Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , if they get me on the phone , I 'm lost . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I started to come round when they put me on the slab . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ You know , when they stop me in the street , at least half of them call me Mr Darcy . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | And when they rang me about the killing and somebody said , ‘ your friend 's been murdered , ’ I said , ‘ You 're talking rubbish . ’ ’ |
| 9 | Mind you , some do a double-take when they see me in the flesh . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ As long as they get me past the post . ’ |
| 12 | I asked , as they marched me towards the car . |