Example sentences of "you [verb] them [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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31 | People wo n't do anything they 're told if you get them like this , secret police and a few other little dodgers . |
32 | 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 . |
33 | 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 . ’ |
34 | Cos they go out to work at half past eight and you hear them between half past seven and half past eight |
35 | What 'll you call them underneath this ? |
36 | 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 ? |
37 | Do you hear them at all ? |
38 | ‘ 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 . |
39 | Erm strictly in those terms by by district , mainly because much of the development across North Yorkshire is on very small sites er within urban areas , within villages , the extent to which you define them as green field or brown field sites becomes a very subjective one and I I think it 's a very difficult line to draw . |
40 | ‘ If you worry so much about things , Miss Mac , then why do you sell them at all ? ’ she asked in tones that knew there could be no answer . |
41 | You are invited to contact them via the Reader Service Card , and if you contact them by other means it would be greatly appreciated if you would mention that you read them in CHEMISTRY IN BRITAIN . |
42 | And both have been designed to enable you to hold them for long periods of time . |
43 | the fact that she 's , she 's intelligent as well erm she , you know , she 's gon na s she knew that I did n't know what I was talking about so she said right you look , yo you look er you , you ask them about this , this , this and this and they might say this to you , so I knew what , if they asked me , I knew what I was talking about rather than |
44 | Er , just a couple of announcements colleagues , if er , those delegates who actually smoke , if you 've got any Embassy cigarette coupons , could you pass them to any members of the Northern Region . |
45 | ‘ Why did n't you tell them about that ghastly couple — Grimwood and Steve ? |
46 | Well you took them off that did n't you ? |
47 | So I said and in that case then probably you move them into another caravan ? |
48 | ‘ Most of the er , dastardly Huns , I think you call them in this time period , seem to be up by the door to the General 's office which , according to Benny , is also a quicker route out . |
49 | What can choose choice oh you do them from that paper you mean . |
50 | Lift a few leeks , parsnips and other overwintering vegetables and store them in a shed in case frost prevents you lifting them from open ground . |
51 | because if you force them at all , it does n't work . |
52 | I do n't think , I do n't think you had them with those tiles |
53 | you , you , you see them as erm er er you know you t you speak to them on erm christian name terms , you , you help them with any kind of erm social problem or welfare problem they may have . |
54 | You 're lucky if you survive them at all . ’ |
55 | Yeah but can you wear them with tight leggings on ? |
56 | What are the problems as you see them in this neighbourhood ? |
57 | No cos I did n't know you wanted them till last week did I ? |
58 | Yeah , just tells you about finding the C's , can you find them with this hand ? |
59 | So if we added a third and a quarter could you turn them into twelfths ? |
60 | Yes , I mean we 're not in the position to do what some of the , certainly I know some of the banks do , which is to guarantee a job after five years , let people have five years , you know , the maternity leave plus a guaranteed job at the end of another four when the kids start school , on the proviso that you can call them in if you need them within that period , for a bit of extra help . |