Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] i [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shee-it , ’ I said , and felt guilty that I was leaving the island without sharing the chicken dinner that Sarah Straker was doubtless cooking for me at that very moment . |
| 2 | A lot of personal things had been happening to me during that year . |
| 3 | But I watched , out of a sense of duty admittedly , most of the election news programmes , feeling all the time , these are not relating to me in any way . |
| 4 | He sent her a glare that was full of suspicion , then demanded abruptly , ‘ You would n't be laughing at me by any chance ? |
| 5 | Suppose that my friend was not looking for me at all . |
| 6 | I do n't think I could handle somebody living with me like that . |
| 7 | An ’ why 're you lookin' at me like that ? |
| 8 | What you all lookin' at me like that for ? ’ |
| 9 | Sometimes I would catch her looking at me with such intensity of feeling that my breath left me for a moment . |
| 10 | ‘ If ever I catch another man looking at me with that look which means ‘ You 're mine , all mine ’ I shall kill him , because I 'm not his all his at all . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've never known such a miserable bride , ’ she went on , standing back and looking at me with some affection , but more disapproval . |
| 12 | When other people made a fuss of him , he hardly bothered with them , preferring to go over to wherever I might be and just sit there looking at me with those eyes . |
| 13 | And then , ‘ Oh , eat your lunch and stop looking at me with those great spaniel eyes . |
| 14 | He was not looking at me at all . |
| 15 | She could still hear her mother 's voice saying , ‘ Do n't sit looking at me like that , child ; say something . ’ |
| 16 | You stand still and listen to what I 've got to say , and if you do n't stop looking at me like that I 'll hit you over the head with this . " |
| 17 | ‘ That is for your rudeness to Mamma just now , ’ he said , ‘ and for your wickedness in hiding , and for looking at me like that , you rat ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Why are you looking at me like that ? ’ asked Sikes , uneasy at the old man 's strange expression . |
| 19 | ‘ Why are you looking at me like that ? ’ she asked abruptly . |
| 20 | Why was she looking at me like that ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why are you looking at me like that ? ’ asked Leonora . |
| 22 | Impulsively she asked , ‘ Why are you looking at me like that ? ’ and immediately regretted having spoken her thoughts aloud . |
| 23 | Why are you looking at me like that ? |
| 24 | It 's no good coming over and looking at me like that Rick . |
| 25 | Stop looking at me like that . |
| 26 | Well I ca n't get asthma when he 's looking at me like that . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're so lovely … for years I 've dreamed of you lying beside me like this ! ’ he breathed thickly , his powerful body shaking with tension as he tried to control his mounting passion . |
| 28 | But you should n't be waiting on me like this . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Why are you speaking to me like this ? |
| 30 | ‘ If you persist in clinging to me in that limpet-like way , Caroline , I will not answer for the consequences … ’ |