Example sentences of "[v-ing] i [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was superb throughout , counselling me to stay out , and this made my eventual decision all the more poignant . |
| 2 | Says Teddy , encouraging me to look up , to distract from the mess , not a good idea considering . |
| 3 | It was important to learn about , for example , bookselling from experienced booksellers who then , accepting the genuineness of my interest and the possible value of my research , were generous in helping me with it and allowing me to carry out surveys in bookshops . |
| 4 | Bless 'em all thank you as well to Radio Nottingham for allowing me to come in as part of my successful bid for Money Spinner . |
| 5 | The lads have been great in helping me to settle in . |
| 6 | Sheepishly I fed the other meter , too , and slouched in to see my Alexander Technique teacher , who 's helping me to stand up straight . |
| 7 | As one recently retired 62-year-old put it : ‘ I had hardly had a chance to enjoy a couple of days pottering in the garden for the first time in years , when my wife was nagging me to go out and find something to do . |
| 8 | He 'd been pressing me to come down here for a long time . |
| 9 | You 'll be wanting me to scrape out the gutters next . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Also , after this injury , I doubt very much whether Wigan will even consider releasing me to come down here again . ’ |
| 11 | Cos she was expecting me to trot out something like , yes both my parents went to grammar school like everybody else whose parents went , you know , they were all saying , yes my parents went to grammar school and they got these and these have got these qualifications and everything , I could n't believe it though , there 's a load of people in our class and like you know , all the parents are all these things and they 're not exactly brilliant , the children |
| 12 | But now suppose that you know I am behind the tree , you are expecting me to leap out , and I know you know all that : I can still ( maybe ) frighten you by leaping out , just by getting you to realize that I intend to frighten you . |
| 13 | He 'll be expecting me to ride in with the cavalry . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | His only answer was a wave of the arm , signalling me to drive on . |
| 16 | You 're preparing me to go out into the street , but I still have to go back to the system first . |
| 17 | For months its organizers had been pestering me to turn up . |
| 18 | Had she been Matron , her telling me to sit down would have told me immediately that whatever her reason for wanting to see me it was not to sack me . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're telling me to shut up ! ’ |
| 20 | He returned shortly telling me to hang on , it would n't be for long ; and the shock had made him breathless too , I noticed . |
| 21 | One half is telling me to get out of bed whilst the stronger half is telling me to go back to sleep as it does n't matter if I 'm late for school . |
| 22 | I think it was the other way round , He was telling me to get back to p H and stop writing fiction . |
| 23 | split up with him and I and then you 're telling me to get back |
| 24 | And you 're telling me to get back with him . |
| 25 | But the other echo which really gripped me was his reference to some of the Imperial flights down the Gulf that were not as straightforward and as simple as they are today , I speak now of when I was awakened from my afternoon siesta by someone from the guardroom telling me to get down to flights as quickly as possible and have my overnight gear with me . |
| 26 | One half is telling me to get out of bed whilst the stronger half is telling me to go back to sleep as it does n't matter if I 'm late for school . |
| 27 | Mary Finnigan : It was at this time , when David flew out to Malta , then not only were we organising the Arts Lab but a free open air festival in Beckenham , David , having flown out to the Maltese song festival had sent Angie a postcard saying something to the effect that he was going to be in Italy and why did n't Angie come and join him , which she did , leaving me to sort out both the folk club and the free festival organised for Beckenham Park the following Sunday . ’ |
| 28 | Off he went to Great Scotland Yard , in that frightful double-breasted suit , silly flat cap and flashy green tie , carrying all the worries of the Empire on his shoulders , leaving me to pick up the pieces . |
| 29 | They swaggered into the casino leaving me to settle down to my sewing — trousers for Lee — within the confines of my little kiosk . |
| 30 | Then he took the proffered penny and went inside the pub , leaving me to get on with it . |