Example sentences of "they [verb] me [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and she said I 'll ring you ag I said oh dear someone now coming to the door , she said , never mind I 'll ring you on Saturday , so I said alright and er and she lives at Wyndham , Norfolk , my husband 's niece and erm , you see , and then there 's the other one and she said , auntie you 're always so cheerful , I said , well I try to be cheerful because like everybody else I get a little depressed sometimes because , you see , I have no sisters and brothers , I have three elderly cousins who live away and who I , who I see , one was here a fortnight ago er er er my cousin and his wife er , you see , it will be on a Wednesday , a fortnight today , no Thursday , yes , you see , a fortnight ago and they said , we 'll come again an we 've always bought you a bunch of daffodils so we shall come again when the daffodils are and er and they bring me over bits and pieces because er she was a cook and they bring me something nice to eat |
| 2 | ‘ They sell me my flat , then decide to demolish the place , ’ Mr McKenna said yesterday . |
| 3 | I says if they lent me it erm well they might want us to watch it now and lend it to someone else . |
| 4 | Also the other men and women I represented when I became convenor they made me what I am and I thank them . |
| 5 | They asked me what it would be on . |
| 6 | Yes , and they asked me what I was laughing at ; and of course I could n't say their son-in-law was so ugly , so I said : |
| 7 | My reply to these people , if they asked me what happened at the branch meeting I say , do you want to know what happened in the branch meeting ? |
| 8 | ‘ Well , if it had n't been for me , you would n't have had it , because they asked me your character . |
| 9 | When they , when they weighed me I thought I had to have my leg off , I went to the |
| 10 | Whenever they visited me I listened to him reading . |
| 11 | They told me they 'd found the source and they were going to prosecute the offender . |
| 12 | ‘ They told me they could arrange an ‘ accident ’ . |
| 13 | They told me they had a little house not far away from where I lived , and that Dorothy was expecting a baby — twins , the doctor had said . |
| 14 | He 's a sharp operator , adept at playing the angles , continually bouncing gags off the course of a meandering conversation which takes in flotation tanks ( ’ They told me they wanted to recreate the conditions of the womb , but that 's all I need : some jerk in a white coat stabbing me with an ice-pick for half an hour ’ ) : Panama ( ’ Most American casualties over there were self-inflicted , but that 's because we have a lot of Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics shot themselves , they 're that loyal ’ ) ; even , somehow , the British motorway system ( ’ Driving up the M1 ! |
| 15 | They told me they needed the money for legal fees . |
| 16 | They told me they were on holiday today and shyly peeped round great blocks of stone as I climbed on to the hitching post of the sun , the most sacred place in the temple . |
| 17 | ‘ They told me they could sack me , but I do n't care , ’ she said yesterday . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd much rather they told me they 're not going to harm us . ’ |
| 19 | They told me they 'd be useful . " |
| 20 | They told me they were going to take control of the ship and become pirates . |
| 21 | I went downstairs and they told me they had just got married . |
| 22 | Oh yes , they were all fed properly , looked after alright , but they all , they told me they were all pedigrees but I doubt cos I do n't know whether that 's the truth , but they reckon in Poland when things were bad , when they unload them , they 'd make some excuse that one of these pigs got out and run away and course they used to catch it er , somewhere they used to catch it and that was their fee then . |
| 23 | But do n't waste it on me in any case : I would n't believe Six even if they told me they were lying . |
| 24 | In hospital they told me they were going to do a routine examination and that it was going to be a twist in the scrotum or it was going to be a tumour ; and it might be benign or it might be malignant . |
| 25 | ‘ They told me her bra was torn . |
| 26 | For there is a dilemma along the way — expressed so poignantly by the very young pregnant schoolgirl who , in response to the question : " But did n't they tell you about sex in school ? " replied " Oh yes , they told me what to do — but nobody said how much I 'd want to do it ! " |
| 27 | And er , that 's right and they told me what they wanted and er that 's right , there was a hundred and fifty-five locks . |
| 28 | " I was amazed when they told me what I could bring . |
| 29 | I mean I actually had somebody last Friday , they told me what to do , a four letter word , they told me what to do , and put the phone down . |
| 30 | I mean I actually had somebody last Friday , they told me what to do , a four letter word , they told me what to do , and put the phone down . |