Example sentences of "[be] [verb] i [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My long-suffering owl chauffeur said to me one day while he was yet again driving me to some venue I was going to give a talk at , ‘ You and that bird are costing me a bloody fortune ! ’ |
| 2 | No I am grateful to Mr because he 's finally crystallised in my mind something that 's been bugging me the longer I stay on this council about exactly what the Tories see their role here as and it 's now very clear to me , more than ever and that is that if you want to be obstructive and negative and if you go on long enough being obstructive and negative what you can end up doing is that you 'll find yourself eventually in a position going on long enough that you can make totally meaningless speeches but at least you 'll get nice headlines in the paper and that seems to me the whole essence of the Tory strategy . |
| 3 | He says yes if you 're paying me a week 's wages and I says I ca n't do that . |
| 4 | They 're getting me a hose for Christmas . |
| 5 | You know you 're getting me a name for myself and there might be somebody listening you never know . |
| 6 | Oh well now you 're asking me a tricky one . |
| 7 | You 're asking me a question ? |
| 8 | You 're doing me a favour . ’ |
| 9 | The farming bills do n't amount to much as the ones who do call me in always think they 're doing me a favour and consequently should n't be charged much . |
| 10 | ‘ They 're still very patronising to me , keep hinting that they 're doing me a favour . ’ |
| 11 | You come around here every week with whatever chick you fell into the sack with the night before and you 're giving me a morality lecture ! |
| 12 | I said , ‘ You 're giving me a headache ! ’ |
| 13 | And again analyse : ‘ You 're giving me a lot of advice here from your viewpoint — I need to plot my own course . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ They 're giving me a week . |
| 15 | They 're giving me a birthday party today . |
| 16 | Oh you 're giving me a card are you ? |
| 17 | You 're giving me a headache . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're giving me the sack — Sir ? ’ she said with contempt . |
| 19 | It 's nice to know that you 're giving me the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You 're telling me a woman like you actually obeys that stuff ? ’ |
| 21 | I ca n't believe you 're telling me the truth because that would mean if everybody worked overtime on that basis , we 'd all still making a profit . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters whether you 're telling me the truth or not , but I think you probably are . |
| 23 | You have nothing — nothing ! — to fear if you 're telling me the truth . |
| 24 | He said , ‘ Are you sure you 're telling me the truth ? ’ |
| 25 | You 're leaving me no alternative . |
| 26 | ‘ Mister , you 're givin' me a hard time , you are , and just when I 'm thinking I 've met a real gent for a change . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , I suppose if you 're offering me a position as your wife — consort — in Hong Kong , anything to do with my career here can easily be sacrificed , ’ she taunted . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're offering me a job ? ’ |
| 29 | they pay , they pay , they are paying me a little bit , I think it ought to go up in price a bit though myself |
| 30 | Right ah can we connect again with a couple of people we we coming up there if anybody out there er is a fan of Mary Whitehouse 's as I am give me a call and you know you know who I 'm talking to ring now . |