Example sentences of "then they [vb past] me " in BNC.
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1 | I watched it for a day or two , then they sent me out of that part of the house , because they knew I was watching what went on . |
2 | I was there for another month , then they sent me to Bullwood Hall . |
3 | And I got the job of going up Then they sent me up knocking th knocking the wagons off . |
4 | And then they sent me a questionnaire saying they understood that he 'd he 'd given my address , and was he res , was he still resident ? |
5 | then they taught me the copper |
6 | Then they clapped me on the back with too many hands , thrust upon me the plastiform wafer that confirmed payment of the rest of my fee , and proclaimed that they would create a song for the festival in praise of ’ the , most safe and reliable Delmore Curb , master courier ’ . |
7 | And then they heard me tearing out of the sound-web . |
8 | When I got back I had bed rest for a couple of days and then they had me scrubbing the houses and that . |
9 | Then they drove me home and stayed with me . |
10 | Then … then they brought me here . ’ |
11 | Then they took me to a room where I was in solitary confinement . |
12 | Then they took me to where the police found me . |
13 | I phoned the police and they arrested him , then they took me up there . |
14 | Then they took me into a room and told me to take my dress off . |
15 | ‘ Anyway , ’ he said , in a conversational tone , ‘ then they took me down to the morgue . ’ |
16 | And then they got me to sign a form , they did n't say what it was for . |
17 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
18 | Then they asked me if I wanted to join in , and I said no , my wife 's a Catholic , I think I 'll start going with her . |
19 | Then they told me that the police had found the murderer . |
20 | Then they told me that its companion had just died — it was older — so I rather think it was depressed and lonely . |
21 | Then they felled me , so that I lay by Elsbeth and was as helpless as she . |
22 | ‘ One dog jumped up and bit off my ear then they pulled me to the ground . |
23 | They wrapped my feet in foam and then they carted me off . |
24 | Like , Friday night all the boys came up and then they picked me up and we did n't come back . |
25 | and then they informed me that it was out of stock so I wrote them rather a a polite letter saying that it took them a long to realize it was out of stock when it had been ordered in March and erm I thought their communi communicative system in their office was er non existent . |
26 | and erm and then they tried me on painting . |
27 | She said I ca n't promise you , so I thought well I 'm sat six months now , so I phoned this ship thing yesterday on the telly called Just Start , no Start Again whatever it 's called and they gave me , they phoned me yesterday and they gave me a number of Cine Hill , Northampton which is the job advisory centre , adults education and then they phoned me yesterday and they told me who to get in touch with so I 've got an appointment Thursday at erm Northampton with the Social Services Department and they apparently map out all the places where you could go , say , say for instance that St Crispin 's is the mental home I can go there and be with the patients and then I can go to the Marina 's and be taught how to lift and how to bed bath and how to manipulate |
28 | ‘ Then they gave me a lumbar puncture and discovered the problem . |
29 | So and then they gave me an injection in the back . |