Example sentences of "they [verb] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They said it would be all right if I had the serial numbers but I do n't think they expected me back , ’ she said . |
| 2 | ‘ Four different priests gave me conditional absolution before they got me out . |
| 3 | ‘ They got me out of the ward and put me under a sheet in this side room . |
| 4 | Well , they got me out , and into our trenches , and patched me up , and I was just leaving when the Huns started shelling . |
| 5 | Well sometimes they hate me too , you get a virus on it you know and it crashes does n't it ? |
| 6 | They made me very welcome , then gave me a clean towel and showed me the showers . |
| 7 | ‘ They made me out to be a hooligan , which I 'm not . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ When I was at drama school , they paired me off with a lovely actor who was only five foot eight and we had to play husband and wife ! |
| 9 | ‘ What did you do in the war , then , daddy ? ’ they asked me when I returned . |
| 10 | At first they asked me if I wanted my mum to go out but I said No , but when they started asking me all those sorts of questions they asked me again and I said Yes . |
| 11 | When they asked me why I did n't have a British passport that 's when the immigration problems started . |
| 12 | They asked me why I tried to do it — whether I was attention-seeking ! |
| 13 | I got there and they asked me why I did n't get there sooner . |
| 14 | They asked me how I wanted the neck and slits . |
| 15 | I went to the hospital and they asked me how I done it . |
| 16 | To the melody of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes , the winner wrote an anti-opinion poll ditty that began : They asked me how I crossed I just said ‘ Get lost ’ |
| 17 | They asked me in for tea , and we all listened to the morning news on Radio Tonga , crackling over the miles from the aerials down in Tongatapu . |
| 18 | Oh yeah I tell you what , cartoons are absolute , they crack me up cinema ? |
| 19 | They crack me up , they crack me up . |
| 20 | They crack me up , they crack me up . |
| 21 | Yeah and I ca n't I ca n't get myself pushed cos if they push me too hard I usually ache . |
| 22 | ‘ Did n't they want me too ? ’ |
| 23 | When do they want me there ? |
| 24 | Oh I was playing up and they chucked me out the class or something and I had to stay in at dinner time . |
| 25 | I joined the Medjays in the south , and served at Napata , before they posted me here . ’ |
| 26 | They are to do with my profession and they bother me increasingly . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sure I can think of someone else who 'll be more than willing to admit they want me instead of playing hard to get ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ They want me out . |
| 29 | They want me home so they can feel safe . |
| 30 | I have made twelve tapes for the CBC and they want me back … why could n't some of this have happened ten years ago ? |