Example sentences of "[pron] be [v-ing] i [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 | ‘ Sarah … you are telling me the truth , are n't you ? ’ |
5 | ‘ You are telling me the truth , Rob ? |
6 | You are giving me a look ai n't you babe ? |
7 | ‘ You are making me a wreck . ’ |
8 | You 're leaving me no alternative . |
9 | You know you 're getting me a name for myself and there might be somebody listening you never know . |
10 | ‘ 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 . |
11 | ‘ You 're telling me a woman like you actually obeys that stuff ? ’ |
12 | 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 . |
13 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters whether you 're telling me the truth or not , but I think you probably are . |
14 | You have nothing — nothing ! — to fear if you 're telling me the truth . |
15 | He said , ‘ Are you sure you 're telling me the truth ? ’ |
16 | Oh well now you 're asking me a tricky one . |
17 | You 're asking me a question ? |
18 | He says yes if you 're paying me a week 's wages and I says I ca n't do that . |
19 | 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 ! |
20 | I said , ‘ You 're giving me a headache ! ’ |
21 | And again analyse : ‘ You 're giving me a lot of advice here from your viewpoint — I need to plot my own course . ’ |
22 | Oh you 're giving me a card are you ? |
23 | You 're giving me a headache . |
24 | ‘ You 're giving me the sack — Sir ? ’ she said with contempt . |
25 | It 's nice to know that you 're giving me the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
26 | ‘ 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 . |
27 | ‘ You 're offering me a job ? ’ |
28 | You 're doing me a favour . ’ |
29 | 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 |
30 | And you were telling me the other clubs men men had |