Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's more than enough that you should be helping me . ’ |
| 2 | Now it 's my time , and he should be backing me all the way . |
| 3 | You should be thanking me ! ’ |
| 4 | As she went on talking , making occasional references to the length of my fingers or the breadth of my brow , I thought it ironical that this odd woman should be defending me , not from outright attack but from my mother 's protectiveness . |
| 5 | Something must be pulling me down on to the floor . |
| 6 | I realized that she — and possibly Jean-Claude — might be expecting me to approach Helmut for the money . |
| 7 | I thought you might be expecting me . ’ |
| 8 | I sang Lili Marlene to myself as I inched past the concrete-mixers and lorries full of sand , wondering where the Tardis might be sending me next . |
| 9 | What 's more , you 'll be taking me , because if you refuse I 'll have the lot of you out of this house before you can turn round … you , that haughty bitch you married , and the three bastards she brought with her . |
| 10 | ‘ Aye , maybe you 'll be telling me too , then ! ’ |
| 11 | ( Fast ) You 'll be telling me she 's got arthritis next . |
| 12 | Next thing you 'll be telling me the little cow 's summoned up the ‘ forces of Evil ’ . |
| 13 | I suppose you 'll be telling me next that most normal people would immediately assume that you were here to discuss the state of French politics ! ’ |
| 14 | If that 's the day they 'll be telling me they can get documentation now from priests in the confessional , that 'll be the next bloody thing you 'll be telling me , I ca n't under you know what I mean , what 's it all about ? |
| 15 | If that 's the day they 'll be telling me they can get documentation now from priests in the confessional , that 'll be the next bloody thing you 'll be telling me , I ca n't under you know what I mean , what 's it all about ? |
| 16 | Next you 'll be telling me this Rosie girl 's a virgin ! ’ |
| 17 | You 'll be telling me next I 'm wrong to interfere . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Very ; you 'll be telling me next you baked these yourself . ’ |
| 19 | You 'll be telling me next that you do n't really care if the earrings go with the dress ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Next you 'll be telling me your dad 's Lord Mayor of London . ’ |
| 21 | They 'll be easing me on as the new presenter so as not to put too much pressure on me . |
| 22 | Then you 'll be phoning me at Birmingham instead ! |
| 23 | You 'll be wanting me to scrape out the gutters next . ’ |
| 24 | He 'll be expecting me to ride in with the cavalry . |
| 25 | He 'll be expecting me . ’ |
| 26 | They 'll be calling me pretty soon and getting me on th |
| 27 | ‘ They 'll be pestering me to know when they can see you again … ’ |
| 28 | I 'll give you an hour , two at the outside , then you 'll be begging me to let you in . ’ |
| 29 | Then you 'll be begging me to look after you . ’ |
| 30 | And obviously Janet , you 'll be giving me the other one , so if you can take the time to look at it . |