Example sentences of "they [verb] you [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They provide you with a short summary of the context to help you assess the tone of the extract . |
| 2 | They provide you with a power switch and LED but unless you are really competent at soldering I 'd leave well alone as the instructions are not very clear . |
| 3 | In order that you do n't fight this ventilator , and also that you do n't start twitching when they start carving you up , they inject you with a chemical er a muscle depolarizer that stops your muscles working . |
| 4 | What what you 'd learned from did they send you on a |
| 5 | When you die there they put you on a wooden platform below the sky and the vultures come and eat the body . |
| 6 | They put you in a home . |
| 7 | In reception they put you in a little cubicle like a wardrobe and you have to sit there for hours . |
| 8 | In the block they put you in a gown — a strip dress , no knickers or bra , and your clothes and shoes outside the door . |
| 9 | Yes , if they put you in a |
| 10 | ‘ Even if they stop you on a busy shopping morning and ask you to sign petitions ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He means they wash you in a shower , ’ said Susan . |
| 12 | ‘ And while you 're getting out of there , you run straight into a patrol car and they arrest you after a chase . |
| 13 | … the people of Burma are friendly hospitable folk ; they meet you on a friendly equal basis , without cringing or self-assertion . |
| 14 | They tie you into a body harness and clamp on ankle straps . |
| 15 | If you dare to walk past and not go in , they dismiss you with a pout like a child , you cease to exist . |
| 16 | Did they take you for a week and show you |
| 17 | and you work on the computers what you 're gon na be and then it 'll be silly if they brought you to a nursery afterwards if you wanted to be |
| 18 | Well , I suppose , if somebody 's going around with an opinion pole , and they ask you about a certain , what you think about a certain thing , that , that , presume what their asking about , may affect everybody in different way |
| 19 | And when you wanted to buy something like a three piece suite , you went to somewhere like Bentalls and they took you into a little room , soon as you said to the man well I want to buy this on hire purchase and you went in to a little room and the man sat down and you filled in a long form . |
| 20 | Tell me they keep you in a garage locked away is that right . |
| 21 | Do they issue you with a set of questions to ask when you train ? |
| 22 | ‘ They leave you in a certain mood , which you might not be able to explain at the time , but it gets under your skin . ’ |
| 23 | In the 1987 general election they presented you with a partisan newspaper , as in 1945 : nearly all were rooting for Mrs Thatcher . |
| 24 | The welcoming committee is already at the landing site , the only problem is they greet you with a hail of lead rather than a red carpet . |
| 25 | so that it does n't alienate the person and , and , and they regard you as a , you know and that 's actually probably quite tricky , except of course that you ca n't just let them off , because you are actually an officer of the court . |
| 26 | ‘ Be soft with this London lot and they take you for a ride . |
| 27 | And then they test the evacuation alarm then , so that everybody knows the alarms and er where to be and then th Every six eight weeks or something they take you for a helicopter evacuation where everybody 's taken from the lifeboat master station . |
| 28 | I 've been to Stanford Hall where they have you in a circle but at least , I think , wh however you sit , you must have a president in front of you in a chair and someone to keep a little bit of order . |
| 29 | And even so , they treat you as a likely criminal . |
| 30 | Yeah but they treat you as a skivvy . |