Example sentences of "they [verb] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | My colleagues seemed genuinely worried by my decision and many of them tried to convince me to change my mind . |
| 2 | Each of them has reached me and I know not how to save myself . ’ |
| 3 | One of them came to see me last night when I got back from Paris . |
| 4 | One of them came to see me , and as I walked towards him across the table , he put on his glasses . |
| 5 | I asked , but neither of them seemed to hear me . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've got three phone lines , to convert one of them to ISDN costs me £400 . |
| 7 | This made them wish to take me to see something more lovely on the island . |
| 8 | They might as well have a badge on them saying Steal Me in big black letters . |
| 9 | And if they somehow suspected that I was picking up something valuable , why would any of them try to kill me before the pick-up ? |
| 10 | So they agreed to let me play and I asked them where they wanted me . |
| 11 | I did n't have to think — I was leaping downhill like a goddamned goat before I 'd summed up the situation : which was they intended to rob me . |
| 12 | I can never be grateful enough to them for the sacrifice they made to keep me at school , when even ten shillings a week would have relieved the pressure on the food bill . |
| 13 | See they 've offered me more money to stay at this one cos I 've got it running quite well |
| 14 | ‘ But , if I were he , I would worry most if they sought to reassure me . |
| 15 | ‘ But , if I were he , I would worry most if they sought to reassure me . |
| 16 | If I stop there and clutch my possessions , they grow to possess me and I will be their slave . |
| 17 | They 've destroyed all my things — and I think they want to destroy me . ’ |
| 18 | What for they want to lock me up ? |
| 19 | They want to finish me , that 's what it is ! |
| 20 | They want to kill me . |
| 21 | ‘ But they want to deport me and I ca n't get out without a ticket which will cost another £600 to £700 . ’ |
| 22 | They want to bend me to their will like a factory machine , so they can scrap me when I wear out . |
| 23 | Not physically , I do n't think they want to hurt me , but your life is not your own . ’ |
| 24 | They want to frighten me — and my parents . |
| 25 | And that 's the reason why they want to get me back . ’ |
| 26 | If they want to meet me at 8am , they can have breakfast before they arrive — they do n't need breakfast at the Savoy . |
| 27 | They tried to demoralise me , but as far as I am concerned they were just abusing me . |
| 28 | THEY tried to demoralise me , but as far as I am concerned they were just abusing me . |
| 29 | They tried to lift me out of my depression . |
| 30 | And I think they tried to drug me the night before I rode Shine On at York . ’ |