Example sentences of "you [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Blockbuster ! ’ is less satisfactory , however , a bunch of platform-heeled plodders that try in vain to get you on to the floor and dance round your handbag . |
| 2 | It is a common fallacy that the wind does all the work in a water start by pulling you on to the board . |
| 3 | I will tell my steward that I am taking you on to the staff as — ’ he paused for thought for a moment' — as a tax consultant . |
| 4 | Of course they did n't get the portable with this , they rang them up , said where 's my colour portable said I 'll put you on to the manager anyway they had some deal that night that erm to launch this Mini Mayfair or whatever it was wine and cheese thing so he went to the wine and cheese thing and worried he was gon na kick up a fuss so they gave him a telly anyway . |
| 5 | How did you manage to persuade British Rail to allow you on to the train so you could drag me off ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll light you down to the gate , ’ said Julian , the candle ready in her hand . |
| 7 | council who do that and er , they 're quite happy to take you round all the er , take you down to the incinerator and see what happens , where all your different bits and pieces go . |
| 8 | I hope you 'll be up soon — we must arrange to get you down to the cottage , it would be a hoot . |
| 9 | And er I went with my dad and got into the cage which takes you down to the pit bottom and er er er immediately the cage left the surface it just dropped like a stone and I myself was frightened that the bottom of the cage collapsed completely . |
| 10 | ‘ Will you at least let me walk you down to the station ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well , get your best friend to take you home , ’ said the first constable , ‘ or we might have to take you down to the station for the good of your health . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We 're taking you down to the Pacific for a bathe , ’ I told her . |
| 13 | Imagine that you have just come home from your hard day being an Environmental Health Officer , and your neighbour , who happens to be a builder or bookmaker or something , invites you down to the pub , and over a pint he says , ‘ I heard something on the radio about some story . |
| 14 | Sister Maria Palmer said , ‘ Tomorrow , I 'll have you down to the dispensary for a thorough check , Colonel . ’ |
| 15 | Race you down to the nursery slopes ! ’ |
| 16 | You must ask the mermaids to turn the wheel , and whirl you down to the sea-king 's halls . |
| 17 | " Then we 'll get you down to the road . |
| 18 | What do you want me to do — take you down to the club ? |
| 19 | You are a sign well able to juggle several balls at once so in many ways the volatile planetary climate could suit you down to the ground . |
| 20 | If ankle-length coats do n't suit you down to the ground , then short ones are not quite extinct . |
| 21 | It would have suited you down to the ground . ’ |
| 22 | Country life suits you down to the ground . |
| 23 | bows you down to the ground , bows you weeping |
| 24 | She was dressed in one of the outfits , and I thought well that suits you down to the ground ! |
| 25 | Takes you down to the Littlewoods . |
| 26 | They are greedy for Humans , the sidh , and if they can once trap you with their music they will carry you down to the caves beneath the sea and steal one of your five senses and tear out your soul . ’ |
| 27 | If I carry you down to the garden I shall expect your life story in full , a complete and truthful exposé . ’ |
| 28 | Eight steps in the courtyard take you down to the cellar . |
| 29 | ‘ The man who brought you in to the Squad must have been Alan Jones . |
| 30 | What I 've done now is taken you through to the point where , we 're asking ourselves what is it that management make a mess of ? |