Example sentences of "[conj] they [verb] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | included in mine , so it meant that they paid me for the summer holidays cos I did n't officially really |
| 2 | During an opera we had a lighting change and they misinformed me about the weights . |
| 3 | And they put me in the banqueting room , erm but we could n't , d' ya know . |
| 4 | I looked into his eyes and they reminded me of the saying ‘ The lights were on but there was nobody home . |
| 5 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |
| 6 | They were glad to see me and they shook me by the hand and one of them said : |
| 7 | ‘ They tried to pull me into a scrum once and they invited me into the showers with them ’ — GAIL PARKER ( a lady referee ) on problems encountered when trying to control men . |
| 8 | For the chemo I was in bed and they attached me to the drip . |
| 9 | Of course , if they get me on the phone , I 'm lost . |
| 10 | My men , whom I had instructed to keep close together and sing from the time they left the camp until they joined me on the forest road , were not due for an hour and a half , and during this time it was more than likely that the tigress would break cover and try to stalk or rush me . |
| 11 | And erm I did n't get the actual job I went for but they put me on the , on the relief register so that I go round to different people 's homes or different big hospitals and different Mencap homes relieving people when they 're on holiday or if they 're short of staff or something like that . |
| 12 | But this ruse failed , for the education journalists were not interested in the nice distinctions I offered them when they interviewed me on the phone . |
| 13 | ‘ I started to come round when they put me on the slab . |
| 14 | Both babies would smile stickily when they saw me over the edge of the cot , which was gratifying in a way , but I knew it was only because they were programmed that way , like public relations men . |
| 15 | ‘ You know , when they stop me in the street , at least half of them call me Mr Darcy . |
| 16 | And when they hit me with the INSET thing it was the summer term , the first half of the summer term and I was beginning to fray at the edges , as far as I 'd just got things going , and it was just like something else on top of a lot of pressure already . |
| 17 | And when they rang me about the killing and somebody said , ‘ your friend 's been murdered , ’ I said , ‘ You 're talking rubbish . ’ ’ |
| 18 | Mind you , some do a double-take when they see me in the flesh . |
| 19 | The aim is to have about three suits per series — I certainly do n't want to come prancing on every week in something different , but neither do I want people to groan when they see me in the same old suit . |
| 20 | ‘ As long as they get me past the post . ’ |
| 21 | I asked , as they marched me towards the car . |