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 .
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