Example sentences of "[v-ing] i on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought he would , he deserves it and suddenly the semi-circle is clapping and looking at me : ‘ She 's won , she 's a-a-a won , ’ I hear John shout from half-way up the stalls , and my fellow contestants are slapping me on the back and pushing me to the front of the stage , |
| 2 | And so am Ah , ’ he added , slapping me on the back as he got out of the car . |
| 3 | ’ Patting me on the back , he added , ‘ I 'm proud of ye , Laddie . |
| 4 | He was in highly sociable mood and , bereft of any equals , was addressing me on the subject of the decline of western civilisation and the loss of old standards . |
| 5 | I was in a shop once , buying scented candles , and on the radio came Steve Wright with a collage of Smiths ’ songs , and I got a distinct chill , almost as though the hand of death was tapping me on the shoulder , saying : ‘ put yer candles down , it 's time to go ! ’ ’ |
| 6 | One time I did and he was tapping me on the shoulder saying , ‘ I 've broken a string ’ . |
| 7 | You 're breaking me on the rack of your virtue . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It hauled me to the ground with a thump and started mauling me on the back and neck . ’ |
| 9 | And joining me on the journey was a never-ending line of lumbering construction plant , Brobdingnagian concrete-mixers , and juggernauts laden with rocks and sand . |
| 10 | Well joining me on the line is the Minerals Planning Consultant from the protester 's group that 's er Peter and in our Northallerton studio is John who 's the County Planning Officer . |
| 11 | How did the company benefit from having me on the staff ? |
| 12 | they come up knocking at my door asking me to teach them boxing and even stopping me on the street . |
| 13 | Of course , for serious devilry the War Bag has to go by itself , and a camera would just be a liability , but I have n't had a real threat for a couple of years , since the time some big boys in the town took to bullying me in Porteneil and ambushing me on the path . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , all this business putting me on the carpet … implying that I might leave you short . ’ |
| 15 | I fell asleep and remember him lifting me off and putting me on the settee cushion but I 'd had a tiring evening and hardly stirred . |
| 16 | It 's a good idea of yours putting me on the floor Rocket . |
| 17 | Tell them what you were telling me on the phone yesterday … ’ |
| 18 | And then she closed the door , leaving me on the step in the rain . |
| 19 | Revelation went sweetly on , thus impaling me on the hook of my own guilt once more . |
| 20 | I was brought rudely back to the real world by Tony 's tripod coming off the top of the pile of clatch ( odds and ends ) piled up above the seat and hitting me on the head as the truck lurched to a halt , diving itself into a drift of deep snow . |
| 21 | ‘ Look at the face ! ’ he shouted , hitting me on the back . |
| 22 | Nevil choked me until I almost passed out , then he lifted me out of the driver 's seat and bundled me into the back of Armstrong , hitting me on the back of the neck with what could have been an anvil but was probably his fist . |
| 23 | But it is only fair to record that the lad who won the " best loser 's " medal broke his wrist on hitting me on the head ( watch this space ) as a flyweight ( special gilt one 1/9d ) , which led to a most embarrassing situation . |
| 24 | As 12-ounce cans of vegetables bounce off the side of my car , one of them smashing my rearview mirror and another sailing with surprising accuracy through my open car window and striking me on the shoulder , I decide to call it quits for the night and return in daylight . |
| 25 | Three of them I recognize , but the whole gang has been grinning at me and clapping me on the back like I was their kid brother pulled out of a scrape . |