Example sentences of "they [vb base] me [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took me along and they put me into this dormitory . |
| 2 | Well , I 'd had so much time on the sick , they put me on half pay . |
| 3 | Oh well they treated me alright afterwards because Mr er said , well you see they put me on big presses during the last war and er I 've always loved machinery , always loved machinery and then the foreman said er before the foreman came to him Mr said er , you 've got to learn to set your own tools , he said , I ca n't keep coming out of the tool room and er to change your tools , so of course erm I began setting my own tools , but when I got them in they would come around and check because otherwise hundreds of pounds have gone , could have gone if I had n't just got the top to go in right in the base you know , and er they were great big presses very big . |
| 4 | By the way those did I tell you they put me on some tablets to re to erm to erm |
| 5 | I had just turned sixteen and they put me in this place that was really for dossers . |
| 6 | I wonder how much they charge me for that |
| 7 | Warren Mitchell went around to see him after a performance and was amused — following Burton 's initial reaction to the money — when he grumbled , ‘ You wo n't believe all they give me for this ? |
| 8 | Under contract TEC come here usually one day a week to carry out these interviews erm they poke me in any corner they can find . |
| 9 | They remind me of tiny wooden houses on a Monopoly board . |
| 10 | ‘ And they reccommend me to other people . |
| 11 | They stick me in some kind of waiting-room Upstairs , in a wing of the complex I 've never seen before . |