Example sentences of "[v-ing] i [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had had a sudden image of Syl bringing me breakfast in a bed which we had shared , and I heard myself saying aloud , ‘ No ! ’ |
| 2 | While they were bringing me food , I wondered whether to pick up a handful of the little men and throw them to their death . |
| 3 | This rejection at least served the purpose of bringing me face to face with the uncomfortable fact that I was now without a job and almost without an occupation . |
| 4 | He 'll go on bringing me cigarettes ( if he does n't I sha n't ask him for them ) and food . |
| 5 | I ca n't remember seeing me dad till I was five . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , ’ she said , seeing me mixing rose madder and burnt sienna in my paint-box , ‘ what 's all this I hear about a new mother ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Not that I mind 'er pullin' me leg , I 'm just thankful you ai n't beatin' 'er black an' blue , it upset me when — ’ The landlady stopped . |
| 8 | ‘ I ai n't yer old sweet'eart , ’ said Mrs Beavis , whose naturally sunny beam did not always shine for everyone , ‘ and I 'appen to be keepin' me hands to meself . ’ |
| 9 | She smelt of snuff when she leaned over and said , ‘ Sit down dearie , yer blockin' me view . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ He 's driving me nuts about it , and he wants them out by Christmas , ’ North confided . |
| 11 | Finally , it got to the point where he was driving me nuts , because I could n't even find out the reason he was screaming so . |
| 12 | He 's driving me nuts . |
| 13 | It seems to me that the problem is coming from the front off side spring settling 15mm more than the rear-Being someone who hates anything that 's not as it should be , it is driving me crackers . |
| 14 | It is urging me on over the years bidding me neglect those that were without Cathenne , where as I set out to tell the story of my life , the dull with the bright , the gray with the green , all the Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays of it at least sufficiently to suggest them . |
| 15 | ‘ If I start gettin' me stride up agin , ’ he said to Willie , ‘ you jest call out . ’ |
| 16 | Eventually I left them to it and went off into the night , the bells keeping me company through the streets . |
| 17 | And now I must pack up and take the road ; you 'll be keeping me company on a long night march , although I know you 're asleep in our nice warm bed … |
| 18 | It is already taken care of Thank you for keeping me company . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You are doing something — you 're keeping me company . ’ |
| 20 | as if he was n't a maniac keeping me prisoner here . |
| 21 | His pleasure is keeping me prisoner . |
| 22 | So he is not particularly after a physical relationship , but someone who loves and cares for him alone , Miranda , however , thinks his reason is that ‘ his pleasure is keeping me prisoner . |
| 23 | Instead he said : ‘ I want to race Lewis to end any dispute over keeping me number two in the world rankings . |
| 24 | Did you see that rotten perisher , searchin' me clothes ? |
| 25 | I 've told the rent collector , if there 's nuffink done I 'm gon na stop payin' me rent . ’ |
| 26 | Her flatmates Mandy and Debby flitted fanciably about the place , half-dressed , serving me coffee with the reverence due to a moneyman and debt-settler . |
| 27 | ‘ Are you serving me food , or am I interrupting some kind of talent contest ? ’ |
| 28 | Unused as I am to public scribbling , and tardy to boot ( I 've just read your December/January issue ) , I felt I had to thank you for saving me time and trouble ( not to mention hard-won shekels ) , in a search for something which obviously does not exist . |
| 29 | ‘ Mister , you lettin' me sleep in here , in your bed ? ’ |
| 30 | Looking back over some lectures I gave in the early 1980s , I note that the division between the schools which could raise money and those which could not was even then causing me concern . |