Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | They accused me of going to hit one of them with it … they put me in a police van and took me to Victoria Barracks where they kept me for two hours . |
| 2 | ‘ I said before , I wo n't go where they want me to go . |
| 3 | The gunner of the Fox gave me the final two fingers and I knew the third finger was coming up which meant the " K " gun would be right in my starboard earhole , I put my finger lip and gave the impression I was going to land , whereupon all the Foxes — by this time four or live of them — were given a signal by the leader , and they all turned on their backs and headed where they wanted me to follow . |
| 4 | Where they gave me meat and drink . ’ |
| 5 | to be with my friends although they let me sit with me friends so they 're good really so I 'm hoping that I should be able to get back on a Wednesday because er , that 's the only day really I can go , I go to Barn Mead on a Thursday as a rule you see , but yesterday I had to have a day off to go out , I had an invite out |
| 6 | Although they give me a good start for next issue . |
| 7 | Everybody likes you better than they like me said Manyara , the elder sister . |
| 8 | Also , I 've decided not to brush down the table or re-mark it or clean the balls : I reckon a few bad kicks and some low-lying grit on the baize will unsettle him more than they will me . |
| 9 | Apparently I 'd chosen to pee up against a police station , so they took me inside , and told me off , and of course I apologized . |
| 10 | I did n't know what career I wanted which baffled the system so they sent me to Edinburgh for a year . |
| 11 | She would n't know how to use a real weapon ( fnar fnar ) , so they sent me a to sharpen my axe on this month 's adventure offerings . |
| 12 | They ca n't fuck me , so they protect me . |
| 13 | Kelly Johnson had just left and so they asked me to join . |
| 14 | No not really — they just sit down and they listen to me and they 'll say something — " Brenda where you come from ? " [ laughs ] somefin' like that , you know what I mean , cause I 'm born English so they aks me what I want to speak Patois for ? |
| 15 | Now I know it 's a lot to expect , what with your sister still only nineteen , and the old a ‘ Buck ’ being every year of sixty five , so they tells me , but May and September 's always been a heady mix , and the old fool seems besotted . ’ |
| 16 | It 's not that bad , it 's just that red and green are fairly important colours to people who try to wave down planes and things like that , so they told me that being a pilot was definitely out . |
| 17 | She said , no you write and he 'll , she 'll write back , you see but , and he went out to France and he was killed in three months and and his name , so they told me was on the er , on the board at er . |
| 18 | At this moment two people grabbed me to try to make me get up but I could not get up , so they kicked me and stamped all over me from head to toe . |
| 19 | They analysed it and found that it was mud , a piece of clay , y'know , but them not being all-forgiving , they suspected that I was using drugs , y'know , so they kicked me out of home and I went to live with my grandmother and then I had more freedom there to do as I pleased and hence started going to pop festivals and things and enjoying them and getting off on them and mixing with that whole subculture if you like . |
| 20 | ‘ So they tell me . |
| 21 | ‘ Then I actually left Girlschool in 1989 because I got fed up with their attitude , although they 've changed now — so they tell me ! |
| 22 | I am King of England — or so they tell me ! |
| 23 | No elil for miles , or so they tell me . |
| 24 | ‘ So they tell me . ’ |
| 25 | I did n't suffer from morning sickness but I 've become an insomniac over the months and had the good fortune ( or so they tell me ) to have a healthy foetus that started kicking me at thirteen weeks . |
| 26 | Made time is the best time , so they tell me . ’ |
| 27 | The blending of two territories , so they tell me . |
| 28 | And I 'm a quick learner , so they tell me , ’ Kate responded with an innocent look . |
| 29 | Or so they tell me . ) |
| 30 | Nest of perverts , so they tell me , I wo n't have 'em in my service if I can help it . |