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Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] i [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I thought he would , he deserves it and suddenly the semi-circle is clapping and looking at me : ‘ She 's won , she 's a-a-a won , ’ I hear John shout from half-way up the stalls , and my fellow contestants are slapping me on the back and pushing me to the front of the stage ,
2	I think I am beginning to be very much afraid of what Raynor is taking me to .
3	You paying me in 'and , and Dennis is paying me in 'and and I 'll a er , thousand pound a week , the way that I keep getting these job offers .
4	During the filming of another sea-going saga , Mutiny on the Bounty ( 1935 version ) , Charles Laughton upstaged Gable , who complained to director Frank Lloyd , ‘ Laughton 's treating me like an extra .
5	Often the enquirer is asking me about something else entirely and is probably surprised to get a reply warning of impending doom and destruction !
6	He apologizes and hands me a note : Sir Thomas Fairfax is expecting me for dinner at Folly Farm .
7	The honourable gentlemen is asking me for procedural advice across floor of the house , which he knows that I do not volunteer .
8	Gyggle was driving me along the coast road to Brighton as he spoke .
9	The government 's obvious intention was to identify me as the main source of all the criticism and speculation running counter to the official line on Flight 103 and then to destroy me .
10	There were lots of young people working there whose main ambition was to get me into a good home .
11	But as I went on reading I found that was n't what Clem was telling me at all . ’
12	I had the uncanny feeling that the ghost of Sigmund Freud was chiding me for thinking this and she was clearly incensed that I could suggest that her father could have had any interest in religion whatsoever .
13	Who was , when Molly was telling me about Jason , when Jason sa , I could have murdered Ryan doing that !
14	Although people generally consider me to be a very tolerant person , my moody male boss at work is driving me to the end of my tether .
15	Li Yuan was telling me about it yesterday .
16	‘ And , say , Curtis was telling me about these things , these weird things .
17	As Estella was leading me along the dark passages , she stopped suddenly and put her face close to mine .
18	The Fat Controller was helping me to my feet .
19	I dimly understood that by holding out to me this realm of material essences , available by an act of will alone , The Fat Controller was condemning me to a cosmos of brand names , a metaphysic of motifs , a logic of logos , and an epistemology based on EPOS ( The Electronic Point of Sale method of inventory-keeping , which was just coming into use at this time among major retailers ) .
20	My boss was telling me about some old boy right he had a beard for all his life yeah ?
21	What 's that going to do to my reputation if Harry Short 's accusing me of everything short of genocide ? ’
22	Martin 's phoning me at eight o'clock .
23	Tom 's taking me into town , and I wondered if she 'd like a lift . ’
24	I think Alwin and Pat use an auditor cos as you know he 's in business and I 've got a feeling that Alwin was asking me about the auditors the other day , so whether there 's would be , whoever he is , would be er willing to do it , I do n't know .
25	‘ Matthew Epstein was managing me at Harold Shaw at the time , ’ he recalls .
26	But by far the best gift was given me by a little red-haired girl , Betty , who gave me ( a virgin boy ) her body .
27	My muscles are reminding me of this morning 's ride and the unaccustomed exercise … ’
28	Neil said : ‘ Two things are pulling me in opposite directions .
29	It would be absurd if my wife were to accuse me of using the word ‘ here ’ without meaning , since I did not know where I was .
30	The Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education is to advise me on the implications of the report for primary initial teacher training in future .