Example sentences of "[be] [verb] i [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought he would , he deserves it and suddenly the semi-circle is clapping and looking at me : ‘ She 's won , she 's a-a-a won , ’ I hear John shout from half-way up the stalls , and my fellow contestants are slapping me on the back and pushing me to the front of the stage , |
| 2 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |
| 3 | They 're keeping me to the contract … wanting their pound o ’ flesh . |
| 4 | You 're pushing me to the limit , ’ she whispered , cringing into the brocade settle and holding her drink in front of her defensively . |
| 5 | Oh you want to walk on that , oh Charlotte come on then , you 're pushing me into the road . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're pushing me in the direction of flattery again , ’ he said softly . |
| 7 | You 're breaking me on the rack of your virtue . ’ |
| 8 | And that 's been another thing that 's been worrying me over the weekend . |
| 9 | The stuff they 've been giving me in the ward was like a milk soup . |
| 10 | It 's been staring me in the face . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's been staring me in the face , ’ Carlson continued . |
| 12 | Anyway , you know , I 'd been er , it has been staring me in the face for so often . |
| 13 | But I do n't mind telling young Mike here about it seeing he 'll be joining me in the business one day . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ People are stopping me in the street to ask about it . ’ |
| 15 | After confirming that I was n't taking any medication , she gave me two small white pills with a glass of water and sat me down , explaining that my Mother had been seriously burned and the pills were to help me with the shock when I saw her . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought you were taking me to the police station . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ And you were fighting me from the moment we met again . ’ |
| 18 | I do n't think I would have made quite so much impact , however , if it had n't been for the fact that , while they were carrying me round the church yelling , ‘ Aliens ! ’ 'Jesus Christ ! ’ and ‘ The snake cometh ! ’ the roof fell in . |
| 19 | I had suffered from these cramps four years before and in Tokyo they were bothering me from the start . |
| 20 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 21 | ‘ From what Superintending Constable Aplin 's been telling me along the way , if we can solve one , we 're likely to find the perpetrator of the other . |
| 22 | IAN KNOX of Ardglass has been telling me of the hazards of his favourite pastime , riding penny-farthing bicycles . |
| 23 | Colin Pawson , the Royal Mail 's head of philatelic marketing , has been telling me of the energy stored in the gum on the back . |
| 24 | " You are to take me to the King , " he said . |
| 25 | But , I know black people who are watching me in the audience or on the TV are thinking it 's a black versus white thing . |
| 26 | All right , the little sod 's reminding me of the truth , so I 'll tell it . ) |
| 27 | I mean I , I mean I du n no I mean I just , I just ha , I just had to tell you because I mean it really is pissing me off the way fucking Catherine treats me , she was alright before like and when I 'm on my own , no |
| 28 | Although people generally consider me to be a very tolerant person , my moody male boss at work is driving me to the end of my tether . |
| 29 | My mate who is driving me to the match tomorrow says he wants to go straight to the ground so I wo n't be able to get to the Adelphi . |
| 30 | ‘ Lieutenant Lapointe is escorting me to the opera on Wednesday , ’ she announced defiantly . |