Example sentences of "they be [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then someone will call us and they will take a blood sample , and I will be terrified as the needle goes in and I feel that they are draining me , that I have no blood left to give . |
| 2 | They are chasing me , yes , even Enid , dignity forgotten , is running and running . |
| 3 | Most of my friends are thin , and sometimes I have this paranoiac feeling that they are using me . |
| 4 | They are watching me , thought Rupert Stonebird , as he saw the two women walking rather too slowly down the road . |
| 5 | They are lulling me into believing that they suspect nothing , so that they can catch us together . |
| 6 | They are giving me so much discomfort now , I can hardly listen to these gentlemen . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But I can not ask for any more from the players than the performances they are giving me and one or two are starting to show their true form . ’ |
| 8 | they pay , they pay , they are paying me a little bit , I think it ought to go up in price a bit though myself |
| 9 | You just have to convince yourself : ‘ They are doing me good , so I am not going to complain about it . ’ |
| 10 | Since we could barely stand up or speak there was little point in dropping in on Ted and Theresia , although perhaps they would n't have noticed much difference in my case , given as they are to ply me with drink . |
| 11 | ‘ If they are mugging me , then it is too much obvious . |
| 12 | They are making me into an addict , so that I may never leave home … . |
| 13 | ‘ They are slaughtering me and my business , ’ he said last night . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're ringing me tomorrow afternoon . |
| 15 | They 're arresting me . ’ |
| 16 | Well they 're calling me in . |
| 17 | Well the er they they 're helping me , |
| 18 | They 're expecting me to stay here . ’ |
| 19 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |
| 20 | They 're getting me a hose for Christmas . |
| 21 | The mob guys , they 're torturing me , naked as I am . |
| 22 | ‘ Nothing , nothing ; they 're to let me know , and they 'll likely do that on the day they say the war 's ended . ’ |
| 23 | They 're sending me out . |
| 24 | I wonder if I 'm going to have a fit , and that 's why they 're watching me . |
| 25 | They 're watching me like hawks here . |
| 26 | ‘ They look as though they 're watching me , ’ she whispered back . |
| 27 | They 're seeing me tomorrow . ’ |
| 28 | They 're telling me to go on the stage and act , but I ca n't do it , it 's the one thing Mum and Dad are dead set against . ’ |
| 29 | When we went , it was really funny , when we went to do the , the talk erm , afterwards when we were all sort of getting together and having a chat , they 're telling me about , they do artificial , they artificial inseminate pigs |
| 30 | ‘ They 're using me to try and bring him down ? ’ |