Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a point when I wondered if someone was having me on , but few people even knew I had written in . |
| 2 | and , and that 's er it 's all the slowness which was doing me in . |
| 3 | With my new label of ‘ blind ’ came the object which was to stigmatize me more , a shiny new , long white cane . |
| 4 | All that stuff you were telling me yesterday . |
| 5 | ‘ You were telling me how important you and Dad had become . |
| 6 | She said you were using me just as she had been used . |
| 7 | You were watching me steadily as I talked , listening , not saying very much . |
| 8 | ‘ And as I recall , you were kissing me back . |
| 9 | Er I thought you did well in erm giving yourself credibility by talking about the shares , oh yes you can have two hundred and fifty pounds per month in the shares and they 've done well and I said oh yes they have done well , and I felt good that you were praising me up for being such a clever chap , and so I thought that was all , all jolly good stuff . |
| 10 | Think you were leading me astray . ’ |
| 11 | You were testing me out , to see if — if I 'd stopped being timid with men , is n't that it ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I am sure one of them attached this little blighter to your TV set in the short time you were showing me in . |
| 13 | The knitting was in her lap and she was regarding me steadily over the spectacles . |
| 14 | She she you know she was slagging me off like anything right . |
| 15 | She was trusting me not to do that , putting that power in my hands . |
| 16 | She was watching me anxiously , waiting for good old Dr. Preston to prescribe two tablets right and morning . |
| 17 | Anyhow , ’ he continued in his usual exuberant fashion , ‘ we were standing right outside Oliphants ’ Café , so I suggested coffee , and in no time she was telling me how she now lived in London , and had a flat there , and … ’ |
| 18 | I saw now she was softening me up just to ask me a favour . |
| 19 | because I 'd said this , and I do n't know whether she was sussing me out |
| 20 | right , she was squashing me , she was squashing me right here |
| 21 | Yes he thought you were at college today because I said no , I said erm it 's Tuesday he goes cos Kathy said oh your dad could of come on Monday , oh what 's this lad 's name who was helping me today ? |
| 22 | I managed some breakfast , met up with Colin 's coach Malcolm Arnold who was taking me down to the track , and we walked in the sunshine to where the buses waited to run the shuttle to the Olympic Stadium . |
| 23 | The nurse who was talking me through was wonderful , very very comforting , and by the time the next morning came around I was fine . |
| 24 | The person who was showing me how |
| 25 | Now I was in a position to move on ; but something had taken root deeper than the superficialities of travelling — a feeling that my story was not here , that something was drawing me back to Peru . |
| 26 | ‘ After the birth Tony and I both felt very shaky and the midwife got us some tea right away , while they were tidying me up , just to calm us down . |
| 27 | They were annoying me actually , I thought I 'd keep say something |
| 28 | This was my case , dusted down from Granny 's attic when they were taking me away from the farm . |
| 29 | My parents had stayed over in Middlesbrough that night and they were taking me home the next day . |
| 30 | I have to say that if this room was filled by the Roman Catholic bishops of Ireland and they were pushing me very hard about divorce , I would have to say very clearly that their fear that civil divorce will make marital breakdown worse , or enhance or facilitate it — my answer would be : No , it will make very little difference . |