Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , I 'd broken the rule by moving both point cams , so no amount of re-reading them would position my pattern correctly . |
| 2 | I think they 'll settle for five eventually , but you never know with these situations — they may call my bluff . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If students wish to have a meeting or party which includes more than 10 people they must have my permission , ’ she said . |
| 4 | They also made me extremely randy , an effect I pointed out to you , who seemed unaffected in that department and were astonished that they should stimulate my already overwrought sexuality — ‘ oversexed and under seventy ’ is how I still think of myself . |
| 5 | Well it 's absolutely horrendous , they 'll think my God the British class system is completely |
| 6 | You 've got to release him straightaway or else they 'll have my balls to play snooker with . ’ |
| 7 | And they 'll learn straight off , because they 'll have my brains , and their mother 's beauty … ’ he added modestly . |
| 8 | And they 'll have my old one in and give me the extra bread for it . |
| 9 | They 'll see my faults and then they wo n't like me any more . |
| 10 | They 'll see my car coming here and they know no one 's ill and you know what they 'll think . ’ |
| 11 | And they 'll sell my house . ’ |
| 12 | If they could shoot my child what would stop them doing it to someone else ? |
| 13 | People often asked me the time just to hear my voice so they could proclaim my gender to their friends . |
| 14 | I know a man there , so I thought I 'd see if they could use my services writing leaflets , or propaganda or something , I do n't know . |
| 15 | They 'd treat my questions as entirely innocent and provide the answers without the slightest difficulty . ’ |
| 16 | Mostly I hate chimneys , but I knew they 'd rest my finger tendons and Sue Grimley needed a partner from Milenecka . |
| 17 | They 'd want to know why and then they 'd tell my parents . |
| 18 | They 'd run my life . |
| 19 | Somewhere there , but off the would n't it be but erm it was an event erm when I had a rise in wages my mother being a dressmaker she used to have a machine under the little front window and when I got a , I had a , they 'd put my wages up to ten shillings , and when I got in mum came over and said what 's the matter with you she said you seem as if you 're walking on air I said I 'd had a rise in wages and it was up from eight and four pence up to ten shillings I do n't know what that seems but still . |
| 20 | We we used to have lots , they used to go my father used to put er a a bird a bird trap er bird second time to catch and we used to pluck them and and them and roast by the fire you know . |
| 21 | The Emperor still remains immovable without making a sign or uttering a word , but , he thinks , ‘ Those are the men they used to call my Praetorian Guards ! ’ |
| 22 | I do n't ken why they used to blame my father for allowing them to stay , stay , and and er , och , you get a lot of animosity . |
| 23 | ‘ They used to pull my leg , but once they 'd had a go they soon changed their minds . ’ |
| 24 | I wondered how they would arrange my visa for Riga , but I did n't ask . |
| 25 | And the Shelley party were near at hand — though the fluctuations of the time scale made it hard to determine whether they would recognize my name if they heard it . |
| 26 | There 's no way they would fit my record player . |
| 27 | And they would take my pride , my rocket |
| 28 | I felt revolted by them and began to sleep in the hall , dragging a pillow and a wool blanket off the bed and leaving the room to them , in the hope that they would understand my anger , that they would no longer stay till the early hours of the morning , stepping over me as I lay asleep , leaving overflowing ashtrays and empty glasses and cans and bottles strewn about the floor . |
| 29 | I do n't think they would keep my knees happy in bed , and out and about I think I would find myself worrying if my skirt was the right length . |
| 30 | I was hoping they would find my curling stone , the one that I lost that night that Stewart Candless 's Metalurjic or whatever it was went into the loch . |