Example sentences of "[coord] they [verb] me [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During an opera we had a lighting change and they misinformed me about the weights . |
| 2 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 3 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 4 | And they put me in the banqueting room , erm but we could n't , d' ya know . |
| 5 | I looked into his eyes and they reminded me of the saying ‘ The lights were on but there was nobody home . |
| 6 | Well , you know , it you see , time were , I do n't know I suppose , I do n't know but I never seemed to be afraid and I used to have my or something round my waist , a belt with the keys hanging on and they supplied me with a as well , one of these , I do n't know what they 're made of they were n't all that heavy but still they were heavy enough to keep on . |
| 7 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |
| 8 | They were glad to see me and they shook me by the hand and one of them said : |
| 9 | ‘ They tried to pull me into a scrum once and they invited me into the showers with them ’ — GAIL PARKER ( a lady referee ) on problems encountered when trying to control men . |
| 10 | For the chemo I was in bed and they attached me to the drip . |
| 11 | I was the first British person most of them had met and they see me as a bridge to the outside world , ’ she said . |
| 12 | And they presented me with a Winston Churchill half-crown for my boxing . |
| 13 | And erm I did n't get the actual job I went for but they put me on the , on the relief register so that I go round to different people 's homes or different big hospitals and different Mencap homes relieving people when they 're on holiday or if they 're short of staff or something like that . |