Example sentences of "[be] [verb] i [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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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 | But I have met your brother at long last and Mrs Powers has been regaling me with the most fascinating pieces of village gossip . ’ |
3 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |
4 | They 're keeping me to the contract … wanting their pound o ’ flesh . |
5 | You 're pushing me to the limit , ’ she whispered , cringing into the brocade settle and holding her drink in front of her defensively . |
6 | Oh you want to walk on that , oh Charlotte come on then , you 're pushing me into the road . |
7 | ‘ You 're pushing me in the direction of flattery again , ’ he said softly . |
8 | ‘ You sound as if you 're interviewing me for a job . ’ |
9 | You 're breaking me on the rack of your virtue . ’ |
10 | ‘ You 're asking me for a snap judgement , Miss Levington ? ’ |
11 | ‘ Now you are forcing me into the most obvious remark of the week : I only do what I want — within our poor human limits . |
12 | And that 's been another thing that 's been worrying me over the weekend . |
13 | The stuff they 've been giving me in the ward was like a milk soup . |
14 | It 's been staring me in the face . ’ |
15 | ‘ It 's been staring me in the face , ’ Carlson continued . |
16 | Anyway , you know , I 'd been er , it has been staring me in the face for so often . |
17 | You seemed to be drawing me like a magnet , and there was Claudine , anyway . ’ |
18 | As you will be expecting me for a visit on your return tomorrow I am writing to let you know I shall not be attending your sessions again . |
19 | But I do n't mind telling young Mike here about it seeing he 'll be joining me in the business one day . ’ |
20 | The drift of my rhetoric might seem to be taking me towards a traditional defence of literature , of the imagination , of creativity , of humane values in general . |
21 | ‘ People are stopping me in the street to ask about it . ’ |
22 | He 's been hiding me for the last couple of days . ’ |
23 | They are making me into an addict , so that I may never leave home … . |
24 | ‘ I mean — have you been avoiding me like the very plague simply because of who I am ? ’ |
25 | They were using me as a guinea-pig to investigate the hourly variation in mental efficiency of those with irregular sleeping patterns , such as airline pilots or globe-trotting diplomats . |
26 | ‘ So you were using me as a stud , min kaere . |
27 | IWAS looking at them uncomprehendingly ; they were eyeing me like a cat watches a captured mouse that might yet try to make a dash for freedom . |
28 | After confirming that I was n't taking any medication , she gave me two small white pills with a glass of water and sat me down , explaining that my Mother had been seriously burned and the pills were to help me with the shock when I saw her . |
29 | His claim that ‘ if they were to put me into a barrel , I would shout glory out through the bunghole ! ’ was not a facetious pose , but the normal expression of an irrepressibly good-humoured Christian . |
30 | ‘ I thought you were taking me to the police station . ’ |