Example sentences of "be [verb] me [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Forest manager Clough , already upset with his team 's disappointing start , yesterday declared : ‘ Both players have been to see me about new contracts but they 're not getting them . |
| 2 | My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues . |
| 3 | My muscles are reminding me of this morning 's ride and the unaccustomed exercise … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You are frightening me with this temper of yours . ’ |
| 5 | My daughter , my grandkids hurt , and you 've been quizzing me about some job years ago that did n't even involve me ! , |
| 6 | ‘ You 're accusing me of burning dogs again , are n't you ? |
| 7 | ‘ You 're using me as some sort of buffer between yourself and your feelings for Claire . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Hey , Israel , you 're bugging me with that crying . ’ |
| 10 | They 're paying me for forty hours . |
| 11 | Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time . |
| 12 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 13 | Neil said : ‘ Two things are pulling me in opposite directions . |
| 14 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
| 15 | Something else about the chimney-breast , I realize , has been worrying me for some time now . |
| 16 | Platt said : ‘ It has been niggling me for some time and , although it is nothing serious , it has been decided to sort it out sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 17 | Later on in my undergraduate career I was lucky enough to be given some teaching by Dr Douglas Ross , consultant in Glasgow , and had personal experience of the efficacy of homoeopathy when he cured the gingivitis ( inflammation of the gums ) which had been plaguing me for three weeks with a homoeopathic preparation of mercury . |
| 18 | First of all , many people have been asking me on this programme in the past what credentials you people on the Council have for setting a budget . |
| 19 | Mrs Knelle would not be meeting me until half past ten that night , after the theatre . |
| 20 | ‘ You would n't be threatening me with Chinese whispers , would you , Miss Swift ? ’ he said softly , steel edging his voice , ‘ I 'd hate to think you were a scandalmonger . |
| 21 | I tried to take pictures of demonstrations in front of the American Embassy and the Americans were pushing me around worse than the Iraqis . |
| 22 | ‘ You were tellin' me about this ‘ she ’ , ’ urged Andra with relish . |
| 23 | They put the ideas together and I suddenly became aware that they were teaching me about substitutionary atonement . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , I was down there because they were questioning me about some old clothes . |
| 25 | I knew they were discussing me in private , but I was seriously alarmed when I discovered what they had decided . |
| 26 | Zakir thanked me and then quietly revealed that he had been watching me for several days . |
| 27 | No less than three supporters , all before opening time , have told me that they know for certain that a League chairman has been watching me in recent weeks . |
| 28 | Martin 's phoning me at eight o'clock . |
| 29 | I know she is going to need permanent care very soon — everyone 's urging me in that direction . |
| 30 | If she 's not polishing the auld bits and pieces , she 's naggin' me for new curtains ! ’ |