Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Leach , who had originally opposed Mr Taylor 's selection on procedural grounds , said : ‘ Some of them still treat me as an ally and I know what they are saying . |
| 2 | People write me letters saying that although they only know me from my photos , they feel that they know something about my personality . |
| 3 | They eagerly embraced me into a family rich with eccentric aunts , brainy brothers , cranky grannies and caustic uncles , and the day they began referring to me as ‘ our Lynne ’ was the happiest day of my life . |
| 4 | I did n't really like the people at OUCA [ the Oxford University Conservative Association ] , they just struck me as spotty spods . ’ |
| 5 | I keep having hot flushes , know what I mean ? but d' you think they care ? they just follow me round saying ‘ Miss we 've dropped a stitch ’ . |
| 6 | They just stuck me in here . |
| 7 | Though they did n't read much they had a huge library and they just left me to it so I did read without direction . |
| 8 | It took a while before they finally trusted me with a little cooking . |
| 9 | But they soon knocked me into shape . |
| 10 | Well this to , to photograph anything , this just happens to be a camera and I suppose that would appeal to a lot of camera collectors to people that I er er who I work with , people I know , friends and that , they know I 'm interested in photography and they always ask me about cameras |
| 11 | ‘ They always photograph me with Kylie because she 's my wife on screen , but they never bother to photograph me with other girls . |
| 12 | They always photograph me with Kylie because she 's my wife on screen , but they never bother to photograph me with any other girls . |
| 13 | They always helped me with whatever I was doing , giving me information and encouragement . |
| 14 | They always reminded me of an angry boar 's , small , red-rimmed and vicious — and that 's when he was in a good mood ! |
| 15 | If we 're given an assignment , whatever it is , perform it well , do n't think that I would make a better magazine servant than that brother over there and I do n't like it on the accounts , why do they always use me as a hall servant ? |
| 16 | They always see me as The Boss , and I do n't want to The Boss . |
| 17 | I run the search room there , which means that erm people come into Pelham House , they usually meet me at a desk and the end of a telephone , and I put them onto the documents that they want to look at and I make sure that they 're ordered up from where they 're kept in one of the various repositories and strong rooms that we 've got . |
| 18 | That 's right , yes , I run the Search Room there , which means that erm people come in to Pelham House , they usually meet me at a desk on the end of a telephone and I put them onto the documents that they want to look at and I make sure they 're ordered up from where they 're kept in one of the various repositories and strongrooms that we 've got , and then I produce them for them and erm if they need any help reading them and so on I give them that . |
| 19 | They deliberately sent me on a wild goose chase . |
| 20 | They were and still are helpful in my classical playing , but they also helped me in developing slurring in my electric playing . |
| 21 | Gradually I drifted apart from Beth and Ida , but I am always grateful to them because they also introduced me to the other great interest in their lives — ballet . |
| 22 | ‘ They nearly pulled me through the bars , ’ he said . |
| 23 | They probably imagined me as the gentleman flasher in the park ! ’ |
| 24 | As a small boy , I devised my own set of cartoon animals , and they now stood me in good stead . |
| 25 | ‘ They really got me through it , ’ Fergie tells Sue Carpenter on ITV 's This Morning today . |
| 26 | I do n't think they even bother me for , for |
| 27 | They even escorted me to the school gates sometimes — and I just bunked out the other way . |
| 28 | I called Outwrite and they kindly put me in contact with Ingrid . |
| 29 | It is equally true that Opposition Members seem obsessed with pursuing the business community with prosecutions and they frequently question me about that across a wide range of Government policies — something which I regret , but with which I have become rather familiar . |
| 30 | If anyone is interested could they please contact me at |