Example sentences of "been [verb] me for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That bloody bird has been annoying me for days . ’ |
| 2 | Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time . |
| 3 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 4 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
| 5 | Something else about the chimney-breast , I realize , has been worrying me for some time now . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | They were soon strolling with me round the house as if they 'd been expecting me for weeks . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've been asking me for weeks if I 'm jealous ! |
| 11 | Well , lately I 've begun to understand that God has been punishing me for my pride and my past wickedness . |
| 12 | Because you 've been badgering me for weeks to go to a car boot sale . |
| 13 | He 's been hiding me for the last couple of days . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If you have been taking me for granted , ’ Mr O'Hara argued , ‘ then that is my fault . |
| 15 | John suggests £10 — £15 has been allowed me for costumes . ’ |
| 16 | Zakir thanked me and then quietly revealed that he had been watching me for several days . |
| 17 | She deserved it , she 'd been tormenting me for weeks , calling me Comic Stripper because I told better jokes than she did . |