Example sentences of "me [prep] having " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at last I learned to know what a lie was : to induce my mother to stop beating me I would lie — I would say , yes , I had lied and was sorry , and then she would whip me for having withheld the admission so long . |
| 2 | When it disappeared from the catalogue and by chance I was offered a knighthood , I always said that the Queen , coming as she does from an angling family , was compensating me for having had my name taken out of Hardy 's catalogue . |
| 3 | ‘ Well ! ’ he said , ‘ I hope you 'll forgive me for having knocked you down that day . ’ |
| 4 | He wanted to thank me for having such an undying belief in his footballing ability and for working tirelessly to further his career in soccer . |
| 5 | The ground staff at Edinburgh were very helpful , and when we finally boarded ( in really raw and biting cold and -2 degrees centigrade ) thanked me for having my luggage so clearly labelled as it had helped them get it to the hold doors for immediate removal at Brussels . |
| 6 | Curse me for having nothing in this world to give him but gratitude ! ’ |
| 7 | Blame me for having it sprung on you like this . |
| 8 | Forgive me for having addressed you so informally , Miss Bishop . ’ |
| 9 | Erm confused as hell until somebody told me about having a pie . |
| 10 | After another term , I was given more art , and my class-room became an unofficial art room , much to the distress of the caretaker , who accused me of having the dirtiest class-room in the school ! |
| 11 | When I made a television documentary that concluded that there was no evidence for nuclear fusion products , I received a letter from Martin Fleischmann alleging that there was a warrant issued in Utah for the arrest of the film crew , accusing me of having gained ‘ illegal access to the National Cold Fusion Institute ’ and of being a media person masquerading as a scientist . |
| 12 | It smacks to me of having a brain that 's too active by far . |
| 13 | When I described this to M. Bellin , the secretary at the consulate , he told me of having seen an ostrich trying to rape a donkey . |
| 14 | ‘ Except that you were right when you once accused me of having a personal prejudice . |
| 15 | I am grateful to the hon. Member for Eccles ( Miss Lestor ) for having tabled the question , which otherwise the Opposition might have accused me of having planted . |
| 16 | It always amuses me when Liberal Democrats accuse me of having a ministerial career . |
| 17 | ‘ He chose that moment to accuse me of having someone else . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You accused me of having a lover and I chose not to deny it . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You did n't accuse me of having an affair with him then , so why now ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You , Fernando Serra , are either lying through your teeth , putting on a brave face or you have the same loose sort of arrangement with your mistress as you accused me of having with Steve . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ And you accuse me of having an oversized ego ? |
| 22 | Last time I let you talk me into having a go , I felt as if I 'd had a session in a tumble dryer . ’ |
| 23 | My definition of harmful treatment would embrace not just treatment that exposed me to risk without any hope of compensating benefit but treatment of unproved efficacy that diverted me from having other treatments that were of proved value . |
| 24 | Yet it has not prevented me from having a very attractive family and being successful in my work . |
| 25 | Which does save me from having to decide which one I would choose . |
| 26 | Remember I asked you this morning to just just after lunch to jot down what it was that you need to improve on just as you 're setting the clock just say something like by the end of this talk I 'd like you to congratulate me on having moved around a bit more having not put me hands in me pockets , whatever it might be . |
| 27 | Whoever brings it — Ferteth ? — see that the messenger reaches me without having to walk through the camp . |