Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] you a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Safety validation of contractors was another item th that they give you a briefing of the meeting |
| 2 | I do n't know how they can make mistakes like that they send you a letter one minute and then on your rent book 's different . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , perhaps the children 's home did n't have any boys , so they sent you a girl , ’ answered the station-master carelessly . |
| 4 | And erm at the end of the week she 'll come and pick it up , pick the tape up and they give you a voucher for twenty five pounds for Marks 's for doing it . |
| 5 | Then you have a bath and they give you a towel and soap . |
| 6 | In the sense that you 've got no control over your portfolio at all , and it 's just invested and they give you a statement . |
| 7 | I went out I went out with Peggy er on Wednesday er for meal and she 's been saving Daily Telegraph vouchers and when you got so many vouchers you send them up to the Daily Telegraph , who 's sent them , it 's offers closed now and they send you a thing like a credit card and they send you a list of all the places that you can go to for a half- price meal |
| 8 | and you send it off and they send you a booklet where you pick a holiday and this go-kart worth a thousand pound on the so they 're having to do that you see . |
| 9 | I went out I went out with Peggy er on Wednesday er for meal and she 's been saving Daily Telegraph vouchers and when you got so many vouchers you send them up to the Daily Telegraph , who 's sent them , it 's offers closed now and they send you a thing like a credit card and they send you a list of all the places that you can go to for a half- price meal |
| 10 | But because you 're still at school they think you 're dirty and disgusting and they call you a slag , but it could happen to then any day . |
| 11 | She can afford it , and they fit you a treat . |
| 12 | Now if you think you have been pleasant and helpful , you 've shared things with somebody , if they asked you a question you did n't bang them on the head , you helped , sign it now we come to the real sixty thousand point question , are you ready for this ? |
| 13 | Or even even , if they show you a receipt , you do n't know if it 's stolen or not . |
| 14 | If they show you a picture , you 've got a better chance . |
| 15 | But if they gave you a toy made in Japan , you wondered . ’ |
| 16 | If they give you a diagram like that , can you just talk about the lines , you do n't have to say what they are ? |
| 17 | Clearly , you may also be able to persuade someone to lend you money if you have power of some sort — if they owe you a favour or if you are their boss or if you are in a position of some authority for example . |
| 18 | Now usually in the exams they work it so you ca n't do that cos they give you a graph already drawn and they 'll have sort of erm two squares is equal to one unit along the bottom but only one square equals one unit |
| 19 | erm er and it involves going to the lab and sitting around for about a couple of hours while they feed you a bit of sugar and then take some blood tests every half hour . |