Example sentences of "and the [noun] [vb mod] [verb] you " in BNC.

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1 The jeans 'll be a bit long and the jacket 'll drown you , but at least you 'll be protected a bit if we come off — oh , and I 've got a lid for you to try .
2 Stand under his tree acting crazy and the squirrel will take you for a nut .
3 One unforeseen bill and the debts start piling up , one long delay in receiving housing benefit and the landlord may throw you out .
4 You 'll have to pay your rent in advance and the landlord will reimburse you . ’
5 ‘ There 's a practice area just around the corner and the starter will call you to the tee five minutes before you are due to tee off , ’ he said .
6 Wait by the edge of the flames and the bird should pick you up .
7 But have only one centimetre of bare flesh in contact — and the building would absorb you .
8 The masters , when they punished , instructed the prefects to slog you with a gym-shoe ; one prefect would hold you like a trussed chicken and the other would give you six of the best .
9 It was his only comment after an hour 's play , and she gave him her flashing smile , remarking , ‘ Dare all , ’ Papa used to say , ‘ and the game will reward you — always provided that you cover your back . ’ ’
10 Oh yes , yes , I think we all need , even , even if , plain , life is full of playing games and the game can help you get through the day sometimes .
11 Under the special cover we have arranged for you with the Norwich Union , all Insured Persons of any age are covered , and the Policy will cover you should you have to cancel your holiday for certain reasons .
12 If I may take one more minute just to convey this when I was a child in South Africa and we demonstrated and the police would come you know , ready to fire ready to kill if necessary and you had to calculate how you can avoid that situation and then you try in your normal life after the demonstration to do something against the regime to organize people and so on , and then like a juggernaut the state comes and destroys all the work that you and others have done for years and you just see it as a child of what your parents and others had done .
13 All your licensed premises on your area had to be checked at least once a week ( in uniform ) and the sergeant would pick you up and take you visiting these various posts , and I used to take a glass of beer .
14 Play him or her you can explain the results which you want from the session and the engineer can advise you on any extra equipment which you may need to hire .
15 You did not choose me , I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit , the kind of fruit that endures and the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name .
16 And the staff will leave you to it , unless you want advice — since they 're trained make-up artists , most customers do .
17 Cross it and the street will take you there . ’
18 ’ It is far enough away from London for nobody to know anything , and the Heathertons will give you some standing .
19 Do so if you wish , but if you do , we shall go to the voters once more , and the voters will tell you what they think of you . ’
20 If you touch a wolf spider with your finger the sharp spines on top of the body and the legs will cause you searing pain .
21 You type in what you think your annual income and expenditure will be , your credit card and bank overdraft limits , and the program will tell you if your budget is viable .
22 The system will to increase the opportunities for reducing losses still further and the Journal will keep you updated .
23 The important rule , if it 's live , keep going and the interviewer will help you keep going
24 The photographs and the negatives would cost you five thousand pounds . ’
25 ‘ Turn your back and the bastards will have you ! ’
26 ‘ I 'll have you flown back to the Grand Bahama today , ’ Crowninshield said patiently , ‘ and the twins can join you on Sunday morning . ’
27 Brim 's translation ‘ You will be smitten with the Egyptian dermatitis , characterized by swellings , dry crusts , and ulcers , from which you will never be healed , and the Lord shall smite you in the knees , and in the legs , with a sore botch that can not be healed from the sole of thy foot to the top of thy head ’ not only gives a description that would do very well for syphilis but also pre-empts the habit of the fifteenth-century Europeans of ascribing the disease to the enemy .
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