Example sentences of "you [vb base] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you trust to a lawyer or a doctor , then it will be against his code of ethics to betray that trust . |
| 2 | Spiritual direction is not simply a cosy chat , and being straight may be one of the most important contributions you make to a person . |
| 3 | ‘ Do not demand interest on loans you make to a brother Israelite . |
| 4 | Er , but any change you make to a computer system , is likely to introduce bugs into the system , so that it does n't give the right answers any more . |
| 5 | In chronic cases if you change to a complementary remedy you generally start from 0/1 again and work up . |
| 6 | Hold the camcorder to one subject at a time , starting a new shot every time you change to a new subject ; each of these shots could be of say five to ten seconds duration . |
| 7 | ‘ Before you change to a personal plan you must compare like with like : |
| 8 | And it does seem to me that erm the minute you suggest to a Parish Council who has already complained about illegal encampments on roadsides and laybys that there is a good site in their patch , there is an immediate reaction , and I am thoroughly convinced that this reaction is based on a fear that is actually based on ignorance , and that we have to remember that travellers of any description — and I do n't categorise them like Peter does — travellers of any description are human beings . |
| 9 | If you decide you want to a buy a new cooker and you go to the Gas Showrooms or the Electricity Showrooms and say I 'd like to buy that cooker there and I would like to spread the payments over time , normally nowadays twenty four months or thirty six months . |
| 10 | Well if you want to a woman as a sexual object . |
| 11 | Even if you have an accountancy qualification , for example , it may be better to let another qualified member of the profession do work on your behalf while you shift to a non accountancy task . |
| 12 | Just as you say to a small child , ‘ Keep on the path , ’ rather than ‘ Do n't go on the road , or Please can you talk more quietly , ’ not ‘ Do n't shout ! ’ so it is necessary to seek out what is good in any situation . |
| 13 | So that if you say to a primary teacher ‘ Here 's a new toy , here 's a new idea , why not try it ? ’ then they 've got the opportunity to do so without sort of dramatically changing things . |
| 14 | Supposing you say to a child ‘ What is four times two plus one ? ’ |
| 15 | You say to an A type , sorry I say you 've got to work most of the night to get this done , they 'll moan but they 'll do it , B types turn round and say , no way . |
| 16 | It 's a small stretchy band , normally worn on the wrist , with a single wire of about six feet and a crocodile clip which you attach to a metal part of your office , that is , desk or radiator but not the computer . |
| 17 | A lot of it is a matter of hearing : you just start to hear it that way after a while , especially if you listen to a lot of Coltrane and people who really developed that part of the language . ’ |
| 18 | Listening can be done in a classroom-type situation where you listen to a live language helper or to a tape recording which can be played over and over again . |
| 19 | If you listen to a text enough times you will come to a point where you more or less know it by heart , and the correct tunes will be sort of " ingrained " in your ind to such an extent that you will yourself react if you would say the text with the wrong intonation . |
| 20 | You speak to a person about one thing and they 've got a totally opposite point of view from you and you think well I am surprised , with all that they 've gone through and yet they you know , they do n't see , people do n't s think along the same lines . |
| 21 | The first time you speak to a potentially new client is the most crucial , because the impact of a first meeting is of vital significance . |
| 22 | If you travel to a tropical country , write to that country 's tourist office to tell them that you are concerned about the preservation of their forests . |
| 23 | You can use all of the parts from a 286 AT machine when you upgrade to a 386 . |
| 24 | You may decide that you wish to eat less in future and send the money you save to a worthy cause — but it 's far too late to do anything now with that extra roast potato or the last spoonful of pudding . |
| 25 | The more status you give to a large number of authority figures , the more , relatively , you diminish your own . |
| 26 | I mean it just appalled me I think that we are all of us , if you like to a degree , tarred with the same brush are n't we ? |
| 27 | And probably to a you know to an untutored ear it would sound reasonably similar . |
| 28 | And in the Slovenský Raj the paths go through the steams and when you get to a waterfall , ladders have been built to take you to the top . |
| 29 | The trouble with all these lines is that when you get to a length exceeding about fifty miles ( 80km ) , the curvature of the Earth begins to become significant : a straight line on the map is not necessarily a straight line on the ground . |
| 30 | I mean , when you get to a point where you 're playing stadiums and it 's nothing special any more , you know something 's wrong . |