Example sentences of "be [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurt was celebrating an award which had been won by his TV series The Storyteller and was staggering around in a drunken haze when he turned on the paparazzi and yelled , ‘ Those bastards have been winding me up all night . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've been winding her up all day , ’ shouted Luke . |
| 3 | Mum , that 's Carol , has been riding him out this week , while Dad , that 's Richard , the trainer and son , Tom have been masterminding and monitoring the build up . |
| 4 | He 's been calling me up all hours of the day and night complaining about you guys especially Steve . |
| 5 | You lie still now , for I 'm to fetch you up some broth . ’ |
| 6 | I seemed always to be letting him down one way or another . |
| 7 | Well if that 's all I do , I shall be handing it out this time next year . |
| 8 | He 'll be sleeping it off all morning , he said . ’ |
| 9 | Too too noisy and dogs were keeping them up all night . |
| 10 | The Navy and R.A.F. were battling it out this week for the title , while the Army , unable to emulate their Youth team 's recent triumph against their Navy counterparts , were left with the wooden spoon . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , he 's picking me up any minute , ’ Belinda answered Deana in a moment of daring wickedness . |
| 12 | His assistant Julian immediately offers me coffee , and explains in apologetic tones that Tony has been called out — ‘ but you 're down for 11.30 ’ — and that he 's expecting him back any moment . |
| 13 | Erm my arthritis is playing me up this week . |
| 14 | Lithuania … and England have been battling it out all week … |
| 15 | No , Im used to defending Fairclough , my girlfriend was slagging him off last season . |
| 16 | yeah it was running us down this morning cos Britain something something something . |
| 17 | He was to base it around one man — SIMON HALLIDAY . |
| 18 | She had a rosary out , and was knotting it around one hand like a beaded bandage . |