Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [adv] [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must be quiet ; they must not hear my heart thumping or my involuntary gasp . |
| 2 | They could n't get my bracelet off . |
| 3 | They could not identify my writing . |
| 4 | I ca n't tell anyone , she thought ; people would n't believe me , they 'd just pat my hand and give me tranquillizers . |
| 5 | A final demand from the Gas Board and a threat from Glasgow Public Libraries if I did n't return The Maltese Falcon and pay my seventeen-and-six fine they 'd permanently withdraw my ticket and cut my left hand off . |
| 6 | They said they would not let my back into the village until I got them a ration card and some wheat . |
| 7 | No they would n't , they would n't have my leather chair at this auction . |
| 8 | ‘ And they are — and always have been — very good to me , even if they ca n't read my mind . ’ |