Example sentences of "you [verb] them [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you say basically to somebody is , right , what do you want them this height or that height ? |
| 2 | You obviously think you can do what you like with women , and perhaps that 's the fault of those who 've let you treat them this way in the past . |
| 3 | You want them high interest ones . |
| 4 | Do you know them three mirrors I had ? |
| 5 | You cut them that way . |
| 6 | Do n't you like them that way ? |
| 7 | You free yourself of the hold others had over you when you allowed them this control over your life . |
| 8 | Have you had them new bars they 've made ? |
| 9 | have you told them big insurance company come and unstuck a little and what he had like Gail done , was like we had last year |
| 10 | that you give them additional training so they |
| 11 | But , says Libby Purves , children do n't like to be pushed and their skills will grow naturally if you give them gentle encouragement and lots of opportunities |
| 12 | Well it 's just that for that , I mean that 's all , it 's all relative for those conditions there are , there is too much labour on the land , you erm , if you could increase agricultural productivity in a way that would displace labour and that 's very difficult to do , well you can , you can do it er most , most capital is labour displacing but not all , not all capital , erm so you could , whereas I see , I see what you are saying is that , why well the you could g you could , you could do it right even though that there are a lot of people on the land er you could still make them wholly productive by giving them more capital that was n't labour that was n't labour displacing , like you give them better seeds for example , like that would increase the productivity of the land , there would n't be so much you know population pressure on the land er because everybody would have enough to eat and we could er actually sell something , right . |
| 13 | If customer complaints pass your desk , ensure that you give them maximum time and personal attention . |
| 14 | Kids may keep their books shipshape if you give them this pair of Noah 's Ark bookends . |
| 15 | Now if it 's tablets they 've taken we do n't do whatever Angie did years ago in , in Eastenders and , and then she 's walked up and down and given gallons of coffee , what you do is keep your casualty at rest , nil by mouth because you , if you give them any fluid whatsoever it 's going to dilate , dilute the tablets that are in the stomach , and once they 're diluted they 've gone into the system quicker , mm , so there 's nil by mouth , now if you 're going to get up and walk them up and down because come on you must walk up and down , what 's happening to this per these tablets ? |
| 16 | The child has behaved itself and you want to reward the child then you er you give them some kind of er a chocolate bar or something , or a handful of Smarties or something . |
| 17 | No my philosophy with customer relations has always been that you do n't give somebody a refund , you give them some tickets to fly again so it 's keeps them flying |
| 18 | Most friends or neighbours will happily take a fishtank , caged bird , or animal for two weeks , providing you give them written instructions and all the feeding , bedding and any other necessities . |
| 19 | You divide the proletaires , you give them slow improvement — enough to stop revolution . |
| 20 | why you give them different options right . |
| 21 | And can you keep them that height if |
| 22 | But however you you wangled them some way and you you eventually learnt your trade by half going to classes at night school and half of information from the bakers you had to put two and two together and you worked it out . |
| 23 | and I bought three and I thought there should be five cos I did n't have a fire on Sunday at all and twice this week I have n't lit it till fi you know them four buckets |
| 24 | You know them , you know them little tubes that you put in |
| 25 | ‘ The idea is , if you get them all swimming — without Mr Foggerty and me , that is … if you take the job on , and take them to the baths several times a week — if you teach them to swim , we 'll give you a motor-bike . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You get them all standin ’ in a mob , all talkin ’ that chapati language an ’ all that , an ’ you never know whether they 're talkin ’ about you . |
| 27 | you know , as you get them half baskets that fit on a wall |
| 28 | Can you move them bloody knickers ! |
| 29 | ‘ Why do you call them bouncing handbags ? ’ |
| 30 | And oh , on the corner of there was er , er ti whatsername er what do you call them these things what sell curtains and stuff like that ? |