Example sentences of "be [v-ing] me [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The army are faxing me regimental lists , so we might be able to track down a contemporary or two . ’ |
| 2 | Paddy said , ‘ He 's been insulting me a' night . ’ |
| 3 | Er , you 're buying me that race for my birthday . |
| 4 | But since they put the token meter in , I 've just found they 're charging me nine pound for token meter as well as the meter ! |
| 5 | Cos you 're following the instructions , and you 're giving me one answer . |
| 6 | But if you 're giving me different inputs , different outputs for for one input , then that 's not a function . |
| 7 | Well you 're telling me other countries . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Lorne 's been balling me all day . |
| 10 | " And if you are giving me that appointment I will go . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She 's been giving me strange looks ever since I got here — doubtless because it 's not exactly commonplace for the star of the show to make bookings for the lowly make-up artist . ’ |
| 13 | If I were still a Minister of my country you would be giving me real protection , day and night . |
| 14 | " Father , " she interrupted eventually , " why would you be telling me these things when I know them already ? " |
| 15 | Next you 'll be telling me this Rosie girl 's a virgin ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Honestly God , if you had seen my performance reports for the last forty years you would not be offering me this position . ’ |
| 17 | A very small pocket penknife ( with hoof-pick and corkscrew ) had n't been lending me much courage . |
| 18 | People are showing me great compassion and I appreciate it … but it is too awful to talk about . |
| 19 | And I 've been up till , I 've been paining me all night Doctor , |
| 20 | It was as if she were giving me some hyacinth bulbs and saying December was a bit late to plant them . |
| 21 | ‘ No wonder they were giving me funny looks ! ’ |
| 22 | One day , she came out to the perimeter fence ; another , she came into the kitchen when they were making me some food . |
| 23 | He 's been telling me all sorts of stories about the places he 's worked in . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Chico 's been telling me all kinds of interesting stuff . ’ |
| 25 | I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the motion for the Adjournment of the House in order to raise a matter that is causing me great concern — the number of cases in my constituency of considerable financial hardship being experienced by full-time and part-time students . |
| 26 | 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 ? ’ |
| 27 | I 'm gon na say to him in future , it 's costing me four quid |
| 28 | Yeah , he 's costing me fucking money ! |
| 29 | He said er , he 's getting me another metre all round less size round because it 'll be too heavy in that size |
| 30 | He 's getting me some fruit cup stuff . ’ |