Example sentences of "you [vb past] they [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the 1950s and 60s there were superb beers — if you caught them on the right day . |
| 2 | ‘ So you told 'em about the Regal Arms . ’ , |
| 3 | Sure , you loved them in the '70s . |
| 4 | You lost them in the first place . |
| 5 | you 're absolutely spot on , cos you had them on the other one did n't you ? |
| 6 | In the big American museums you no longer have brilliant ‘ star ’ directors the way you had them in the Sixties and Seventies people like Sherman Lee at Cleveland , Fred Cummings at Detroit , Tom Hoving at the Met who could manage 5,000 projects at once , either making brilliant acquisitions , or putting on unusual or daring exhibitions , or making outrageous statements that might get them censured today . |