every time you pick up a phone you make , you earn a pound .
14 What tends to happen is you pick up a large mutation and then you modify it further , further modifying selection .
15 I mentioned earlier as an illustration , when you pick up a , a magazine , magazine or a newspaper or a local magazine or whatever , you are conscious of the hook .
16 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 .
17 When you pick up the phone , say ‘ Good morning afternoon ’ and announce the name of the company or department .
18 You pick up the plate , touch your nose and then you touch the bottom of the plate and then stroke your cheek and nose .
19 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 .
20 The most important pre-flight check is to ensure that you pick up the handles so that right and left align with the correct bridles .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 If you pick up the phone and ring to get seats here you will very often find that you ca n't get through .
24 You can feel the brake and then you pick up the feel of the tyre and it starts moving a little bit .
25 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 .
26 So you pick up the pieces and start turning up a little here and a little — but you get the idea .
27 Now i it 's the sort of thing that you y you read about , you pick up the the paper , you put n news on , and Nasty accident on the M Eight or M Six , whatever the case may be , and a lot of vehicles are involved .
28 Chastened , you pick up the bicycle and shuffle indoors , convinced you have ruined everything for good .
29 You pick up the cake of soap and leave as quietly as you entered . ’
30 You may also have to pay an extra charge if you take equipment back with more damage than when you took it out ( make sure any damage is recorded when you pick up the goods ) and if the equipment is so dirty that it requires cleaning .
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