Example sentences of "be [verb] i [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , you 're buying me that race for my birthday . |
| 2 | My dear , he was holding it exactly as if it had been a squashed blackbeetle , and I knew he 'd been criticizing me all evening . |
| 3 | Lorne 's been balling me all day . |
| 4 | " And if you are giving me that appointment I will go . |
| 5 | Some colleagues are giving me some messages to read out it would n't be appropriate to do so today because colleagues they er forget them , so I 'm gon na do them tomorrow which will be more appropriate so please do n't think that I 've er forgotten them . |
| 6 | " Father , " she interrupted eventually , " why would you be telling me these things when I know them already ? " |
| 7 | Next you 'll be telling me this Rosie girl 's a virgin ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Honestly God , if you had seen my performance reports for the last forty years you would not be offering me this position . ’ |
| 9 | A very small pocket penknife ( with hoof-pick and corkscrew ) had n't been lending me much courage . |
| 10 | And I 've been up till , I 've been paining me all night Doctor , |
| 11 | It was as if she were giving me some hyacinth bulbs and saying December was a bit late to plant them . |
| 12 | One day , she came out to the perimeter fence ; another , she came into the kitchen when they were making me some food . |
| 13 | He 's been telling me all sorts of stories about the places he 's worked in . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Chico 's been telling me all kinds of interesting stuff . ’ |
| 15 | Then , before she could protest again , he turned to her and added , his eyes like steel traps in the dark lines of his face , ‘ And what at the moment is causing me some concern is one very simple but crucial question — are you bolshie , unreliable and irresponsible , too ? ’ |
| 16 | He said er , he 's getting me another metre all round less size round because it 'll be too heavy in that size |
| 17 | He 's getting me some fruit cup stuff . ’ |
| 18 | The muscle is giving me some grief but as long as there is no long-term damage then I am willing to play through the pain barrier . ’ |
| 19 | I decided to eat with them as Head of Primary Department is giving me this afternoon off and therefore I do n't need a break from the kids . |
| 20 | Then a Rate 1 back onto 210 and descend towards the pilot ; the sun was low and that was causing me some problems ; seventy knots , no flaps in case I had to move fast , 100 feet — hold it . |
| 21 | Sadie was tellin' me that bloke they ‘ ung last year fer killin' that shopkeeper over in Stepney used ter be one o' the crowd 'er Billy 's gettin' wiv . ’ |
| 22 | Mind , it took about eight weeks to achieve that desirable state , and all they did was to give me some tablets , good food , rest and lots of kindness . |
| 23 | I was rather surprised that he was asking me these questions . |
| 24 | I skate down the road a bit before I shout at cops — or anyone that was giving me some shit . |
| 25 | I did fucking , I did five years of normal paperwork and plus for the last three years I did double as well cos I got kicked out of french , so I was in metal work like , four hours of metal work every week the last three three years and , cos I was like nine times out of ten I was the only bloke there , the er , the er metal work teacher got on really well , he was showing me all sorts of stuff and I never got to do the actual metal work lesson |
| 26 | It was to take me some time longer to undergo the metamorphosis from a ‘ teacher ’ to a ‘ lecturer ’ . |
| 27 | Dorothy was telling me this morning you know when we were at erm nursery ? |
| 28 | You know what the girl was telling me this morning ? |
| 29 | I got erm , Hand That Rocks The Cradle , Universal Soldiers and and he was offering me all Jean Claude Van Damm ones |