Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] me [art] " in BNC.
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1 | But no , it seemed to be the local name for the twenty kilo fish which was giving me a hard time , though later someone else called it a kingfish . |
2 | At 60,000 feet it was harder to tell which was giving me the better high : the puppy poo , the Beastie Boys album or the Cessna . |
3 | Somebody was telling me the Rocky was on R5 the other week & said that when he was with Arsenal & they won the league at Liverpool in the last few minutes , Arsenal were 13 ( ? ) points clear at the new year but still had to come from behind to overtake Liverpool ! ! ! |
4 | and she were telling me the guy that runs it wo n't let them talk to the customers , said that was pig ignorant surely |
5 | And you were telling me the other clubs men men had |
6 | I thought you were calling me the bearded wonder then . |
7 | ‘ If you were to give me a ha'penny I might tell you different ’ |
8 | This afternoon you came to my office as if you were doing me a favour . |
9 | She was telling me a bit about it . |
10 | When she said , I do n't know , I think she was telling me the truth , she did n't know . |
11 | She was telling me the other day . |
12 | Mrs Goreng presented the idea like she was doing me a big favour , giving me the chance to teach the future malai President . |
13 | She was tellin' me the ovver day she wants Fred ter try an' get that empty 'ouse next door ter make the place bigger . |
14 | She was berating me the whole time . |
15 | ‘ I 'll have your name , and I 'll see that lady who was telling me the other day that Brownie girls do n't raid orchards . ’ |
16 | Whether that was down to the powers that be I do n't know ; perhaps they were teaching me a lesson for daring to complain about where I was put . |
17 | I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job . |
18 | That same day he told me , as if he were giving me a magnificent present , that he thought he could pull strings and have me posted with him . |
19 | At least it was giving me a weekend on my boat . |
20 | Chance , fate or whatever you want to call it was offering me the opportunity to finally get you out of my system . |
21 | Anyway , just after Christmas this guy says er I still want the hotel so Peter said well you better put something down , you ge , better get something so he he went and put fifty thousand as a deposit on it and then said his legal advisers would be in touch and they had a month went by and they never heard anything , so Peter rang up , he was telling me the other day , er , he rang up yeah , go , he does n't want it you know ? |
22 | Until the mishap he was giving me a great feel and I was delighted how he was going in the blinkers . ’ |
23 | Now he s he thought he was giving me the same stuff , I did n't know what I was on , all I knew was I felt twice as bad . |
24 | ‘ All I do know is that when we were on the way here he was asking me a great many questions about what went on in the village . |
25 | He was showing me the ships that were lost in the battle . |
26 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
27 | It was only a wolf-whistle — he was paying me a compliment . |
28 | He was offering me the trip of a lifetime , and all I had to do was take care of the meals . |
29 | Terry , of Brecon , added : ‘ Everyone was calling me a hero , but I was very wary of meeting the boss . |
30 | But what they did to me was give me a metronome and a theme which you play in quicker and quicker note values : triplets , eighths , sixteenths , and so on . |