Example sentences of "[v-ing] me [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And think what good you 're doing by helping me fulfil all Uncle 's requirements for getting hold of my inheritance . |
| 2 | Thank you Betty for helping me to win this award . |
| 3 | We asked James what he thought about his new job : ‘ Erm … like … you know … this gorgeous girlie was buying me drinks all night … like … you know how it gets … right ! … yeah … well … |
| 4 | I well remember , when rehearsing this piece , that Basil Coleman took immense trouble persuading me to use enough voice . |
| 5 | That if he cares so much about persuading me to quit this house he can have it . ’ |
| 6 | Oh , I can see you 're getting me baffled this morning |
| 7 | ‘ The tenant 's a friend and she 's letting me use this place while she researches a book in Italy . ’ |
| 8 | thank you for letting me get that top though I do n't know |
| 9 | If it had n't been for the colonel letting me have this cottage for a peppercorn rent , God knows where I 'd be . ’ |
| 10 | He thought my parents were pressurising me to dress this way , or that I 'd gone mad . |
| 11 | Fixing my eyes on them , I could n't help cursing Aisha , wishing she was dead , swearing by the Prophet Muhammad that I would have my revenge because it was she who was stopping me walking those streets and riding in those red buses to find work and a flat or a room of my own . |
| 12 | At the moment the only thing making me write this essay is the thought of me being able to vegetate in front of the box tomorrow night and also , if I push my self and write three lines a minute I will be able to go to bed early and ease the strain and trauma of getting up in the morning and trudging off to another dreary day in school . |
| 13 | Aunt Louise was always telling me to put more coal on the fire — higher and higher up the chimney which , as I knew , needed sweeping . |
| 14 | They were supposedly going out to hit the high spots together , leaving me to throw some things into a bag and drive down to the cottage . |
| 15 | Just a bit er my shoulder absolutely killing me carrying those bags yesterday but apart from that I 'm absolutely fine . |