Example sentences of "they [vb base] [vb pp] i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've had a preliminary meeting with them and they 've asked me to go back because they 're interested in me . |
2 | They 've asked me to do their veterinary work . |
3 | It 's Dundee and they 've asked me to transfer my medical records up to the local G P up there . |
4 | But they 've done a tabloid internally and they 've asked me to come to take a look at it . |
5 | ‘ They 've asked me to resign , Ace . |
6 | I do n't know if somebody 's trying to tell me something , but they 've made me number thirteen . |
7 | They 've made me have more humility and compassion . |
8 | They 'll be exclamations and things they 're just exclamations that they 've heard I think on television . |
9 | Thirty years they 've trained me to give nothing away and you can still read me like a book . ’ |
10 | When they 've gone I spend the rest of the evening on my own . |
11 | Then the other argument as I can see is that they 've led me to believe , I don I know you said that it 's automatic twelve month ban , but we just accepted that because I was led to believe that my job was safe . |
12 | Yes , I thought , they 've seen me get out of the pick-up truck , I look wind-blown and ruddy , there 's mud on my hands , they 're bound to think I 'm a crofter 's wife . |
13 | I have n't told them you speak French and they 've discovered I do n't . ’ |
14 | Getting some nice letters about the Good Old Days Quiz Book , do n't miss it , you local B B C radio station , it 's also on sale at er bookshops throughout the East Midlands and at the Row Library in Nottingham they 've told me to say as well . |
15 | Chairman , I , I , I 'm really confused now , I mean they 've , they 've got me , they 've got me talking about semantics here which is ridiculous . |
16 | Maybe they 've got me going and not me them since I 'm so used to seeing dribbly noddings on trains . |
17 | They 've got me doin' lift-up ‘ tings for me legs . |
18 | They usually make a sort of ear sound if they 've got I mean |
19 | Yeah or I mean which accents do you think people sound more intelligent when they 've got I mean , it 's not that 's heavily match- guised cos in match guised people are doing it without knowing what they 're doing . |
20 | what accent they 've got I mean th that 's plenty to do . |
21 | you know I stood and asked who 's got to do on a machine ? , and everybody said they 've got them , they 've got a mark folder and they 've got I do n't see that |
22 | Jeff was voted their Player of the Year last season , but they 've let me have him for six months . |
23 | He put me on the committee and now they 've persuaded me to open the thing . ’ |
24 | ‘ They 've forced me to sit cross-legged for hours leaning against a wall with my fingertips . ’ |
25 | The road that they have created I think is having a damaging effect on the team and is making it more difficult for us to get the results . |
26 | I have passed on to them the teaching and worship tapes sent on to e here and they have asked me to thank you sincerely and they ask you to continue to pray for them . |
27 | They have asked me to remind you that the end of year obligations imposed on employers are becoming ever more complex , and there are now serious penalties for not complying . |
28 | ‘ They have asked me to do what I can to help and I am happy to do so . ’ |
29 | ‘ Do you know what they have asked me to do ? |
30 | They have asked me to write to congratulate you on this well deserved honour , and I am very pleased to do so . |