Example sentences of "they [verb] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been on the committee of the Scottish region , as it was ten called , since 1984 — ‘ they flung me on as naive new blood ’ — — and was vice-chairman for two years before becoming chairman at the tender age of 25 . |
| 2 | And when they lay me in my wedding dress on that table , I 'll have my revenge on him ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ They expected me to be a lawyer too . |
| 4 | Yes and er I er they got me on that and I 'd er seen a bit on it before hand one way or another , but I went to a place and , and asked them if I could er see and er they showed me and explained it , the er the way to er . |
| 5 | ‘ They got me on the face , stomach and legs . |
| 6 | They got me in 1979 when Eamonn Andrews hosted the show . |
| 7 | Cos whoever it was they got me in trouble . |
| 8 | During an opera we had a lighting change and they misinformed me about the weights . |
| 9 | Er and she said I 'll ring you ag I said oh dear someone now coming to the door , she said , never mind I 'll ring you on Saturday , so I said alright and er and she lives at Wyndham , Norfolk , my husband 's niece and erm , you see , and then there 's the other one and she said , auntie you 're always so cheerful , I said , well I try to be cheerful because like everybody else I get a little depressed sometimes because , you see , I have no sisters and brothers , I have three elderly cousins who live away and who I , who I see , one was here a fortnight ago er er er my cousin and his wife er , you see , it will be on a Wednesday , a fortnight today , no Thursday , yes , you see , a fortnight ago and they said , we 'll come again an we 've always bought you a bunch of daffodils so we shall come again when the daffodils are and er and they bring me over bits and pieces because er she was a cook and they bring me something nice to eat |
| 10 | Cos I remember once when they asked me at work to deliver the annual speech you know the man that asked me he says er , you know , they 've gone round everybody else and nobody else would do it and would I do it , and I said good lord , that were my first reaction , and I realized like all the company secretaries lo lord , so I did very well there |
| 11 | They asked me for more money . |
| 12 | They asked me for £400,000 each . |
| 13 | Many times they asked me for them by title . |
| 14 | In the interview they asked me about my future plans . |
| 15 | It was er international company sommat like that Ching and er they asked me about it and I said I 'll see what I can do . |
| 16 | erm so no certainly they asked me about it and so on but I think that rather like their food forum they might like to get a communications forum going erm because they 've been thinking about having a Business Club and various other things because they 're involved with the Management Programme and all sorts of things and they maybe going to do some training for heads and people like that |
| 17 | They asked me into their classes to watch them teach , they gave me time for interviews , they allowed me into staff meetings and departmental meetings and I erm at various points in my research I attempted to feed back to them some of the material I was coming up with , and we would have meetings to discuss this . |
| 18 | I met the guys , loved the songs and they asked me to be their agent . |
| 19 | Despite taking home around half his £300-a-week mining wage , Martin said : ‘ I would n't go back to Silverhill now if they asked me to . |
| 20 | I mean I could choose not to do an album , but when they asked me to an album that was exciting to say yes . |
| 21 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 22 | Then they clapped me on the back with too many hands , thrust upon me the plastiform wafer that confirmed payment of the rest of my fee , and proclaimed that they would create a song for the festival in praise of ’ the , most safe and reliable Delmore Curb , master courier ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ What , in the name of the Old Snake , do they want me for ? ’ |
| 24 | Well why do they want me in house ? |
| 25 | They trust me with bunches of keys and let me phone my sister . |
| 26 | They trust me for my word and my attitude . ’ |
| 27 | That is why they attacked me with a bomb . |
| 28 | In their wisdom ( or because of the lack of it ) they appointed me as working group chairman . |
| 29 | Er , you know , well of course they were young girls and er , you see and there 's , there was nothing we could do , you see , and , and er , anyway the doctor , as soon as the doctor did come , it was because th the young staff er they had to , they took her away to the mortuary , you see and erm then I , I had to carry on with her work and , and do the best I could and mine as well , you see , but of course er the Manager he appointed another Assistant Manager to go and collect the money which I used to do got it in because I took her times of duty as well and er , you see , and then after that er after several weeks I suppose it was , I do n't know how many because I forget how many , that they appointed me as Manageress and I was in that position for twelve years , you see and |
| 30 | In their generosity , or relief of getting out of the kitchen , they ply me with bag loads of organic vegetables . |