Example sentences of "[be] [verb] i the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're giving me the sack — Sir ? ’ she said with contempt . |
| 2 | It 's nice to know that you 're giving me the benefit of the doubt . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters whether you 're telling me the truth or not , but I think you probably are . |
| 5 | You have nothing — nothing ! — to fear if you 're telling me the truth . |
| 6 | He said , ‘ Are you sure you 're telling me the truth ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd better be getting back or the foreman will be giving me the sack . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You better be telling me the truth , ’ he said threateningly , ‘ or I 'll use the fucking thing on you . ’ |
| 9 | I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job . |
| 10 | I could not get over the fact that people were giving me the responsibility of telling them how to get me up , and that I could choose what time I went to bed ! |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | ‘ Sarah … you are telling me the truth , are n't you ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You are telling me the truth , Rob ? |
| 14 | But you get used to it and I think it 's a grand place , it 's done me the world of good anyway , they do n't half help you . |
| 15 | This is saving me the trouble . ’ |
| 16 | All Glen 's got ta do is give me the car , if he does n't |
| 17 | One of the girls is teaching me the language . |
| 18 | Pink hydrangea is giving me the blues |
| 19 | The scrub nurse , Nurse del Puablo , is giving me the eye . |
| 20 | ‘ Your body 's giving me the right , ’ he said , blatantly dropping his gaze to her breasts . |
| 21 | All you have to do is tell me the truth . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I do not go around public houses asking if my wife is telling me the truth . |
| 23 | I have a servant who helps me but always I wonder if she is telling me the truth or merely being kind . ’ |
| 24 | She was tellin' me the ovver day she wants Fred ter try an' get that empty 'ouse next door ter make the place bigger . |
| 25 | ‘ They 're likely to charge him over the weekend , so Gerry was tipping me the wink there 's no story for us . |
| 26 | The navigator was giving me the countdown ; as soon as the needles on the oil-temperature gauge started moving I would be off , making sure I took-off on time as this would be vital for the rest of the squadron . |
| 27 | Perhaps the most useful thing she did was to teach me the language , so that in a few days I could speak it quite well . |
| 28 | He was showing me the ships that were lost in the battle . |
| 29 | When she said , I do n't know , I think she was telling me the truth , she did n't know . |
| 30 | 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 ! ! ! |