Example sentences of "they [vb past] [subord] you [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Your new commitments will be relevant in working out how much you can afford to pay out , but the law will favour the children of your first family — after all , no one forced you to take on another relationship , and it would be unfair to the children of your first marriage if they suffered because you chose to do so .
2 Orders came in just as easily that way as they did when you strolled around and worked the room as you were supposed to .
3 Robert merely had to drop a few bon mots from Marwan Ibrahim Al-Kaysi 's handbook into the conversation and Maisie 's eyes widened the way they did when you offered to take her out for a meal or when she was telling you how someone had told someone that she had a beautiful mouth .
4 I joining the company something like that and if they did when you do join a department that does it you have a great sense of belonging , because some of the things you 'll do for the training will be allocated to other members round a team , yeah , all this sort of stuff and it becomes very easy , takes a monkey off your back as it were , you do n't have to worry .
5 They said if you had over twenty five pounds worth of meat you know , money wise he would deliver it free .
6 They said if you give the peasant the land it will give them the enthusiasm to work hard , they will increase their output .
7 Use a piece of paper to close the latches and keep them closed while you pull the needles back through the neck edge .
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