Example sentences of "they keep [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do they keep calling me Sarah . |
| 2 | They keep telling me it is n't , but it 's all bluff , is n't it ? |
| 3 | And they keep telling me it 's cheaper to buy it . |
| 4 | So they keep telling me . |
| 5 | That 's what they keep telling me . |
| 6 | They keep telling us about this poll tax , they 've got to cut the staff and then they decide that they 're going to give this man this money . |
| 7 | And they keep building them . |
| 8 | You know they keep hatching it out |
| 9 | I have n't got cataracts but they keep watering I remember we used to go in |
| 10 | We 're already so far ahead of our expected ratings that they keep suggesting we move it to an earlier time , but I wo n't let them . |
| 11 | I do get a bit sick of the way they keep sending me scripts to make funny . |
| 12 | gardening catalogue ready , yes I got one there they keep sending me them I never Astor no |
| 13 | They 're responsible for the , for the present that they keep , they keep sending us this and that minister , and that . |
| 14 | But they keep thinking I mean I 've got like forty days holiday my staff to get in in fif in fifty days left . |
| 15 | and er , did n't say a lot , you know , they keep bringing them round and round these flats do n't they ? |
| 16 | They keep calling her a liar cos she hangs about with me . |
| 17 | And they keep giving her a courtesy car so I should think so after spending twenty one grand ! |
| 18 | They keep paying us forty quid a month , I 'm gon na get a nice fourteen and a half grand this year . |
| 19 | So in other words is our F T E consistent with where we actually are rather than where we thought we 'd be erm or have we got erm you know er the Parkinson 's law , been operating with the , the overtime , people are used to doing it and therefore they keep doing it and so on . |
| 20 | They were saying about they keep asking her because she could be like page three models in the newspaper , she was like very even this really and then she just said I keep on going toilet and she 'd , she 'd then puke up in the toilet and she 'd come back and there were all these bite marks so her parents could see when she was doing it . |
| 21 | ‘ Over here , ’ considers Tim , ‘ they keep asking us about Manchester and the Hacienda , or the drugs . |
| 22 | ‘ Over , they keep asking us about Manchester and the Hacienda , or the drug.s I do n't want to talk about it , too many people want to go on about it — but then the Americans seem to think that The Sundays are part of the Manchester thing as well ’ — TIM BURGESS |
| 23 | ‘ Over here , ’ considers Tim , ‘ they keep asking us about Manchester and the Hacienda , or the drugs . |
| 24 | ‘ Over , they keep asking us about Manchester and the Hacienda , or the drug.s I do n't want to talk about it , too many people want to go on about it — but then the Americans seem to think that The Sundays are part of the Manchester thing as well ’ — TIM BURGESS |
| 25 | I mean they keep saying we 've given the all , all these opportunities to all these |
| 26 | The children talk about you all the time : when we are down in the shelter , which we still are , often , they keep saying they wish Uncle Walter was here , to make it entertaining . |
| 27 | erm and er in the meantime , we had some lino down on the kitchen last year and they keep saying they 're going to send a new one and they have n't and they have n't . |
| 28 | They keep saying they 're going to find me a house and say they 're going to buy me one . |
| 29 | Because I 'm , you know , if they sa if they keep crossing me the way they are , quite frankly I 'm you know , willing to make remarks myself . |
| 30 | I want Mum to ask the doctor why they keep testing me — what do they think is wrong ? |