Example sentences of "you [vb base] [verb] things " in BNC.
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| 1 | Problem is when you 're demonstrating is you tend to do things wrong |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If you tend to throw things , put objects away or go out into the garden . |
| 4 | In particular , the Full Moon in your opposite sign of Aries on the 14th may prove to be tense , and even a little tearful , but partners , employers and family members alike must be told in no uncertain terms that you intend to do things your way or not at all . |
| 5 | Well if you start cutting wood , you want to do things that are simple . |
| 6 | Screws are better : ; they provide a more secure grip , and can be undone easily if you want to move things . |
| 7 | If you want to add things then we can yeah . |
| 8 | But if you want to play things that sound good and you have those limitations , then often you have to resort to things that other people would n't do . |
| 9 | If you have decided that you want to change things in your life , first you must be able to imagine what your life would be like if it were different . |
| 10 | If you want to change things , you can . |
| 11 | But what if you want to change things ? |
| 12 | Unless you want to make things difficult for yourself do n't buy a board which fails to satisfy all three of the above conditions . |
| 13 | You always get political when you want to avoid things . ’ |
| 14 | ACTRESS , now Dame , Thora Hird has a little , framed sign in her bedroom which reads : Do n't stop doing things because you are growing old — because you will only grow old if you stop doing things . |
| 15 | ‘ You manage to make things so very comfortable , ’ commented Charles . |
| 16 | And you begin to say things that do n't make any sense to people who do n't know what 's going on between you , but you know that the other person , to whom what you 've said is really addressed will know what you mean , even though he may not actually be there . |
| 17 | ‘ If you begin to limit things , where does something like drama or time for sport come in ? ’ he asked . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , as you get older you like to do things your way , ! replied Doris after a pause . |
| 19 | They can put figures down er you know writing things off erm whatsit twenty percent per year for a machine right in five years ' time that machine is scrap . |
| 20 | If you know providing things keep going along the lines |
| 21 | Erm when I came on to the flats I came with an open mind and I was gon na you know take things as I as I met them . |
| 22 | so you know at a pinch you could probably run it like that and I do n't suppose anybody would notice the difference but , you know , just in terms of you know making things look attractive |
| 23 | And that 's paid erm to your spouse to you know to keep things sort of flowing if you like while the long term pension is sorted out . |
| 24 | you know , it 's , it 's marvellous that you keep doing things . |
| 25 | ‘ Things can get out of your hands and you start to chase things . |
| 26 | It 's at times like this you start to see things in perspective . ’ |
| 27 | When you look at Lincolnshire and they 've got a Chief Inspector as a force crime prevention officer and they 've got an inspector as a deputy force crime prevention officer , and their crime is a third of ours , or well less than a third of ours , y y you start getting things into perspective and I think they 're trying to put too much work onto a too over-worked task force already . |
| 28 | ‘ There are two sides to unemployment , on the one hand it can be a productive time as you start to question things and think harder about what road you want to go down . |
| 29 | ‘ You do overdramatize things a bit , you know , John . |
| 30 | So this is what happens if you do hold things down to that extent . |