Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] you [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the houses — never a window opened — in the cars , in the gruesome , echoing hypermarkets set in the middle of nowhere ( where they wished you a ‘ nice day ’ at 10 pm ) . |
| 2 | As long as you can show that they owed you a legal duty to be careful and have been negligent , damages could come your way . |
| 3 | Safety validation of contractors was another item th that they give you a briefing of the meeting |
| 4 | If so , the arbitrator may make a separate recommendation to The Post Office that they give you an ‘ ex gratia ’ payment . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , perhaps the children 's home did n't have any boys , so they sent you a girl , ’ answered the station-master carelessly . |
| 7 | Good grief it must cost them a fortune to erm you know , pay for all these then , so they give you the Walkman to , while you 're doing this and they give you the batteries , tt |
| 8 | Then you have a bath and they give you a towel and soap . |
| 9 | When you 're a child they say , ‘ You know you should n't do that ’ , and they give you a bloody good rollicking and leave it at that — they try to terrify you . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | You ask how they know and they give you a vague description about the pelvis , etc. etc. , and you go away not altogether satisfied with the explanations . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Because er while I 've had wedding cake from people and and they give you a little bit and I 've said to you have n't I , well I would n't have bothered giving anybody this . |
| 14 | Yeah under question things and they give you the answers in blue . |
| 15 | Good grief it must cost them a fortune to erm you know , pay for all these then , so they give you the Walkman to , while you 're doing this and they give you the batteries , tt |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | They are usually organised by well-established foundations ( the Arvon Foundation , for example ) and they offer you the opportunity of working with and learning from well-known writers . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | She can afford it , and they fit you a treat . |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | If they show you a picture , you 've got a better chance . |
| 24 | Or even even , if they show you a receipt , you do n't know if it 's stolen or not . |
| 25 | But if they gave you a toy made in Japan , you wondered . ’ |
| 26 | Oh there was no such thing if they gave you the money , you might nip off . . |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | If they give you an equation like this let's say the weight you 're making up a a load for a lorry and you 're putting erm crates on with car engines in , and the car engine weighs erm I du n no say it weighs a hundred kilograms . |
| 29 | Erm so that 's true , that if they give you the house , it is , it is an inheritance tax problem as well . |
| 30 | 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 . |