Example sentences of "they [vb base] you [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have betrayed them , and they hate you for it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | You get all the little erm they bring you around all yo , the little chutneys and things . |
| 4 | They 'll do anything to make you dependent on them , and then they drag you to the altar and call it love . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It makes you think , when you hear people call you Chariie as they sling you on the slab . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah they squeeze you off the road if you go up that hill to Hockerill lights . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The great advantage of such institutions is that they fit you for prison conditions . |
| 9 | It leaves at six in the morning , and they want you on board soon after half past five . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps they want you to be King , too , without me , ’ I said quietly . |
| 11 | Anything they want you to be you 'll be you know . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | ‘ Whatever they want you for , they wo n't get you through me . |
| 14 | They want you in Interrogation . ’ |
| 15 | You expect your parents to be superhuman , and they expect you to be kids forever . |
| 16 | But she 's family as well you see , so she becomes an independent , once she 's married , she becomes an independent then they 're e they expect you to when you 're on income support . |
| 17 | Well I do n't think they expect you to anyway . |
| 18 | ‘ And always they place you in the forefront . |
| 19 | They provide you with fibre and healthy nutrients in place of the usual surplus calories , tooth decay and guilt . |
| 20 | Firstly , they provide you with information about two functional roles common in business — a senior member of the salesforce and the chairing of a committee planning the use of human resources . |
| 21 | They provide you with a short summary of the context to help you assess the tone of the extract . |
| 22 | They provide you with a power switch and LED but unless you are really competent at soldering I 'd leave well alone as the instructions are not very clear . |
| 23 | Remember their contact demands that they provide you with an office desk and telephone facility for three weeks |
| 24 | ‘ When you meet them they kiss you on both cheeks . |
| 25 | In order that you do n't fight this ventilator , and also that you do n't start twitching when they start carving you up , they inject you with a chemical er a muscle depolarizer that stops your muscles working . |
| 26 | If you 've got tetanus , to stop you breaking your back with these muscle contractions , so that they can nurse you adequately , they inject you with this stuff and you are paralysed until the tetanus has been fought off . |
| 27 | No I mean usually they show you on the T V when they 're leaving do n't they ? |
| 28 | They catch you on the hop . |
| 29 | ‘ They 've got a central exchange somewhere up north and they put you on hold till the local mob come in for their tea . ’ |
| 30 | When you die there they put you on a wooden platform below the sky and the vultures come and eat the body . |