Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe people were seeing me as something other than what I wanted to be naturally . |
| 2 | ‘ You did n't tell him you were seeing me , did you ? ’ |
| 3 | He probably just assumed that you were seeing me in connection with my work . ’ |
| 4 | They were helping me . |
| 5 | While Kāli fumbled , striking the flint against the steel , trying to produce a spark that was strong enough to light the little piece of cotton , they told me how pleased they were to see me working just like them . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Do you think I never realized how you were using me ? |
| 8 | ‘ Or perhaps you were using me to make her jealous ? ’ she suggested tartly . |
| 9 | ‘ So you were using me as a stud , min kaere . |
| 10 | She said you were using me just as she had been used . |
| 11 | Leeds were annoying me at their sudden inability to keep the ball on the pitch , either kicking it off , or playing stupid passes up front ( down the middle ) straight to their keeper/defenders . |
| 12 | They were annoying me actually , I thought I 'd keep say something |
| 13 | Er I thought you did well in erm giving yourself credibility by talking about the shares , oh yes you can have two hundred and fifty pounds per month in the shares and they 've done well and I said oh yes they have done well , and I felt good that you were praising me up for being such a clever chap , and so I thought that was all , all jolly good stuff . |
| 14 | While they were bringing me food , I wondered whether to pick up a handful of the little men and throw them to their death . |
| 15 | E I only questioned about something on Sunday coming home , and she said well , lady that were bringing me , she said well they wo n't have it . |
| 16 | But I also was injured 'cos her friends were hittin' me . |
| 17 | By the way , when we had that pair , that were driving me mad , and then that one died , when we were in bungalow . |
| 18 | After it was found a second time — minus the tools — Mr Brettel , 48 , of Ash , Hants , said : ‘ I thought they were winding me up . |
| 19 | You were protecting me . ’ |
| 20 | If you were protecting me for my own good , she thought , I would be cross with you , but not this cross . |
| 21 | there were four people at the last meeting er and two others from the department a male and a female who looked after the bits of the department but I can not now remember what their names were let me just see if I 've got my notes which were written on the inside of a British Airways flight ticket come in , hi ya |
| 22 | They pulled me up off the floor with my hands up behind my back and they were walking me out of the chemist with my arms up and my head pushed down and one of them was kicking me in the back of my legs to get me over to the car . |
| 23 | It would be absurd if my wife were to accuse me of using the word ‘ here ’ without meaning , since I did not know where I was . |
| 24 | In a voice full of virginal astonishment he said , ‘ 'E were touchin' me fookin' cock . ’ |
| 25 | Halfway up the aisle the Ted turned his head again to the packed house and in the same pained voice of injured innocence repeated , ‘ 'E were touchin' me fookin' cock . ’ |
| 26 | we had a meeting earlier this week were I got huge support , indeed some were urging me not to give way at all on the Paignton amendment . |
| 27 | I have to say that if this room was filled by the Roman Catholic bishops of Ireland and they were pushing me very hard about divorce , I would have to say very clearly that their fear that civil divorce will make marital breakdown worse , or enhance or facilitate it — my answer would be : No , it will make very little difference . |
| 28 | It was as though a giant hand were pushing me downward until my knees hit the floor . |
| 29 | I tried to take pictures of demonstrations in front of the American Embassy and the Americans were pushing me around worse than the Iraqis . |
| 30 | ‘ You really were warning me . |