Example sentences of "you [vb base] him [art] " in BNC.

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1 but I mean you send the package out and you get a phone call er it 's Mr Davies , and then you get card out and then you send him the questionnaire it 's merely a record duplicated on the form but
2 You forget we 've got spies , all the staff on this ward tell Jim exactly what you 've been doing er , that 's , that 's how he knew you got your hair done , can we have five pounds , she 's just had her hair permed , the day before he 's just coming in and , no they sent to the ward can we have five pounds please your mum 's been out for the day and she 's had her lunch out you cost him a fortune and you say you 've never been anywhere
3 Does that mean you owe him an essay or something ?
4 You owe him an apology for misjudging him and suspecting his motives at every turn .
5 ‘ Then each time he fails to set the machine properly , you give him a proper warning .
6 The interview goes well until you give him a friendly pat on the back …
7 So as a l fellow lorry driver you would probably think Well I 'll ease off , and when you think you 've got a gap there you give him a flash , Okay mate , you can come in now .
8 He gives you an ice cream and you give him a kiss " , that sort of thing .
9 Right so , someone on a bike , you 've got a mate on a pushbike and you 're starting a race and you give him a shove .
10 I 'll tell you give him a ring , tell him that you 've given me his , the telephone number and he should expect that I 'll give him a call in the next week
11 Er I 'm not too sure where he lives cos he just , I think he 's just new to the town but if you give him a ring erm on the 's phone number and use the
12 You give him a kiss now cos you sat on him .
13 Christ God dealt with the problem which spoiled his image in us and he has to do it because of fundamental thing , he 's got ta do it from the centre , you know you can get an apple , an ordinary apple and you can polish it up and you can have it so that it 's bright and glistening and the red is almost you know it , it , it , it almost dazzles you the shining on it , it 's got a real good polish on the skin , but inside , there 's a grub , and all the polishing in the world does n't get rid of the grub , and you see that 's so often what we do , we polish and polish away on the outside , that 's gon na make us better but it 's only skin deep because inside the grub is having a field day , he 's having a party of all party 's , he 's got an whole apple to himself and the grub of sin in your life and in my life is having , has a field day and we polish the outside and we try and make it look good and we be we become presentable and there like the apple on the market stall it looks good , it looks tremendous until you take a bite out of it and you see in the bit that you 've bitten there 's a , there 's a hole going through and you wonder where the grub is , is it in the bit that 's left or in the bit that you 've eaten and this is just like sin you see in our lives and so God in Christ he did n't deal with the outside bit , he did n't bother trying to make our conditions better , he did n't bother trying to work on the outside , that 's the difference between the gospel and social work and there 's nothing wrong with social work , it 's just that it 's going , it 's coming from the wrong end , it starts on the outside , it will educate people if we give them better housing , if we give them better circumstances , if we give them better wages , now all these things are right and that we should have them , but that does n't make any difference , you see , the person is a sinner , all he becomes if you educate him is an educated sinner , if you give him a huge pay rise all he becomes is a rich sinner , if you put him in a palace all he becomes is er a sinner living in a palace , it does n't make any basic difference to the person .
14 I wo n't have anything more to do with you lot till you give him the elbow .
15 You 've thought about it — for maybe a whole five seconds — but before you give him the thumbs up , runs these ten questions by him — it 's better to be safe than sorry .
16 A Goblin Big Boss has the advantage of being cheap and he will do almost as good a job , especially if you give him the Crown of Command to raise his leadership to 10 .
17 He got out of the planes coming , we , we was coming over from de Laborgie and you give him the needle and I had to lead him off the lead him off the plane , and going down over the chimneys in Chantilly to landu Laborgie he goes , woo ooh ooh , getting ready you know .
18 It 's because you like him a little too much — or , to be honest , you 're drawn to him a little too fiercely .
19 ‘ But surely you like him a little ? ’
20 All you need is enough 10–20mm diameter pea gravel to form a layer about 2in ( 50mm ) thick over the path or drive area ; your supplier will advise you on how much to order if you tell him the size of the area .
21 You ask him a question .
22 If he has n't got a nice home you call him a layabout . ’
23 ‘ Did you say you call him the boss ? ’
24 You get an electrician to do the job for you and you write him a cheque in pints .
25 You see him every night , ’ he drawled .
26 Cos sometimes you see him a lot , and then he has a spell of not coming in do n't
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