Example sentences of "[vb base] you [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , they have asked that I provide you with the draft ( unaudited ) results for the year to 31st October , 19XX in order that you may , if you so wish , reconsider your offer . |
| 2 | Colleagues who one year lecture you at the Star Chamber on how you have more than enough money turn up the next asking for extra themselves . |
| 3 | I 'll tell Ton I send you to the shop , you get a frozen packet of |
| 4 | ‘ Race you to the line-up ’ , I said . |
| 5 | somebody grab you by the neck take your jewellery . |
| 6 | It 's sad , going away , but it must be nice all the same to have someone kiss you at the railway station . |
| 7 | Vic swings on to the motorway , going north-west , and for a few miles gives the Jaguar its head , moving smoothly up the outside lane at 90 , keeping a watchful eye on the rear-view mirror , though the police rarely bother you in the rush hour , they are as eager as anyone to keep the traffic flowing . |
| 8 | ‘ And always they place you in the forefront . |
| 9 | If you ever get to be a concert violinist , which I personally doubt , you 'll always wonder if people want you on the platform because of your looks or because you 're any good . ’ |
| 10 | I do n't know if I 'm unique , I suspect I 'm not but I go to my two design people and I say right blah blah blah this is what we want to do but you organise the printer I want you as the designer to find a printer that you can work with but here 's my timescale and it 's up to them |
| 11 | I want you to the box . |
| 12 | Want you in the office and he 'd give it all back again |
| 13 | Floaters , though , they fling their portals wide and usher you into the hall , crying ‘ Ah-ha — just the man I wanted to see ! ’ |
| 14 | I mean , if the police stop you on the motorway , you know you 're for it , whether you 've done anything or not . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ A word used by frightened children to describe nameless , formless horrors which await you in the fog , or around the next corner . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I put you under the influence of a powerful Viking spell which ensured you would be faithful to me . ’ |
| 18 | You would would n't you if I put you into the freezer . |
| 19 | Put you on the mailing list . |
| 20 | Jones revealed : ‘ A lot of people say to me ‘ that put you on the map ’ . |
| 21 | well I 'm a bit puzzled why , why you want to know all this and you think because I have n't given , given a good benefit that 's why a good temporary benefit , that 's why I 'm puzzled , say well let me just take you back to why I 'm h why I 'm here , let me get out of our meeting you 're gon na find this extremely valuable , perhaps for the first half we will spend time looking at your financial put you on the path to achieve financial . |
| 22 | I put you in the war zone . |
| 23 | They wheel you over and they put you in the bath and they start stripping off your bandages which is absolute agony . |
| 24 | Oops sorry , bash you on the bonce , no it 's my album |
| 25 | What , it bash you in the back of the neck ? |
| 26 | ‘ And the chemise and knickaires also , in triple ninon I show you in the display case . ’ |
| 27 | They catch you on the hop . |
| 28 | Here at ZZAP ! we 're very good at spotting ripped-off software , but should one slip through the net it 's the sender who 'd be in trouble — this could mean a hefty fine and possible imprisonment if you 're lucky , or being made to eat your own entrails if I catch you before the software company ! |
| 29 | ‘ I catch you in the act , do I ? ’ |
| 30 | I hate these people that catch you in the street ! |