Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and so he frequently tried conducting me that way . |
| 2 | Stop giving me dirty looks ! |
| 3 | Finally an annoyed Fidel replies , ‘ Why do you keep asking me that question ? ’ |
| 4 | She had stopped giving me murderous looks and seemed quite bright-eyed as we got ourselves ready to leave the ship . |
| 5 | ABOVE As time went by , more and more people started bringing me injured birds to look after . |
| 6 | Guy supplied grimly , dropping a possessive kiss on her mouth , ‘ Since I arrived in St Lucia for a spell of solitary soul-searching , and an evil-tempered harpy with a mop of red hair and no clothes on leapt off my bed and started calling me rude names … ’ |
| 7 | She started giving me quizzical looks . |
| 8 | Then the young assistant started giving me funny looks , as if there was something up and I should know there was something up . |
| 9 | Mike tells me that there is a remote possibility we may have misjudged you after all , so why do n't you try spinning me this fairy-tale ? ’ |
| 10 | Lucy : ( At school ) there used to be a group of white girls and a group of black girls , right and y'know , they start … once they 're on their own they 're alright but once they 're with their people they get a bit lippy so they start callin' me black bastard — ‘ Look at you you mother fucker ’ — an' all that fing . |
| 11 | Several other Cas. girls had now started casting me speculative glances , but so far no-one had made any cracks to me , which was a relief . |
| 12 | ‘ You 'll be needing some more wine , ’ Elinor said handing me another flagon . |