Example sentences of "they [vb base] me [adv prt] and " in BNC.

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1 A sequence in which they knock me down and I get up .
2 So they knock me down and I shake my head and I get up .
3 They made big promises but , in the end , they let me down and I was forced to show mainly younger artists , which is always interesting but financially disastrous .
4 I very rarely go out except to union branch meetings — they get me out and they cost nowt .
5 They ring me up and say , , all we have is ten boxes to go , er , to all those different places , here 's all the addresses , thanks love , bye .
6 Because they phone me up and said , Look we needed another half a page in this for us to get another hundred pound .
7 The Monday evening they phone me up and said that I was to attend another meeting on Tuesday which I believe were the twenty second to which they said , We 've thought about it and we 've decided not to continue your employment .
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