Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | My grandad was a barber and my mother was a hairdresser so they taught me how to cut hair and it came in very useful , especially when I did National Service . |
| 4 | Yeah called me in two days so they gave me today and tomorrow off as well , so it 's sort of gone longer than I expected you know ? |
| 5 | But I did not perk up , so they carted me back indoors and called the doctor once more . |
| 6 | ‘ I told the people around me that I wanted to quit , so they flew me back home to see a doctor . |
| 7 | Thorstvedt said : ‘ If they throw me out , at least I 'll be thrown out smiling . |
| 8 | And if they throw me out … ’ he trailed off with a shrug . |
| 9 | Yeah and I ca n't I ca n't get myself pushed cos if they push me too hard I usually ache . |
| 10 | Yes , it had been a strange episode , and not only were those people unaware of my name but I 'd like to bet they would fail to recognize me if they saw me again . |
| 11 | In burning his New Testament , he wrote , they did ‘ none other than I looked for : no more shall they do if they burn me also , if it be God 's will it shall be so ’ . |
| 12 | If they stop me now … ’ |
| 13 | " At home , if they let me out of here in time , " I said . |
| 14 | ‘ My Mum and Dad 'll kill me if they catch me out here . ’ |
| 15 | Anyway , I 'm goin' fer a job now , but I tell yer , Annie , if they turn me down that 's me lot . |
| 16 | Yet if they press me sharply , and harry me through the day , Then look for me by moonlight . |
| 17 | ‘ If they gave me more money , I suppose . |
| 18 | They 're going to be celebrating with a match against the Kew Occasionals fifteen , who include two Irish internationals and six former blues , and afterwards there 'll be a firework display , and if they phone me up I 'll come along , as long as it 's free of charge . |
| 19 | Even if they send me out , I will return . |
| 20 | If they see me there , no one gives a bugger . |
| 21 | I do n't know whether you 'll think I 'm boasting but that is n't the case , but I never ever regretted it and it a great deal of respect for me , you know and I could see that and did appreciate it and I know the people appreciated it just the same and erm it 's gone on from then till now but about , I retired in seventy-three , I was sixty-five and I said I 'd only do what anybody wanted for me , cos they had me in for the tax and I never ever heard twenty-one I think it was or thirty-one in come and I 'd go before I could satisfy them at Walsall but er I 'd got , not got enough money to be taxed in the bank , which was true . |
| 22 | ‘ That 's the way I 've always done it , and until they carry me out here , that 's the way it stays . ’ |
| 23 | I always have a pile of small , brightly coloured bricks on my desk , because they teach me so much about the children who sit in front of them . |
| 24 | ‘ Because they pissed me off . |
| 25 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 26 | Because they phone me up and said , Look we needed another half a page in this for us to get another hundred pound . |
| 27 | Was I supposed to wait till they picked me off ? |
| 28 | One memorable day I wandered along to a municipal course and sat waiting while they fixed me up with a fourball . |
| 29 | I joined the Medjays in the south , and served at Napata , before they posted me here . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Four different priests gave me conditional absolution before they got me out . |