Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , ’ she replies eagerly , ‘ someone from the British Committee is supposed to be meeting me . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Julian was meant to be meeting me . ’ |
| 3 | You have got to be joking me . |
| 4 | You have got to be joking me . |
| 5 | They seemed to be watching me , and then one of them waved , and I saw that they were Megan Lloyd and Ann Tracy . |
| 6 | It did n't seem to be getting me very far . |
| 7 | Your supposed to be getting me . |
| 8 | Paul had asked me to do a swap to do his early next Wednesday so yeah , put the form in and everything the form came back today saying he 's already on a late and the day that he 's supposed to be repaying me he 's already on shift |
| 9 | All the time I worked for him , he seemed to be calling me Hancock , Harris or Hopkins — Hockin , or more often Bruce , on the days he was less vague and preoccupied . |
| 10 | ‘ Everybody at the hospital seemed to be accusing me of causing the injuries . |
| 11 | ‘ No , ’ she interrupted , ‘ but you seem to be accusing me of exactly the same things I accused you of — or at least had to ask about . |
| 12 | ‘ I ai n't yer old sweet'eart , ’ said Mrs Beavis , whose naturally sunny beam did not always shine for everyone , ‘ and I 'appen to be keepin' me hands to meself . ’ |
| 13 | I mean ( looking back on it ) he seemed to be teaching me a lesson . |
| 14 | The drift of my rhetoric might seem to be taking me towards a traditional defence of literature , of the imagination , of creativity , of humane values in general . |
| 15 | Your whole intention seems to be to ruin me , simply in order to go on building your castles in the air . |
| 16 | You seemed to be drawing me like a magnet , and there was Claudine , anyway . ’ |
| 17 | They were supposed to be doing me a favour , giving me that work , four and a half yards . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're in no position to be giving me lectures . ’ |
| 19 | In theory , Verity and Lewis were meant to be giving me a lift in four days time , but that was obviously out , now . |
| 20 | ‘ Come on , Dexter , you 're meant to be giving me inspiration not falling asleep , ’ she snapped . |
| 21 | You ought to be thanking me for being so considerate . ’ |
| 22 | Mrs Peel , however , saw things differently , saying of the head , ‘ She seemed to be assessing me rather than John … it 's like she 's shifting the blame on to me … she used to speak to me like I was a really bad mother . |
| 23 | She seemed to be suffering me in silence , as she suffered everyone and everything else . |
| 24 | I think the idea has to be to show me something , in case I miss it . ’ |
| 25 | The most I can hope for is that I might meet him over a pint and get him to be indiscreet-tell me if there is any dirt on Desmond Seymour-Strachey , for example . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Then since you appear to be singling me out , what do you expect me to do ? |
| 27 | But it seems to be hitting me a little bit more now , I 'm beginning to realise he 's never coming back . |
| 28 | I 'll be absolutely open with you — we do have difficulties over cash , but when you see the business we 've got lined up … well , this time next year I 'll expect the bank to be standing me a slap-up lunch ! |