Example sentences of "they have [verb] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 2 | But they 'd asked me for an epitaph not an editorial and , in any case , I 'd already got the clear impression that most of these unaccustomed mourners could recognise a tolling bell when they heard it , but that like so many of the other warnings that had been laid on them over the years by teachers , social workers and magistrates , they had simply decided that any other way of life was simply too dull , too straight , even to be contemplated . |
| 3 | My parents were fond of travel , and they 'd brought me on a trip , long before people had even heard of package holidays . |
| 4 | Anyhow , ’ he continued , ‘ the three of us spent the day locked in consultation , as Marc called it , the result being that he came charging to my rescue , routed the two con-merchants , who thought they 'd got me over a barrel , and generally behaved like the perfect human being he is . ’ |
| 5 | The two biffos would have come sneaking through the door , rubbing their hands and telling themselves they 'd got me by the balls , and I 'd have pointed the extinguisher and put out their fire . |
| 6 | ‘ They 've asked me for ten days , ’ Blanche said . |
| 7 | Yes they 've stripped me of my cash for tonight . |
| 8 | Yes erm I 'm not looking forward to doing the cos they 've told me about it and he used to get headaches and |
| 9 | They 've helped me with the baby , they take her away for a couple of hours a day , and they take you out to places — sports centres and hospitals . |
| 10 | ‘ I rang the airport straight away — they 've booked me on the first flight out . |
| 11 | ‘ My lord sheriff , reverend gentlemen , ’ said the earl , ‘ you come very aptly , if Robin has reported your errand rightly , for I confess I 've been tempted to lift the lid on whatever it is they 've brought me from Ullesthorpe . |
| 12 | Distraught Jackie Bendle , 25 , sobbed : ‘ They 've left me with nothing . |
| 13 | They 've pitched me into Section Five . ’ |
| 14 | I fell down in a kind of madness , and they had to carry me from the room . |
| 15 | ‘ This was equally true of the teachers , since they , together with the headmaster , could have decided to stop my research whenever they felt it threaten them ; equally , if they had accepted me with open arms it would have meant that the boys would not have trusted me greatly . ’ |
| 16 | That the man they had warned me against had taken it … ’ |
| 17 | Last time I had been to Paris they had rescued me from the freezing streets and hungry wolf packs . ) |
| 18 | Two of my other men came running over and they had to pin me to the ground . |
| 19 | The Board said that they deserved their percentage because they had put me in the position to attract the money . |
| 20 | Later I found that they had put me in prison because of my madness . |
| 21 | At least they had told me of their bad luck already or I might have succumbed to the old tales of women on ships and the bad omens they can bring . |
| 22 | But I was pleased they had told me about it once . |
| 23 | They had provided me with a small team of assistants and advisers , and a more agreeable collection of people one could not have found . |
| 24 | They had to help me into the house and let me rest in a chair . |
| 25 | ‘ Now that I 've had the frocks made , I think I will definitely do the pantomime — even if they have to suspend me from pegs , ’ she declared . |
| 26 | Erm , well I do n't know Wendy , I 'll have to go into that when I , I do n't think they have , I do n't know that they have charged me for , well they 've certainly charged me for the new wiring . |
| 27 | I am happy there at the moment , and I want to repay Yorkshire for all the support they have given me over the years . ’ |
| 28 | I am grateful to my colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Britain for the help and opportunities they have given me in the preparation of this book . |
| 29 | Edward insisted : ‘ They have accused me of damaging land owned by the DoE , but in fact I have improved it . |
| 30 | I think they have got me in as Comic Relief . ’ |