Example sentences of "[v-ing] me [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The shaft of the arrow protruding from my back occasionally knocked against something , bringing me to a gasping halt . |
| 2 | My time at the Housing Corporation was eventful in bringing me for the first , but no means last , time into contact with Mrs Thatcher when , on the fall of the Heath government , she became the shadow Minister of the Environment , in succession to the job she had had as Minister of Education . |
| 3 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
| 4 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
| 5 | She was helping me with the french . |
| 6 | Someone was , and probably is , with me , helping me in the little I am trying to do . |
| 7 | Willie pulls himself up the stairs reminding me of an elderly praying mantis . |
| 8 | The particular question that my hon. Friend raises is for my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General , but I am grateful to him for reminding me of the precise statistics with which it is always sensible to be armed in any conference on the agreement . |
| 9 | He 's a sharp operator , adept at playing the angles , continually bouncing gags off the course of a meandering conversation which takes in flotation tanks ( ’ They told me they wanted to recreate the conditions of the womb , but that 's all I need : some jerk in a white coat stabbing me with an ice-pick for half an hour ’ ) : Panama ( ’ Most American casualties over there were self-inflicted , but that 's because we have a lot of Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics shot themselves , they 're that loyal ’ ) ; even , somehow , the British motorway system ( ’ Driving up the M1 ! |
| 10 | GERRY JOHNSON is driving me along the winding roads of south-western Virginia . |
| 11 | Undeterred he burst into song , serenading me in a loud baritone with Italian pop songs . |
| 12 | I would have liked to have gone to Venice , where there was a faculty of languages , or Bologna , where I could have read Economics and Commerce ; but the war was on , and the expense of keeping me in a distant town was beyond the means of my parents . |
| 13 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 14 | ‘ You 'll like this one , ’ they leer , before showering me with a few priceless gems from the treasury of homophobic humour . |
| 15 | Wednesday there was a letter , an imprecation almost , from an investment company warning me of the dire consequences of not having a pension . |
| 16 | I now see that Travis is so smitten that he would n't accept anything but that , meeting me for the first time when I called at your apartment , you at once became very much attracted to me . |
| 17 | Ca n't imagine you meeting me with a nice cooked dinner and a a cake made by yo your own fair |
| 18 | As Estella was leading me along the dark passages , she stopped suddenly and put her face close to mine . |
| 19 | Anyway the second school favoured scarlet cross-overs , the lady in charge directing me to a local wool shop where I could buy the yarn and a ( hand knitting ) pattern . |
| 20 | Now you 'd better start turning me into a space-station commander . ’ |
| 21 | She 's turning me into a wild animal . |
| 22 | If a week of being looked after had gone such a fair way to turning me into a drivelling weakling , it was just as well I had n't let Dottie tempt me to any more of it . |
| 23 | Do n't miss out the l or you 'll start turning me into a Parisian grocer . |
| 24 | The moustached man opens his palm , presenting me with an old square of foil , streaked with dry runs of smack . |
| 25 | Fixing me with a beady eye as soon as I had sat down , she leaned over to damn me with faint praise . |
| 26 | ‘ You look older , my friend , ’ Surkov said , fixing me with a compassionate gaze . |
| 27 | Fixing me with an indignant eye , he scuttled off to the peonies . |
| 28 | The agendas for the above 3 meetings will be issued in due course , but it is not intended that the reports should be circulated again ; spare copies of the reports are available for members , by telephoning me at the undernoted extension . |
| 29 | He was running on three legs and holding me in the fourth . |
| 30 | Morning by morning in my regular reading , which at the time was in the Song of Songs , I heard the Lord calling me to a new stage in ministry . |