Example sentences of "[v-ing] me [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're using me as some sort of buffer between yourself and your feelings for Claire . |
| 2 | You flatter me by insisting on seeing me as some sort of Casanova figure . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're accusing me of burning dogs again , are n't you ? |
| 4 | He has been a fantastic friend helping me with financial work . ’ |
| 5 | My muscles are reminding me of this morning 's ride and the unaccustomed exercise … ’ |
| 6 | There was also no lack of contacts , who , starved of literature , were exhilarated to be able to talk about Eliot : a Captain Richardson , whom I met in Eritrea , engaged to a charming Italian , proved one of those contacts whom the war brought together and separated , reminding me in some ways of the young Eliot and Jean Verdenal . |
| 7 | Other people may be frightened by your blunt arrogance , but do n't make the mistake of including me in that category … |
| 8 | My long-suffering owl chauffeur said to me one day while he was yet again driving me to some venue I was going to give a talk at , ‘ You and that bird are costing me a bloody fortune ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ And you 're going to be in a lot of trouble when I tell the police you 're keeping me in this car by force . ’ |
| 10 | Immediately my father started matching me with all kinds of licensed murderous thugs , and one in particular who had become the amateur flyweight champion of Scotland . |
| 11 | My daughter , my grandkids hurt , and you 've been quizzing me about some job years ago that did n't even involve me ! , |
| 12 | While I was still gazing into the water basin , the doctor then covered me with blankets , enclosing me in total darkness . |
| 13 | Though engrossed in picking his teeth with a match he gave me a long appraising stare before addressing me in rich cockney . |
| 14 | An' wait , ’ she muttered irritably , pushing me to one side . |
| 15 | One particular Easter , a beautiful day , I remember an overwhelming fear filling me with absolute terror as we stood outside the ticket office after returning from a journey . |
| 16 | filling me with warm salt |
| 17 | ‘ Hey , Israel , you 're bugging me with that crying . ’ |
| 18 | I know she is going to need permanent care very soon — everyone 's urging me in that direction . |
| 19 | ‘ You are frightening me with this temper of yours . ’ |
| 20 | They 're paying me for forty hours . |
| 21 | Neil said : ‘ Two things are pulling me in opposite directions . |
| 22 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
| 23 | Something else about the chimney-breast , I realize , has been worrying me for some time now . |
| 24 | Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time . |
| 25 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 26 | He 's absolutely fanatical about them — full of stories about their characters and sounding me about various treatments . |
| 27 | If she 's not polishing the auld bits and pieces , she 's naggin' me for new curtains ! ’ |
| 28 | We walked up the deserted street with me breathing deeply and Jamie holding me by one elbow . |
| 29 | I did n't suffer from morning sickness but I 've become an insomniac over the months and had the good fortune ( or so they tell me ) to have a healthy foetus that started kicking me at thirteen weeks . |
| 30 | Dear Aura of Life , Thank you for jumping and kicking me in tender places cos it gives me something to cuddle — a bruised gut . |