Example sentences of "they [vb base] you for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have betrayed them , and they hate you for it . |
| 2 | The great advantage of such institutions is that they fit you for prison conditions . |
| 3 | ‘ Whatever they want you for , they wo n't get you through me . |
| 4 | It 's very difficult to get professional advice that is apposite — you used to be able to get free advice from the Ministry of Agriculture but now they charge you for the privilege of being told how not to farm . ’ |
| 5 | So , and they charge you for how many electrons you use . |
| 6 | No , no and very often they charge you for one a tremendous amount illustrated ! |
| 7 | I do n't think it 's really clean , and they charge you for it ! |
| 8 | They swear black and blue , they charge you for that meter as well ! |
| 9 | they st they 'll , they charge you for that . |
| 10 | They punish you for any mistakes and give you no gifts at this level . |
| 11 | They might fear you , hate you , and try to exorcise you back into the fifth dimension , but they accept you for what you are . |
| 12 | he may be eligible to be on a training course , for what we do n't know , but er after you 've been unemployed six months you are either required to or you have the opportunity to , or you can go on a state training course but what they train you for or to do we , we have n't actually got defined yet . |
| 13 | An annuity is an arrangement with a financial institution whereby , if you are over retirement age and do not want to leave your property to anyone when you die , they will effectively buy your house from you ( albeit at a bit less than the market price ) , give you guaranteed security of tenure until you die , and turn the money that they pay you for the house into a regular income for life . |
| 14 | That 's really what they pay you for , those sort and if you do your job right , off they go looking six inches taller . |
| 15 | They do n't tell you what it 's all about , but they pay you for it . ’ |
| 16 | It 's what they pay you for . ’ |
| 17 | Again , like teachers , there are one or two honest coppers , but in general they nick you for things you have not done or give you a sound slapping to make you remember them . |
| 18 | They ask you for every kind of documentation you can imagine and then treat you like some kind of being that is half-human , half-dog , who does n't have any private life of her own . |
| 19 | They ask you for work |
| 20 | Suppose you 're an expert document examiner outside the service and they call you for the defence . |
| 21 | They remember that and they love you for it even more , so when you go back , you have this staunch hard core group of fans that really bring things like that to a head , that really make it happen for you . |
| 22 | ‘ Be soft with this London lot and they take you for a ride . |
| 23 | And then they test the evacuation alarm then , so that everybody knows the alarms and er where to be and then th Every six eight weeks or something they take you for a helicopter evacuation where everybody 's taken from the lifeboat master station . |
| 24 | They treat you for what you are . |
| 25 | Then you have to go and have a bath and see the nurse , and she checks your hair and they check you for VD . |
| 26 | ‘ They blame you for that , too . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash , but it gets ridiculous when they insult you for refusing to pay for something you did n't want doing , ’ fumes Mel , 39 . |