Example sentences of "the [noun] was [verb] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thought of inserting the diaphragm was worrying me quite a bit . |
| 2 | And it was getting dragged back and the engine was going like mad trying to push it along and the wind was pushing me back , and I was thinking am I going forwards or backward here ? |
| 3 | The wind was driving me further out to sea and my boat began to fill with water . |
| 4 | As I got closer to the raised platform at the far end of the church , it was as if the sound was pushing me forward . |
| 5 | He was sitting there with his head in his hands ; he did not rise when the train passed ; he made no movement ; he did not give a glance at the signs I made him ; and for a long time as the train was carrying me away , I watched his little motionless , grief-stricken figure , lost in the desert , an image of my own despair . |
| 6 | In retrospect then it is the final remark in that poignant description of Athman by the river which is the most telling : ‘ tor a long time as the train was carrying me away , I watched his little motionless , grief-stricken figure , lost in the desert , an image of my own despair ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ The fact was passing me by until now . ’ |