Example sentences of "they [vb base] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They let me on the train . ’ |
| 2 | It was the way they put me on the right track that made me wonder — guiding angels in the Bible have a habit of appearing as two young men . |
| 3 | Ah well they put me on the top rate of pay , which was quite good , thirty five shilling a week . |
| 4 | ‘ I started to come round when they put me on the slab . |
| 5 | And erm I did n't get the actual job I went for but they put me on the , on the relief register so that I go round to different people 's homes or different big hospitals and different Mencap homes relieving people when they 're on holiday or if they 're short of staff or something like that . |
| 6 | ‘ They put me in the bin because I suddenly had a talking jag , ’ Edward said . |
| 7 | They put me in the prison hospital . |
| 8 | Started at that 's right , yes and er I did and er they put me in the machine shop filing keyhole and Those times they had to be all cast over the rim locks and all that , now they 've made for us and all that . |
| 9 | They put me in the same category as Martinho . |
| 10 | And they put me in the banqueting room , erm but we could n't , d' ya know . |
| 11 | ‘ You know , when they stop me in the street , at least half of them call me Mr Darcy . |
| 12 | Sometimes they confuse me with the hon. Member for Walthamstow ( Mr. Summerson ) — I am the hon. Member for Wanstead and Woodford , and unemployment in my constituency has not risen to quite the extent that he suggests . |
| 13 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |
| 14 | And it just goes on keeps going on another night another nightmare and then back to the interview room again and the tape machine again and more questions about Stromefirry-nofirry and Jersey and flights and that 's when they tell me about the other one that 's when they say oh by the way your best friend Andy is dead blown up in the hotel when it burned down ; probably beaten to death first head stoved in but of course you probably know all that because you did that too , did n't you ? |
| 15 | Of course , if they get me on the phone , I 'm lost . |
| 16 | ‘ As long as they get me past the post . ’ |
| 17 | They accost me in the street every time I walk every time I walk down for money , they 're |
| 18 | They ask me about the research , its aims , methods , etc . |
| 19 | The first thing they ask me on the 1st tee is , ‘ Billy , tell me all about your family . ' ’ |
| 20 | In fact , they remind me of the Prudential TV ads ( ‘ I want to be in goal ’ , ‘ I want to be … remembered ! ’ ) . |
| 21 | They tease me in the pub … it 's always milkman this , milkman that . |
| 22 | Mind you , some do a double-take when they see me in the flesh . |
| 23 | 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 . |