Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] they [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | They might stop me having visitors if they think I reduce them to tears . |
| 2 | Yeah called me in two days so they gave me today and tomorrow off as well , so it 's sort of gone longer than I expected you know ? |
| 3 | In the subsequent show report , I proclaimed that it was love at first sight and when I heard that a new model was in the offing which would , the company told me , prove to be their most eye-catching to date , I pestered them for weeks until they sent me one for review . |
| 4 | So this morning the fat little chap in the long white coat who was sorting us out in the Dean 's Office said I 'd better come along here for a few days until they got me organized with another partner . |
| 5 | I did n't show my true colours until they made me chairman . |
| 6 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 7 | About two years since they gave me that . |
| 8 | I must ask those who are more familiar with the sciences to forgive me for any passages where they feel I might be guilty of over simplification . |
| 9 | I heaped much obscene verbal abuse on various owners to the extent that several begin to leash in their ugly mutts when they saw me coming . |
| 10 | ‘ We bought it in Paris and I had to stand for hours while they fitted me . |
| 11 | to be with my friends although they let me sit with me friends so they 're good really so I 'm hoping that I should be able to get back on a Wednesday because er , that 's the only day really I can go , I go to Barn Mead on a Thursday as a rule you see , but yesterday I had to have a day off to go out , I had an invite out |
| 12 | She 'd lost two babies before they had me . |
| 13 | But then people started talking , whispering behind their hands when they saw me . |
| 14 | Even so , the cherry berets threw me to the ground , kicking me in the ribs as they frisked me for weapons . |
| 15 | ‘ And your parents quite obviously hate my guts because they think I walked out on Jennifer when she most needed me … |