Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] me [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What for they want to lock me up ? |
| 2 | And that 's the reason why they want to get me back . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm an around the clock man — I do n't do things in half measures — it 's a big boost for Party morale , they like to show me off . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ This means I miss my connection and then it creates a scatter at Middlesbrough as they try to fit me on to a train to get to Hartlepool in time . |
| 5 | Yeah , cos it 's usually a Friday , they do mess me about ! |
| 6 | Aye , she says what they 're getting Sheila , she said I 've just cut me hours down they , they were working thirty nine and they 've cut me down to thirty two , just like part-time thing , like you know |
| 7 | As my companion remarked , the oldies are goldies and you ca n't get much ( g ) older than ‘ I stood on this stage 30 years ago and I was so successful they 've asked me back tonight . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm watching myself lying there , and … white as the sheets they 've put me on . ’ |
| 9 | So er they 've put me out to grass so to speak . |
| 10 | ‘ They 've put me back on the Zikr case . ’ |
| 11 | They 've got me down as being , you know , insurance clerk . |
| 12 | " What d'yer think , mate ? " he gasped : " They 've changed me round and I 've got to go into room four . " |
| 13 | Well I went there and I had to fill in another application and they 've set me up with er another interview at erm Health Centre , and that 's tomorrow . |