Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when they silver plate things what they tend to do I mean first th the thing When you plate something erm it follows the shape . |
| 2 | If I stop there and clutch my possessions , they grow to possess me and I will be their slave . |
| 3 | They 've destroyed all my things — and I think they want to destroy me . ’ |
| 4 | What for they want to lock me up ? |
| 5 | They want to finish me , that 's what it is ! |
| 6 | They want to kill me . |
| 7 | ‘ But they want to deport me and I ca n't get out without a ticket which will cost another £600 to £700 . ’ |
| 8 | They want to bend me to their will like a factory machine , so they can scrap me when I wear out . |
| 9 | Not physically , I do n't think they want to hurt me , but your life is not your own . ’ |
| 10 | They want to frighten me — and my parents . |
| 11 | And that 's the reason why they want to get me back . ’ |
| 12 | If they want to meet me at 8am , they can have breakfast before they arrive — they do n't need breakfast at the Savoy . |
| 13 | Oh , cos , they want recording I suppose . |
| 14 | If they want to know I know exactly what number it is . |
| 15 | we get on the train at , most of them get on at Elstree luckily so what we do is we open the doors and they 're always crowding up the bit where the door is and they say excuse me may I get on please ? |
| 16 | They seem to say I spend more time with reptiles than I do with them or some people are very scared so they do n't tend to come around . |
| 17 | They are quite down on men , but they seem to like me . |
| 18 | They seem to think I ought to . |
| 19 | ‘ They seem to think I should stand on my own two feet — which is only right and proper , ’ she added hastily in case he should think she was whingeing . |
| 20 | curiously enough , they seem to have I mean I I have |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm an around the clock man — I do n't do things in half measures — it 's a big boost for Party morale , they like to show me off . ’ |
| 22 | When they get married I 'll tell them to use family planning because prices get higher every day and it 's impossible to support a large family . |
| 23 | If they decide to arrest me and throw me in gaol , my plans will have to be drastically altered … ’ |
| 24 | ‘ This means I miss my connection and then it creates a scatter at Middlesbrough as they try to fit me on to a train to get to Hartlepool in time . |
| 25 | They keep telling me it is n't , but it 's all bluff , is n't it ? |
| 26 | And they keep telling me it 's cheaper to buy it . |
| 27 | So they keep telling me . |
| 28 | That 's what they keep telling me . |
| 29 | I have n't got cataracts but they keep watering I remember we used to go in |
| 30 | I do get a bit sick of the way they keep sending me scripts to make funny . |