Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as Eve came from Adam 's rib , just as Venus was born out of the waves , Agnes sprang from the gesture of that sixty-year-old woman at the pool who waved to the lifeguard and whose features are already fading from my memory . |
| 2 | You 're always throwing in my face that I 'm going to get in trouble . |
| 3 | I reckon you 're always peering over my shoulder ! |
| 4 | Tony Busby , general services section leader with BP Chemicals , says : ‘ I came here because people are always popping into my office to seek advice on what choice to make . |
| 5 | During ( ii ) I am usually sitting at my desk , quietly getting on with things . |
| 6 | I 'm just going through my list once more . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm just waiting for my chewing gum to come round again . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm still struggling with my driver but I 'm hitting my one-iron plenty far enough and putting quite well , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ And I 'm still waiting for my brandy . ’ |
| 10 | G. S. Staines , of Darlington , was highly commended for ‘ No , I 'm not going just yet ; I 'm still waiting for my wife who has gone to collect a prescription . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm still waiting for my cake ! |
| 12 | McFall 's ascent was accompanied by frequent shouts for a tight rope and ended with a shell-shocked face appearing over the rim and the declaration : ‘ If that 's 4c I 'm definitely selling at my climbing gear ’ . |
| 13 | Just before breakfast I had had a phone call from Ken Billings , one of our best farmers , and his words were still echoing in my head . |
| 14 | So far as I could judge , events , were now moving in my favour . |
| 15 | She 's gently pulling on my prick . |
| 16 | Now I suppose this is just appealing to my sense of power or something , being able to walk in and take charge and in a minute or two they 've settled down and they 're not panicking because you 've arrived and all their burdens are on your shoulders and they do n't have to worry any more because the doctor 's there … this I find profoundly satisfying as long as I can , in fact , cope with what 's happening . |
| 17 | Note that my right elbow is still pointing towards my hip and that my upper arm is close to my body . |
| 18 | But even having said that , er it is still performing in my view or would perform an extremely valuable er service in terms of taking out the A fifty nine through traffic . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't share with him but he 's always wandering in my room looking to muck around . |
| 20 | and coming to dinner with me every evening , being in the same room , walking to lessons with her , it fucks me off like hell , she 's really getting on my wick , you know ? |
| 21 | Money is now coming into my life easily and joyously . |
| 22 | I was just thinking on my way into work ‘ who 'll get the England job now the Turnip has got ta go ( the onlt +ve point to last night ) ? ’ |
| 23 | The was just whispering in my ear would it be a good idea for the dep to have er er a community affairs meeting |
| 24 | ‘ No , I … was just going to my room . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I was just talking to my bookie , ’ he said crisply , which was the way he treated money troubles . |
| 26 | Reveals Jon : ‘ I was just paying for my shopping when the gun battle started . |
| 27 | ‘ I was just saying to my friend , there she is scribbling again . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I was just saying to my friend Chatterton that it 's really very dangerous to travel on tubes these days . |
| 29 | ‘ Karel played a good match but I was always struggling with my timing . |
| 30 | But Chaman was very protective and supportive ; it was as if I was still living with my mother . ’ |