Example sentences of "they [verb] you [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let everything out into the open and then let them hurt you with it . |
| 2 | So , whilst they may encourage an atmosphere of informal comradeship and sociable learning , college teachers are not your equals and you should not expect them to treat you as such . |
| 3 | What 's probably happening is that you are trying to tell them you are annoyed but also saying you still want them to like you at the same time . |
| 4 | Revealing information about yourself and your family will foster trust in others and encourage them to entrust you with their confidences . |
| 5 | You do n't want to go to the police , because you 're afraid they 'll simply get involved in another siege — if you can make them believe you in time , which seems doubtful . |
| 6 | Either way , the problem you describe , combined with the fact that this is your first dog , makes me think you should go back to the RSPCA and ask them to put you in touch with the most suitable , local training club . |
| 7 | They skimmed you in an ante-room |
| 8 | But then came the bad weather and the frost — they did n't allow for you being knee-deep in snow — they expected you to be where you should be . |
| 9 | They had you by your short and curlies the minute they got you into that uniform . ’ |
| 10 | But er that was how they they got you into the the trade . |
| 11 | You have betrayed them , and they hate you for it . |
| 12 | But one time er I 'd been er I were wounded and I 'd come out of er they bring you to casual clearly stations , thousands got into one I in this ward er tents and best way they could you know and nurses there and all . |
| 13 | You get all the little erm they bring you around all yo , the little chutneys and things . |
| 14 | And what else have they taught you about your father ? |
| 15 | The important thing is , did they hurt you at all ? ’ |
| 16 | For you knew , rightly , they conveyed you from |
| 17 | ‘ Did n't they treat you as strangers ? ’ |
| 18 | They 'll do anything to make you dependent on them , and then they drag you to the altar and call it love . ’ |
| 19 | How might they affect you in future ? |
| 20 | Do they affect you in the same way ? |
| 21 | ‘ It makes you think , when you hear people call you Chariie as they sling you on the slab . ’ |
| 22 | Yeah they squeeze you off the road if you go up that hill to Hockerill lights . |
| 23 | They usually deal with the situation in one of two ways — they patronise you and try to take control on the assumption that you must need their guidance to do a decent job ; or they undermine you by making obscene remarks and deliberately causing problems . |
| 24 | The great advantage of such institutions is that they fit you for prison conditions . |
| 25 | It leaves at six in the morning , and they want you on board soon after half past five . |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps they want you to be King , too , without me , ’ I said quietly . |
| 27 | Anything they want you to be you 'll be you know . |
| 28 | So she said dad 's got to go straight down now for emergency surgery , come on then , for emergency surgery and they want you to be there before he goes , oh christ perhaps I 'm |
| 29 | ‘ Whatever they want you for , they wo n't get you through me . |
| 30 | They want you in Interrogation . ’ |