Example sentences of "you [vb mod] [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When there 's no racing nearby , you 'll find him in the Garrick Club . ’ |
| 32 | You 'll find him in his office . ’ |
| 33 | You 'll find him in the Royalbion Hospitality Unit . ’ |
| 34 | You 'll find him behind a small wooden counter in the left-hand corner of the bar . |
| 35 | Maggie started to laugh , saying , ; ‘ If you could n't find him among the five hundred there 's less chance you 'll find him among the fifty . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ That you 'll take him to husband , ’ finished the old lady . |
| 37 | You 'll know him as Adrian from BBC1 's Bread . |
| 38 | Even within living memory the following saying was often quoted : ‘ If you find an honest miller you 'll know him by the tuft of hair growing in the palm of his hand . ’ |
| 39 | You 'll thank him in the end , you mark my words . ’ |
| 40 | See if you 'll fight him for |
| 41 | You 'll have him from Friday . |
| 42 | Yeah , well tell him you 'll put him in his diary , I I would have thought if you 'd just sent him the notes to each meeting he would come if he would , if he could , and if he ca n't , he ca n't . |
| 43 | PS I told Nero you 'd meet him at Dover but I should leave your chariot behind he might not understand if you cut him in two , he 's funny that way . |
| 44 | ‘ I said you 'd meet him at the car in ten minutes . ’ |
| 45 | ‘ I thought the idea was that you 'd meet him in public . |
| 46 | You 'd remind him about it Hugh . |
| 47 | But I would have thought you 'd expect him to be faithful to you for a day or two at least . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ If someone broke into your house and you caught him , you 'd beat him over the head , would n't you ? ’ |
| 49 | ‘ Yes , and for two pins you 'd ask him to tea ! |
| 50 | Because you 'd lose him for sure then . |
| 51 | I threatened to put him on a discipline charge because whenever the drunks were turning out , you 'd find him in the station writing some trivial bike without a light . |
| 52 | Few fights — occasionally , you 'd get a man who 'd been gashed in the face with a bottle , that had been drunk in the bar and you 'd be called in and you 'd take him to hospital . |
| 53 | Oh I do n't , I just , I remember that er if you walked down er Road at night you 'd see him with his mortar board on and his curate by his side coming down to post the letters , and then when all these ladies were in Sammy shop one night being entertained by Sammy erm Father and his curate went by , and old Sammy turned round to the audience and said well if dressing up will get him anywhere they 'll be on the first row in heaven . |
| 54 | Hey , you could tape him in the night so he can believe you next time , that he snores ! |
| 55 | By keeping the table between the two of you , you could lure him round it so that you end up nearer the exit ; the same idea can be used in the street with parked cars . |
| 56 | If Dad is a war movie buff you could treat him to the classic Bridge Over The River Kwai . |
| 57 | ‘ I suppose it was because you had such respect for him that you felt you could leave him in charge of the boarders tonight ? ’ |
| 58 | ‘ He never hides and in a lot of ways you could liken him to John McGovern . |
| 59 | You could drag him into the den . |
| 60 | And if you could watch him for a while longer , you might discover just what he — a descendant of herd-living , company-loving , fast and flighty wild horses — feels about domestication . |