Example sentences of "you [vb base] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hate publicity , ’ you squeal at the hastily-arranged photocall . |
| 2 | ‘ Listen boy , ’ he said , addressing the son and ignoring Matilda , ‘ seeing as you 'll be going into this business with me one day , you 've got to know how to add up the profits you make at the end of each day . |
| 3 | You see towards the bottom er we pose a few questions there , I 'm going to ask you in a few minutes to introduce yourselves and to say what what sort of presentations you make at the moment . |
| 4 | For what you make at the end of the day on , on somebody 's |
| 5 | And I assume that 's what it would amount to , since you flinch at the slightest touch of my hand . ’ |
| 6 | That there 's always this if you scratch at the surface of happiness and goodness . |
| 7 | If you sit at the back of a lecture hall , you 'll get less out of it than if you sit up front . |
| 8 | If you sit at the White House in the Oval Office and give orders then nothing will happen . |
| 9 | That 's cos you sit at the end . |
| 10 | You borrow at a fixed rate of interest and repay the loan over a number of years . |
| 11 | If you knock at the door of the gamekeeper 's house and he comes to the door wearing an antler head-dress , a black satin robe with a pentangle on it , and is holding a headless bleeding chicken in one hand , then even if he gives you permission to camp , think about going to a B & B. Some country folk are best left to their own devices . |
| 12 | Pets , he just wants to say hello , you knock at the door and this Afghan wolfhound is playing in the back there , take it in the kitchen and they say to you he only wants to say hello , that 's right |
| 13 | When you knock at the door at night , you make sure a policeman and not something else . |
| 14 | The point you want to arrive at , is getting what you want at the price you can afford . |
| 15 | What result you want at the end of the day ? |
| 16 | The lady 's coming for it Is there anything you want at the supermarket ? that we might forget when we 're there . |
| 17 | If you 're in any doubt about it , do n't — you 'll do less harm if you leave it than if you prune at the wrong time . |
| 18 | In fact , the best stories work like a toppled pack of cards : you realise at the end why the man could n't have bought the pornography from the dodgy book-seller ( he was blind ) or why the couple should n't have wasted their savings on replacing the diamond necklace ( it was paste ) and think , Aha . |
| 19 | You did n't see it at first , but you saw if you held you head at the right angle . |
| 20 | Credit balances will earn you interest at a rate quoted in all our branches . |
| 21 | A savings plan is also an annuity but in this case the cash that you pay in builds up to a sum that you receive at the end of the plan 's term . |
| 22 | You stop at the top of the road and look back , to see the flames just starting to become visible over the edge of the hotel roof , dancing orange into the night . |
| 23 | For short time , high temperature bakery items at 200°C–220°C , pre-heating at 300°C will ensure that you bake at the correct temperature ( on average 80° C will be lost whilst loading the oven ) |
| 24 | to write to the Health and Safety Executive asking for a report on their findings of their investigation into the causes of the explosion , and erm after several letters , if you recall at the last meeting I was asked to write to MPs and so forth . |
| 25 | And here she 's telling Ruth , now what you 've got ta do , she 's she 's got him , she 's got her introduced to Boaz and she tells him it 's a strange custom , one that 's perhaps even stranger in our eyes today but there er after the party , the great harvest supper she 's , the the they lie down in the barn together , they all just , they 're tired it 's , it 's , the party 's gone on into the wee hours of the morning , and there they just , they do n't bother going home , they lie down there in the barn together all of them and she says to Ruth what you must do according to the custom is , you go and you lie at the feet of Boaz and wait , just wait , and wait for him to respond to you . |
| 26 | I ra you ride at the back . |
| 27 | If you kick at the limits of effective range , then your nearly straight leg will bring the sole of the foot into the side of the opponent 's face . |
| 28 | If you look at a dissection of the human arm you can see that the string-like tendons which attach to the fingers are joined further back in the arm , to the muscles . |
| 29 | Perhaps , when you look at a velvet lawn you actually see the colour which I call ‘ red ’ . |
| 30 | If you look at a small child 's eyes , they are always looking in the direction in which they are moving . |