Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] i [prep] " 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 did n't know what career I wanted which baffled the system so they sent me to Edinburgh for a year . |
| 3 | If they throw me in prison , at least I know that with Famagusta and maybe a rodent or two from my cell , I can have a meal fit for a Borgia . ’ |
| 4 | Despite taking home around half his £300-a-week mining wage , Martin said : ‘ I would n't go back to Silverhill now if they asked me to . |
| 5 | If they viewed me with suspicion then I was much puzzled about them . |
| 6 | Of course , if they get me on the phone , I 'm lost . |
| 7 | If they send me to Rampton , what does that make me ? ’ ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If they contact me on Middlesbrough 827594 or at 14 Aspen Drive , off Sycamore Road , I will arrange for their views to be heard , ’ she said . |
| 9 | ‘ Clients have to be — and are — aware that I 've got a young family and that if they ring me after 5pm there are likely to be children screaming for their tea in the background . ’ |
| 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 | I 'll do it because they ask me to , but I do n't feel , like , ‘ Oh God , I 'm a big star signing autographs . ’ |
| 12 | They asked me to come along and I thought I would because I thought children might respond more to me because they recognise me from television . |
| 13 | I kill because they pay me to ; |
| 14 | ‘ Then it 's a good job I spent time with the Soviet Embassy in Stockholm before they sent me to Washington . |
| 15 | I do n't suppose you 're even capable of having dreams like the ones I used to have before they sent me to you . |
| 16 | I threatened them with my knife once , after they stopped me on my bike and started pushing me around and demanding money . |
| 17 | And when they lay me in my wedding dress on that table , I 'll have my revenge on him ! ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I started to come round when they put me on the slab . |
| 20 | When they told me at work she 'd bought that , I was , cos they lived up at Green Lane I thought my God he 'd have they 've picked a a bad spot there cos there 's no flood protection at all there . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Cos I remember once when they asked me at work to deliver the annual speech you know the man that asked me he says er , you know , they 've gone round everybody else and nobody else would do it and would I do it , and I said good lord , that were my first reaction , and I realized like all the company secretaries lo lord , so I did very well there |
| 23 | I mean I could choose not to do an album , but when they asked me to an album that was exciting to say yes . |
| 24 | ‘ You know , when they stop me in the street , at least half of them call me Mr Darcy . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | And when they rang me about the killing and somebody said , ‘ your friend 's been murdered , ’ I said , ‘ You 're talking rubbish . ’ ’ |
| 27 | I hated rugby but I always played when they wanted me to because I was really fast . |
| 28 | And when they banned me from playing cricket for a month , they actually did me a favour . |
| 29 | Mind you , some do a double-take when they see me in the flesh . |
| 30 | 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 . |