Example sentences of "they [vb base] you [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll do anything to make you dependent on them , and then they drag you to the altar and call it love . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It makes you think , when you hear people call you Chariie as they sling you on the slab . ’ |
| 3 | Yeah they squeeze you off the road if you go up that hill to Hockerill lights . |
| 4 | ‘ And always they place you in the forefront . |
| 5 | They catch you on the hop . |
| 6 | They wheel you over and they put you in the bath and they start stripping off your bandages which is absolute agony . |
| 7 | The girl comes round here doing a survey , she came round one day and we were civil to her , and just answered questions , you know the way they stop you in the street . |
| 8 | It 's very difficult to get professional advice that is apposite — you used to be able to get free advice from the Ministry of Agriculture but now they charge you for the privilege of being told how not to farm . ’ |
| 9 | I always reckon it 's tremendously flattering that viewers want to talk to you when they meet you in the street . |
| 10 | I 've got friends who are war correspondents and soldiers and rugger captains and they all wept buckets — if you believe what they tell you down the pub . |
| 11 | Now meditate on these words of Paul , thinking about what they tell you about the grace and love of God in your own situation or that of someone close to you . |
| 12 | Electric bite alarms are useful for night fishing , and many night anglers I know would not fish without them , and no matter what they tell you to the contrary they are mainly used to wake you up when you have a bite ! |
| 13 | They drive you round the bend . |
| 14 | You go down there they slap you on the wrist you walk away from it and go and do it again . |
| 15 | Yeah , the only reason most people choose a Friday is because they get you over the weekend |
| 16 | They get you over the weekend yeah , so erm , we 'll just have to see what happens and have , just have the contracts out . |
| 17 | But beware , this tameness leads them to be very bold in defence of their nest , and they will laugh a strident ‘ heh , heh , heh ’ as they clip you across the ear with a stiffly held wing-tip ! |
| 18 | An annuity is an arrangement with a financial institution whereby , if you are over retirement age and do not want to leave your property to anyone when you die , they will effectively buy your house from you ( albeit at a bit less than the market price ) , give you guaranteed security of tenure until you die , and turn the money that they pay you for the house into a regular income for life . |
| 19 | Suppose you 're an expert document examiner outside the service and they call you for the defence . |
| 20 | Er they take you into the office , tell you to sit down , and they look at you as if you 're a little schoolboy . |
| 21 | They take you to the theatre if you like to pay , but nearly all the things we 've already seen . |
| 22 | ‘ They treat you as the expert , ’ said one experienced man . |
| 23 | ‘ Sometimes they see you in the street and start searching you for no reason . |