Example sentences of "be [v-ing] i for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That bloody bird has been annoying me for days . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You sound as if you 're interviewing me for a job . ’ |
| 3 | First , I like her best , I think , and second , you 're paying me for it . ’ |
| 4 | They 're paying me for forty hours . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're asking me for secrets of the confessional . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 're asking me for a snap judgement , Miss Levington ? ’ |
| 7 | Webb is that what you 're asking me for , some webbing ? |
| 8 | I mean they 're the ones who are badgering me for , for qualifications , they 're badgering me for , I , I , I just told them straight that I will do it for them because I , I wo n't get paid for it |
| 9 | ‘ What makes you think you 're taking me for granted ? ’ |
| 10 | Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time . |
| 11 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 12 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
| 13 | Something else about the chimney-breast , I realize , has been worrying me for some time now . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | They were soon strolling with me round the house as if they 'd been expecting me for weeks . |
| 17 | ‘ You are asking me for money , ’ she said , shocked . |
| 18 | Old body disposer Pugh 's nephew Duncan has been begging me for months to let him play and things have got so desperate I have no choice but to take him on . |
| 19 | ‘ You 've been asking me for weeks if I 'm jealous ! |
| 20 | Well , lately I 've begun to understand that God has been punishing me for my pride and my past wickedness . |
| 21 | Because you 've been badgering me for weeks to go to a car boot sale . |
| 22 | I mean they 're the ones who are badgering me for , for qualifications , they 're badgering me for , I , I , I just told them straight that I will do it for them because I , I wo n't get paid for it |
| 23 | You ought to be thanking me for being so considerate . ’ |
| 24 | As you will be expecting me for a visit on your return tomorrow I am writing to let you know I shall not be attending your sessions again . |
| 25 | And this shows if you give the book out at the end and then what 'll the guy say you wan na give it out at the beginning , sow the seed that this is the only way you work , you 're now thinking well this guy 's gon na be asking me for recommendations at some stage during the hour together |
| 26 | He 's been hiding me for the last couple of days . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ If you have been taking me for granted , ’ Mr O'Hara argued , ‘ then that is my fault . |
| 28 | But I know only too well that you do not love me , that you are marrying me for Papa 's dollars , and that I can not bear . |
| 29 | If you were protecting me for my own good , she thought , I would be cross with you , but not this cross . |
| 30 | Zakir thanked me and then quietly revealed that he had been watching me for several days . |