Example sentences of "i [vb past] they [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked them about the war , and they said it was okay , but you could see in their eyes they did n't mean it . |
| 2 | So I asked them in the lodge like do n't do any damage and Tom was in e he gave them a good lecture so and the lads in the lodge said , Well look you tell them as well not to do this attitude and perhaps you 've seen it on these flumes when they saw a crowd that was there they were changing gear with the Land Rover and through you know like anybody in the way you 'd be underneath . |
| 3 | One of these papers was a recent statement by the county education committee that no change in the status of the grammar school was contemplated : on that basis , I was able to reassure my anxious colleagues , when I met them on the first day of term , that abrupt change was not imminent . |
| 4 | ‘ I met them at the same time , ’ Tim recalls . |
| 5 | When I met them after the game and asked them what they thought , they said the highlight was listening to the girl behind them telling her mate that if Batty did n't start playing better then she 'd have to start denying him sex ! ! ! |
| 6 | I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself . |
| 7 | no I were gon na do , I got them for the days |
| 8 | I started off at the s at the start I was er I was getting mouth ulcers , and then well I did n't get them to the severity that I got them with the sulfasalazine |
| 9 | That 's what I should have done but I got them in the wrong order . |
| 10 | Th I got them in the electricity board , there three for sixty pence . |
| 11 | I do n't know but then frankly thinking but then I got them in the end you know I just did n't sell them because nobody paid that much and then ah in the outset and I paid quite a big price for for two for Patrick and me and then when they were they they dropped the price and then I got some more . |
| 12 | In Hamburg and elsewhere I talked to several former U-boat captains and instead of the brash abrasive characters I had expected , I found them on the whole to be men of sensibility and humour . |
| 13 | ‘ Sorry , Mrs Scamp , but I found 'em on the floor in the back of the cab . ’ |
| 14 | So I invited them to the gig at St Martin 's . |
| 15 | The dogs were surprised when I disturbed them in the middle of the night and they chased in their runs when I left again , strained to see me departing through the rain , and hear the car door opening , their bowls clanking as I threw them inside . |
| 16 | Well do you know , out of all the girls who work New Year 's Eve right , I told them on the night , oh I said we 'll get about forty pound for tonight wo n't I , because it 's double time and I was the only one who complained about it when I had my pay . |
| 17 | Erm , thought it would be nice at handicrafts afternoon and then we could throw the handicraft meeting open to anybody if I told them at the meeting before were going to have it . |
| 18 | Well I mean , I told them at the time I was against the of a sixteen month deal . |
| 19 | So I told them about the C in Mister C. I said ‘ It 's C as in E equals MC 2 . |
| 20 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
| 21 | I told them in the club bar that it was all down to my carefully structured pre-season training programme , but after last season 's relegation I have n't been near the ground since April ! |
| 22 | I told 'em about the listening post , so I do n't want it compromised , okay ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot . |
| 24 | However I badgered them with the question " Why ? " |
| 25 | ‘ I noticed them on the launch this morning . ’ |
| 26 | I 've already told you how I threw them into the river . ’ |
| 27 | I threw them in the river ! |
| 28 | ‘ My father and eldest brother established an estate agency and I joined them at the age of 17 . |
| 29 | She indicated the pretty flower-patterned basin for me to wash my hands in , then I joined them at the table . |
| 30 | Gently , I extracted them from the soil with the trowel I 'd brought more as alibi than implement . |