Example sentences of "[be] you [v-ing] [to-vb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you expecting to hear I hijacked her en route and left her trussed up in a lay-by ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Are you daring to suggest I 'm being dishonest with Doreen ? ’ |
| 3 | Are you trying to say I should have trusted you over all those … those … betrayals ? ’ |
| 4 | Knowing his plan is to develop the character of Christ in my life , I can much more easily say ‘ What are you trying to teach me Lord ? ’ when I am offended , instead of my natural ‘ Why me Lord ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What are you trying to teach me Lord ? ’ recognises the sovereignty of God . |
| 6 | ‘ Why are you trying to put me off ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Are you trying to stop me seeing him ? |
| 8 | ‘ Are you trying to kill me off by degrees ? ’ |
| 9 | In the case of upshot , it is the illocutionary or perlocutionary force , what the speaker is trying to do with his or her words , which is made explicit , and this may be prefaced by utterances like : ‘ Are you trying to annoy me ? ’ or ‘ What 's the point of telling me this ? ’ or ‘ I was only trying to be friendly ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Are you trying to annoy me , young man ? ’ |
| 11 | What are you trying to bully me into saying , Luke ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why are you trying to flatter me ? ’ |
| 13 | He saw how crafty their question was , and said , ‘ Why are you trying to catch me out ? |
| 14 | What are you trying to get me to believe now ? |
| 15 | ‘ Are you trying to frighten me ? ’ |
| 16 | " Are you trying to frighten me , you miserable little lump of chattering chickweed ? " cried Bigwig . |
| 17 | Are you trying to frighten me ? |
| 18 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that neither of you are flesh and blood ? |
| 19 | ‘ Now what are you trying to tell me ? ’ he asked , his mouth twisted in bitterness . |
| 20 | Even in more casual situations people often try to get at the upshot of what is being said with such utterances as ‘ What are you trying to tell me ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that old Hardiman is Con 's solicitor — and that he 's also acting for our mystery man ? |
| 22 | What are you trying to tell me , Cynthia ? |
| 23 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me , ’ Richmann began dangerously , ‘ that these changes in plan have been made just on the basis of your superstitious intuition that the newest arrivals on the island are somehow dangerous ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me I 've lost my bottle ? ’ he rasped . |
| 25 | Are you trying to tell me that some of my prisoners have escaped without me noticing ? ’ |
| 26 | MAURICE : Are you trying to tell me something , Aunt ? |
| 27 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that Bella ; Bella ? — who according to you has slept with half of London — expects you to go through this … this disgusting pantomime in order to get a divorce ? |
| 28 | Then his mother said quietly , ‘ What are you trying to tell me , Matthew ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ What are you trying to tell me ? ’ she demanded . |
| 30 | ‘ What are you trying to tell me , Mr Choak ? ’ |