Example sentences of "they [verb] you [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They say you 'll marry him before the end of the year , miss . ’ |
| 2 | But you will relate it , cos no matter what they say you will relate it . |
| 3 | But they say you must leave it running for two days . |
| 4 | they reckon you could touch their beaks ! |
| 5 | Perhaps that was what mothers meant when they insisted you should change your underwear daily for fear you should be run over . |
| 6 | Maybe they thought you 'd join them . |
| 7 | ‘ If they did you 'd hate her for what she did to Grandfather . ’ |
| 8 | yeah , she maybe does , but I think she 's trying to , to try and promote the fact that aids patients are harmless , because a lot of aids patients are very isolated , people do n't want to know them , they think you can catch it through shaking hands , drinking out the same cup and all that , and I think she 's trying to prove that look I 'm alright , so should you be , but she does go a bit over the top |
| 9 | someone going on about how they think you should understand it . |
| 10 | They said they would , but they said you ought to give us the surname . |
| 11 | It 's so funny it 's real entertainment someone at the Tate said er , you know when I told them I bought the bird bath , they said you will have lots of pleasure with that and I think I have . |
| 12 | Why did they say you would tell me about Van Gogh ? " |
| 13 | If you do and they work you will keep them , or adapt them until you feel comfortable with your ‘ tool kit ’ . |