Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb past] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ The only problem is that they taught me to swear like a trooper . ’ |
| 3 | The upshot of it all was that they wanted me to ask Derek would he come in for a sperm count . |
| 4 | Then word came that they wanted me to do a test ! |
| 5 | ‘ Oddly enough the selectors only told me shortly before the match that they wanted me to play left centre so that ‘ Obbo ’ could get some of the ball , ’ Cranmer reminisced . |
| 6 | Kelly Johnson had just left and so they asked me to join . |
| 7 | Once they made me jump , another couple of them , a couple of years ago . |
| 8 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
| 9 | Another time I went to St Kew primary , which is really small and right out in the middle of nowhere , and they made me feel really welcome . |
| 10 | ‘ They were really kind to me and they made me feel that they genuinely cared . ’ |
| 11 | I 've seen the Fire guys and they told me to ask for an Inspector Ball . |
| 12 | I went to see them as well and they told me to fill in another form . |
| 13 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
| 14 | I fetched the rum and they told me to go away . |
| 15 | I gave him the money and they told me to walk on and not look back because they would be following me . |
| 16 | Still they were a generous , friendly bunch and they told me to make myself at home until the editorial meeting later in the afternoon . |
| 17 | I went for an audition and they told me to come back in six months time I was determined to get the part so I practised day and night to be him . ’ |
| 18 | Two army medics who were getting ready to deal with such things in the wild were also there , and they kept me laughing so much that I was wobbling up and down while the surgeon was trying to operate . |
| 19 | A group of friends was going to St Servan near St Malo and they asked me to join them . |
| 20 | Her first commission came about quite casually : ‘ My husband and I had gone to stay with friends and they asked me to do a charcoal drawing of their Dachshund , Rosy . |
| 21 | And er erm they saw me on the you know television programme and they asked me to go go to the school and |
| 22 | Because they believed and they got me to believe at the time , that nationalization would be the cure for all our ills . |
| 23 | ‘ I was at Queen Eleanor 's and they urged me to go to university , but I wanted to be independent , so I came into the Met . ’ |
| 24 | Well I mean that when we start organization and I am on , I 'm on Cortille and on the committee and they wanted me to take over the Vice Chairman and I said no way . |
| 25 | But they were going for a walk , they had come in to make him go with them , and they wanted me to go too . |
| 26 | ‘ I told the IFA that if we got to the World Cup finals and they wanted me to stay on I would and if we did not qualify I would stand down , ’ says Bingham . |
| 27 | they offered me two for a boat , right and they offered me one while I was there , then I got home and they offered me one that late that evening , job , erm working like that was a Thursday and they wanted me to start on the week Monday , I could n't do it as it happens I had to give my weeks notice here get out there that quick , so I fucking said , I said to myself well they 've first day , they 're gon na offer me a few more , so yeah they offered me a couple more but way from so , a bit unlucky I , I wished I 'd fucking taken it |
| 28 | His transfer would involve a lengthy and complicated assessment procedure , and they wanted me to help to explain this to Balbinder 's parents and to reassure them . |
| 29 | The people who are taking over from TVS — Meridian Television — are bringing The Dating Game from the States ( a sort of pointless adult Blind Date ) , and they wanted me to host it . |
| 30 | But they put their foot down when it came to maths and they caught me grappling with the colour scheme of a kestrel . |