Example sentences of "[v-ing] i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a mum as a single parent and two grandparents and they did an excellent job of bringing me up ! |
| 2 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 3 | Just my personal assistant bringing me up to date on some business matters , ’ he added dismissively as he walked over to the other side of the bed , picking up his slim gold watch from a small table . |
| 4 | Arthur was just kept bringing me up food all the time . |
| 5 | Very great odium T. Poole incurred by bringing me here … when Wordsworth came & he likewise by T. Poole 's agency settled here — You can not conceive the tumult , calumnies , & apparatus of threatened persecutions which this event has occasioned round about us . |
| 6 | ‘ Thank you for bringing me here , ’ she said . |
| 7 | ‘ Thank you for bringing me here , ’ she said . |
| 8 | Refusing to rise to the bait , she visualised and counted ten elephants , a hangover habit from her childhood , then , her voice tightly controlled , asked , ‘ Would you please explain why you insisted on bringing me here instead of taking me to the Trevi ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Do you remember bringing me here when I was very new to Monte Samana ? ’ |
| 10 | Thank you ever so much for bringing me round , it 's very nice of you . |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose you think bringing me home gives you the right to tell me which friends I should choose , do you ? |
| 12 | ‘ Thank you for bringing me home , ’ she said in a light voice , and David glanced briefly at her as she climbed from the car . |
| 13 | ‘ Thank you again for bringing me home . ’ |
| 14 | I remember Debbie bringing me home once from Bingo and he 's coming up as she 's coming up , she 's almost there too her house , and he would n't budge , he would n't back , he would n't reverse at all . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Swinton has so much already , ’ Alexandra said , her voice almost steady , ‘ that he asked if you might have the basket for bringing me out here on Christmas night . ’ |
| 16 | Abruptly Clare said to David , ‘ Thank you for bringing me back . |
| 17 | Gently , making fun of me a little bit , bringing me back to earth . |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps you could help Cook to wash up , ’ she suggested , bringing me down to earth with a bang . |
| 19 | ‘ And who suggested bringing me in ? ’ |
| 20 | She said you were using me just as she had been used . |
| 21 | ‘ I could n't help your seeing me again ! ’ cried Tess , moving nervously away from him . |
| 22 | I needed your help , Claudia , and when I realised you 'd disappeared I knew you 'd try to leave without seeing me again . |
| 23 | ‘ But you knew that you had no intention of ever seeing me again . |
| 24 | They 're seeing me tomorrow . ’ |
| 25 | I thanked them for praying for me and seeing me now , hoped they thought their efforts worthwhile . |
| 26 | ‘ You 're seeing me now ! ’ she said . |
| 27 | She insisted on seeing me alone , and you know Shallot ! |
| 28 | When I had left him for Bath , he had said , sadly , seeing me off at Salamanca station : ‘ I should have come with you when your father died . |
| 29 | ‘ It 'll be OK for you to go on seeing me there . |
| 30 | Instead , he 'd looked shocked and utterly horrified at seeing me still alive . |