Example sentences of "they [vb base] you [verb] " in BNC.

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1 That 's what they sell you see .
2 Sometimes when you 're doing radio interviews they introduce you like you 're a '70s rock star making a comeback .
3 I know I 'm so they they eat you see they 've eaten fish and chips and it goes through the air conditioning and it comes into the studio you all you can smell is fish and chips .
4 But in a games lesson they push you to do so much
5 They trust you to get into a panic and err wildly on the side of generosity . ’
6 But it is n't just the discipline , it 's the type of things they make you aim for .
7 If the police are here they make you go right round and sit and wait .
8 And then they make you do it — with a gun pointed at the back of your neck .
9 They 've done before you realise it , and once they 're done they make you do other things until at last everything comes between you and what you 'd like to be and you 've lost your true self forever . ’
10 I 'd just like to tell you , that when you do something wrong , they never figure you out , and when you do something right , they make you do something wrong .
11 They make you change your line .
12 The two essays on Stead are among the best here , since they fulfil the reviewer 's prime duty — they make you want to read the books as soon as possible , in the light of the genuine enthusiasm they convey .
13 They make you earn your money . ’
14 And the way they make you feel … .
15 They make you feel as though it 's their money instead of our money .
16 It 's the humiliation they make you feel .
17 They make you feel they 're trying to raise the tone of the whole proceedings .
18 ‘ and what I particularly like is the way that they make you feel so welcome .
19 ‘ You know they make you feel better . ’
20 They make you feel nice and cool and comfortable .
21 they make you make you look sort of intelligent sort of
22 Why do n't you tell that to the RAF and see where they make you sit ? ’
23 They make you sit for hours .
24 Avoid the fire and also the two question marks , as they make you dance and thus a perfect target for the dog .
25 They make you think of birdies , ’ says Les Jones , the club 's pro for 38 years , ‘ but getting them is easier said than done .
26 Look at the kind of questions they get now in History , English , Geography or Social Science — you could n't cram for them , because they make you think on your feet .
27 The importance of these is that they make you think and help you recognise what it is that ‘ makes you tick ’ .
28 Their grub was of the very healthiest — not like that shit they make you eat uptown .
29 Say you 're eight stone they make you put that waistcoat on , it 's nine stone .
30 At the very least , they make you listen and think .
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