Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David 's been helping me set up the I 've , I 've just bought myself a three eight six . |
| 2 | Her school are sponsoring me to have the baby that day — Comic Relief day — providing we have photos taken of me and ( later ) the baby with red noses on . |
| 3 | He 's been nagging me to take her back for weeks . |
| 4 | He 'd been pressing me to come down here for a long time . |
| 5 | She laughed and continued , ‘ Piers has been keeping me entertained while I waited for you . |
| 6 | Seeing the way the debate was going , the health spokesmen of the Labour Party , Michael Meacher , and of the SDP , Mike Thomas , who had previously been urging me to make economies in the drugs bill , jumped overboard and joined the critics . |
| 7 | Mr Solarz concedes that ‘ some people have been urging me to run ’ . |
| 8 | A day in which both you and Pooley are urging me to drink . |
| 9 | ‘ They 're using me to try and bring him down ? ’ |
| 10 | Y'know they feel that if they 're paying me to teach |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not going to feel in the least reasonable while you 're forcing me to stay in this house , ’ she warned fiercely . |
| 12 | Oh , I can see you 're getting me baffled this morning |
| 13 | ‘ And you 're authorizing me to leave for Brussels , to handle the problem in any way I see fit ? |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose you 're expecting me to carry you now ? ’ he charged tersely . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're expecting me to go without back-up . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't tell me you 're expecting me to handle food for — for how many ? ’ |
| 17 | They 're expecting me to stay here . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You 're asking me to put my daughter in danger . |
| 19 | now they 're asking me to go and sit down between them , |
| 20 | Except that Glinwood would n't do what you 're asking me to do . |
| 21 | Are you going to put Council Tax up two hundred pounds , because to , to , to meet all the demands of Council , well that 's the sort of thing you 're asking me to do . |
| 22 | You 're asking me to do what I 've done ! |
| 23 | Giving an account of it like this makes me feel as though you 're asking me to account for it , explain it for you . |
| 24 | As for Meredith-Lee 's death , if you 're asking me did I construct a bomb and blow him up , the answer is no . |
| 25 | You 're asking me to believe that I 've fallen in love with a nothing . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If you 're asking me to share your meal , I accept ; we can postpone our discussion until afterwards . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You 're asking me to work round the police department here . ’ |
| 28 | Well , be careful what you 're committing me to say . |
| 29 | I want to know why you 're having me watched , why you need to know every move I make , why you must have control over everything I do . " |
| 30 | And , correctly interpreting his expression , she added forcefully , ‘ And if that look you 're giving me means what I think it means — it does n't ! |