Example sentences of "you [vb base] them [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Also , Lord God , we ask that you remember the dark deeds of any communistic so-called-interrogators , in this time of great upheaval in eastern Europe ; we know that you will not forget their crimes when their day of reckoning comes , and their guttural , Slavic voices cry out to ye for mercy , and ye reward them with all the compassion they ever showed to those unfortunate souls delivered unto them . |
2 | What happened if you make them into threes ? |
3 | So you could try it like this if we had twenty four we could see what happens if you make them into twos ? |
4 | Into twelfths in this case you change them into twelfths to see how many twelfths it would be . |
5 | ‘ You take men from their homes or their chosen occupations , you confine them in insalubrious conditions upon a wholly inadequate diet , you subject them to the tyranny of bosun 's mates , you expose them to unimagined perils ; what is more , you defraud them of their meagre food , pay and allowances — everything but this sacred rum of yours . |
6 | He is the kind of person you want to beat because you hold them in such high regard . ’ |
7 | You hold them like that . |
8 | Oh I used to love sally loaves and you cut them off that way |
9 | She says you get new ten pound notes , they stick together and you count them as one . |
10 | You put them on those planning calendar pages . |
11 | If you put them to shallow they come up |
12 | ‘ If you put them under enough pressure , if you run at them , they will crack , but I ca n't be too bolshie about it . ’ |
13 | You got the band and you put them like that , and you twisted it round , did that and then it was a long band you see . |
14 | Oh yes you had er the the stooks you had I think ten in a stook You had five five sheaves at each side you put them like that , five you |
15 | Perfectly normal , kind , well-intentioned people will behave oddly , becoming upset , withdrawn or even vicious , if you put them in certain kinds of unusual situations . |
16 | D' you want to look at whether you put them in any particular order ? |
17 | If you want one type of match one or another then you specify them in different rows . |
18 | These two lines will never meet , no matter how much you extend them in either direction . |
19 | In other words , even if you have saved your document more than once , you will have two versions altogether , but no more ; unless you save them under different filenames . |
20 | Grazing and benthic feeding carnivores will take live foods from the aquarium bottom and many are partial to freshly-broken clean live shellfish in their shells , if you anchor them to one spot . |
21 | See which one you like the best or if you like them at all . |
22 | You get them for two pounds fifty . |
23 | You get , you get them in ten pound batch |
24 | You get them round that way , and eventually you ask them about themselves , and you get round to it . |
25 | People wo n't do anything they 're told if you get them like this , secret police and a few other little dodgers . |
26 | If they have to stay in the trench long enough for new roots to develop , they are not so likely to be damaged if you lift them from loose , friable soil . |
27 | So — you listen in silence ; and you casework them ; and you set up case-conferences about them ; and you refer them to other agencies ; and you work up your notes on case-handling for the journals . ’ |
28 | Cos they go out to work at half past eight and you hear them between half past seven and half past eight |
29 | Sometimes there are displays that are erm , b but like erm the lizards that have frills , but I think you find them in both sexes because you see if it 's to scare off a predator , why does n't the female have them ? |
30 | ‘ You take men from their homes or their chosen occupations , you confine them in insalubrious conditions upon a wholly inadequate diet , you subject them to the tyranny of bosun 's mates , you expose them to unimagined perils ; what is more , you defraud them of their meagre food , pay and allowances — everything but this sacred rum of yours . |