Example sentences of "they [verb] you [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll do anything to make you dependent on them , and then they drag you to the altar and call it love . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It makes you think , when you hear people call you Chariie as they sling you on the slab . ’ |
| 3 | Yeah they squeeze you off the road if you go up that hill to Hockerill lights . |
| 4 | ‘ And always they place you in the forefront . |
| 5 | They found you in the snow and they carried you to the nearest shelter . |
| 6 | No I mean usually they show you on the T V when they 're leaving do n't they ? |
| 7 | They catch you on the hop . |
| 8 | Did the things they told you about the ad or the product correspond at all to what you hoped they would get out of it ? |
| 9 | They wheel you over and they put you in the bath and they start stripping off your bandages which is absolute agony . |
| 10 | The girl comes round here doing a survey , she came round one day and we were civil to her , and just answered questions , you know the way they stop you in the street . |
| 11 | Where did they , what , when did they show you on the telly ? |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | I always reckon it 's tremendously flattering that viewers want to talk to you when they meet you in the street . |
| 14 | I think that was a different boat to the one that they showed you on the telly . |
| 15 | But when when they showed you in the house there was just like old cardboard boxes just sort of thrown in the corner and and just sort of paper carrier bags and polythene bags just sort of slung there . |
| 16 | I 've got friends who are war correspondents and soldiers and rugger captains and they all wept buckets — if you believe what they tell you down the pub . |
| 17 | Now meditate on these words of Paul , thinking about what they tell you about the grace and love of God in your own situation or that of someone close to you . |
| 18 | Electric bite alarms are useful for night fishing , and many night anglers I know would not fish without them , and no matter what they tell you to the contrary they are mainly used to wake you up when you have a bite ! |
| 19 | ‘ That 's one thing they taught you in the army , ’ said the Colonel , with more than a touch of complacency . |
| 20 | Yes , I was just going to say you can do that with , like if you go , it takes you a long time to do it with prospects , they know you over the years , so you can just walk in . |
| 21 | They drive you round the bend . |
| 22 | You go down there they slap you on the wrist you walk away from it and go and do it again . |
| 23 | Yeah , the only reason most people choose a Friday is because they get you over the weekend |
| 24 | They get you over the weekend yeah , so erm , we 'll just have to see what happens and have , just have the contracts out . |
| 25 | Not now you 'ave n't … even if you 'ad some before they dumped you in the Mersey , which I suppose you did 'ave … at some time or other like … . ’ |
| 26 | Have they , well did they cut you across the palm of your hand ? |
| 27 | But beware , this tameness leads them to be very bold in defence of their nest , and they will laugh a strident ‘ heh , heh , heh ’ as they clip you across the ear with a stiffly held wing-tip ! |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ Why the hell did n't they sell you to the Angels when they had the chance ? ’ |
| 30 | What did they call you in the Clay ? ’ |