Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [v-ing] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zambia has been telling me a lot , you know . ’ |
| 2 | Colin Pawson , the Royal Mail 's head of philatelic marketing , has been telling me of the energy stored in the gum on the back . |
| 3 | DIRECTOR Terence Young has been telling me about his new film project — a suspense movie , Metal Tree , starring close friend Brooke Shields . |
| 4 | JOHN Mortimer has been telling me about his first ever speaking role in Rumpole of the Bailey , his popular television series . |
| 5 | MODEL Sophia Berggren has been telling me about the unusual special effects used for her current Clairol hair colouring advertisement . |
| 6 | ANNA Bergman has been telling me about her best Christmas present — a reconciliation with her father , Swedish film director Ingmar . |
| 7 | The former England striker revealed : ‘ The chairman has been telling me the same thing ever since I took over 18 months ago . |
| 8 | She has been telling me … ’ |
| 9 | Marie has been telling me about her . |
| 10 | THE Rev. Martin Smyth , MP , has been telling me of a neat little trick pulled by local people to have houses built at Innes Place on the Donegall Road . |
| 11 | IAN KNOX of Ardglass has been telling me of the hazards of his favourite pastime , riding penny-farthing bicycles . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Ozymandias , whose famous admonishment has been haunting me from Day One , seems to lurk round every corner , laughing up his sleeve . |
| 14 | PARLIAMENT has been reminding me this past week of some scenes from the musical Paint Your Wagon . |
| 15 | Since DTS started , God has been teaching me not only through the lectures , but through my time alone with Him and also through living in close quarters with people ! |
| 16 | He has been nagging me actually since I threw his others , he threw his others away that when some more came in , but these are alright for girls ai n't they ? |
| 17 | ‘ That bloody bird has been annoying me for days . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm happy to say I 'm going to marry the young man who has been courting me , Sergeant Troy . |
| 19 | No less than three supporters , all before opening time , have told me that they know for certain that a League chairman has been watching me in recent weeks . |
| 20 | ‘ Oliver Moreton has been badgering me to have dinner since I started work for him . |
| 21 | ‘ One of my Italian teacher 's refugees has been badgering me to find out whether she could get permission to live in England , ’ she said . |
| 22 | Old body disposer Pugh 's nephew Duncan has been begging me for months to let him play and things have got so desperate I have no choice but to take him on . |
| 23 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
| 24 | Something else about the chimney-breast , I realize , has been worrying me for some time now . |
| 25 | But I have met your brother at long last and Mrs Powers has been regaling me with the most fascinating pieces of village gossip . ’ |
| 26 | Well , lately I 've begun to understand that God has been punishing me for my pride and my past wickedness . |
| 27 | Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time . |
| 28 | ‘ I hope that I shall not be taking up your time needlessly , ’ Catherine said , ‘ but something has been troubling me . |
| 29 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 30 | As soon as they pulled up in the courtyard of Broom House , Joanna jumped out and said jubilantly , ‘ Mr Jarvis has been putting me through my paces with regard to pigs . |