Example sentences of "[v-ing] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would dearly love to know why you keep sticking me with motives that I just do n't have ! |
| 2 | ‘ Be there — or you 'll really get fucked , ’ he hissed , jabbing a manicured index finger at my face and transfixing me with lifeless black eyes . |
| 3 | There the young ladies ' brother found me , when he returned home a few minutes later , and he insisted , much against the housekeeper 's wishes , on bringing me into the house . |
| 4 | The shaft of the arrow protruding from my back occasionally knocked against something , bringing me to a gasping halt . |
| 5 | My time at the Housing Corporation was eventful in bringing me for the first , but no means last , time into contact with Mrs Thatcher when , on the fall of the Heath government , she became the shadow Minister of the Environment , in succession to the job she had had as Minister of Education . |
| 6 | It was supposed to shoot back up again , hitting my jutting backside en route and pitching me across the stage , but it did n't . |
| 7 | They were using me as a guinea-pig to investigate the hourly variation in mental efficiency of those with irregular sleeping patterns , such as airline pilots or globe-trotting diplomats . |
| 8 | ‘ So you were using me as a stud , min kaere . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're using me as some sort of buffer between yourself and your feelings for Claire . |
| 10 | ‘ Damn it , Kathleen , do n't you go using me as a shield . |
| 11 | ‘ I am not the bravest of men , I 'll be honest I did not like Sir Ralph using me as a page boy but he distrusted the others . ’ |
| 12 | I had no idea she was using me for a purpose of her own : I was too naive to realise until it dawned on me what it was , a few weeks later . |
| 13 | You flatter me by insisting on seeing me as some sort of Casanova figure . |
| 14 | However , apparently you have no trouble seeing me as a thief ! ’ |
| 15 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
| 16 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
| 17 | What Harry does n't know is he 's seeing me with everything I possess . |
| 18 | That day he came into Frank Green 's shop he was looking for me , and his seeing me with you nearly blew the whole thing . |
| 19 | Or perhaps it was just shock at seeing me without the gag . |
| 20 | She hoisted her umbrella to ward off the light drizzle that had started to fall , gave me a couple of twenty-pound notes , said she 'd look forward to seeing me on Friday , kissed my cheek , then went off to do her shopping . |
| 21 | Seeing me in a state of bewildered angst , they would come up and intone directions in a rhythmical and mysterious language . |
| 22 | I suppose it was seeing me in ‘ his ’ shirt . |
| 23 | He probably just assumed that you were seeing me in connection with my work . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Why do you insist on seeing me in this horrible way ? ’ she finished up . |
| 25 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
| 26 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
| 27 | I was awakened by a French Commando nudging me in the ribs with the toe of his boot . |
| 28 | She said : ‘ If enough interest is shown through people contacting me on Barlaston extension 2486 , then I will arrange for a specialist consultant to give a talk . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Hopefully your bloodhounds will be able to run the truants down before Sunday , in which case I 'd appreciate your contacting me at the hotel . ’ |
| 30 | Er Our local reporter Caroline er will be contacting me with regard to any suggestions I may have on the editorial side . |