Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] been [v-ing] me [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | She deserved it , she 'd been tormenting me for weeks , calling me Comic Stripper because I told better jokes than she did . |
2 | My daughter , my grandkids hurt , and you 've been quizzing me about some job years ago that did n't even involve me ! , |
3 | Now go and relax in your dressing-room for a little while — try a few of those deep-breathing exercises you 've been telling me about . |
4 | ‘ You 've been asking me for weeks if I 'm jealous ! |
5 | Because you 've been badgering me for weeks to go to a car boot sale . |
6 | ‘ If you have been taking me for granted , ’ Mr O'Hara argued , ‘ then that is my fault . |
7 | They were soon strolling with me round the house as if they 'd been expecting me for weeks . |
8 | I 'm actually , I am actually , I 've been party , they 've been circulating me with the correspondence of the residents ' association and I am very worried about this but do n't feel , until invited by the residents ' association , that we should do any more . |
9 | I 'm getting paranoid about that , determined not to sign anything , worried that maybe I already have when they first brought me here and said it was just a receipt for personal effects or a legal-aid application or whatever , and I worry about them getting me to sign something when I 'm tired and they 've been interviewing me in shifts and all I want to do is go to bed and sleep and they say oh do us all a favour and sign this and you can sleep , come on now ; it 's just a formality you can always deny it later , change your mind , but you ca n't you ca n't of course , they 're lying and you ca n't ; I even worry about signing something in my sleep , or them hypnotising me and getting me to do it that way ; hell , I do n't know what they get up to . |
10 | The stuff they 've been giving me in the ward was like a milk soup . |
11 | Platt said : ‘ It has been niggling me for some time and , although it is nothing serious , it has been decided to sort it out sooner rather than later . ’ |
12 | Anyway , you know , I 'd been er , it has been staring me in the face for so often . |
13 | Zakir thanked me and then quietly revealed that he had been watching me for several days . |
14 | It 's been staring me in the face . ’ |
15 | ‘ It 's been staring me in the face , ’ Carlson continued . |
16 | He 's been hiding me for the last couple of days . ’ |
17 | Well he 's been helping me with things . |