Example sentences of "they [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them became my friends and have remained so until the present day , but the sheer earthy mass of them made me realize how my few months of married life had changed me . |
| 2 | Poppa says I can go to London or Paris and have them make my trousseau if I want . ’ |
| 3 | It nearly killed them to acknowledge my existence and they only spoke in monosyllables when I was present , but the babble of sound which broke out every time I went out and closed the door behind me was enough to make me want to go rushing straight to Miss Malley to beg her to send me back to my friends . |
| 4 | But one of them wants my daughter to die , and one wants her to be free . ’ |
| 5 | One of them approached my master and tapped him gently on the chest , speaking in a high sing-song fashion . |
| 6 | ‘ I bargained with them to regain my body and my powers . |
| 7 | Oh I took our books down to the library today and there 's two in three of got do n't let them use my razor Jean ! |
| 8 | Now to the Muses : I do n't call them to fortify my Walls against Wealth itself , but against Wealth in such a Shape as we had then described ; and you are not to think , that Poets , who love Ease and Pleasure , and the most gay Delights of Life , should hate the only Means of obtaining it |
| 9 | I read them to broaden my own theoretical thinking , which is important if I 'm to continue to develop as a manager and to increase my effectiveness . ’ |
| 10 | You will recall , however , that before you vanished from our lives you entrusted me with the notes you had kept while working on the Big Glass and the Green Box , telling me I could do what I liked with them , and adding , in your usual sensitive way , that I could always use them to wipe my arse if the paper decided to sack me and I found myself really hard up . |
| 11 | I was so elated and relieved I could have kissed them , but immediately felt ashamed that I 'd let them see my fear . |
| 12 | First there 's Shelley , cos first of all I did n't want to talk in it , you know , I just went like yeah , yeah , yeah , no , sort of like yes , I wan na talk down it all the time , I want them to hear my voice ! |
| 13 | I said I want them back today and I said erm this morning cos I said er I want them to put my cakes in , oh she said , oh , well are you going anywhere ? |
| 14 | And so , if I do that for the army and then get them to do my degree as well . |
| 15 | And he turned toward the East and knelt and said , Holy Mary Mother , and all Saints , pray to God for me , that he may give me strength to destroy all the Pagans , and to win enough from them to requite my friends therewith , and all those who follow and help me . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not being inhospitable , ’ he explained , ‘ but we have to assume the chance of them having my house and office both wired , and I imagine Number 10 would n't like that . |
| 17 | I was told to sit down for about five hours in a hall , to wait for them to call my name out , to go to see the doctor . |
| 18 | I am prepared to wait if I know that in the end he 'll be let in , but in the meantime I just want them to allow my children to attend school . |
| 19 | I 've tried loads of different mousses but most of them irritate my skin . |
| 20 | They tickle my dendrites |
| 21 | ‘ Have they heard my news already ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I did n't know if it was false alarm or they got my name confused , ’ he said . |
| 23 | And three men hurried through the carriage before an American woman 's shout , ‘ They got my bag ! |
| 24 | They got my bag ! |
| 25 | I do n't know where they got my name , or why they thought I was suitable material for their article . ’ |
| 26 | And they got a fright when they got my report and all . |
| 27 | They , they , they did get me , and I do n't know how they got my number . |
| 28 | They got my name wrong ( ‘ Dear Mr Burndige … ’ ) and sent it to my work address for some reason . |
| 29 | So they got my wedding ring off , but I still ca n't get it on . |
| 30 | They concerned my mother 's paternal grandfather who had spent a great many years in southern Africa — Natal and Cape Colony . |