Example sentences of "[v-ing] i [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without the spectators cheering me on I do n't think I could have had such a good race . |
| 2 | Something about the bat itself , the resined or saddlesoaped grain of its surface , offered unwelcome clarity , reminding me why I had stayed away from Scheldt 's and the sweet black chicks and their bargain blowjobs . |
| 3 | So unless you 've got ways of keeping me here you have n't revealed yet , I 'm off . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You think by keeping me here you can drive me wild with need . ’ |
| 5 | I mean she used to toss , toss me off on the old and there 's , there 's and she used to sit on there used , used to sit on there she used to toss me off and I got this fucking as she 's tossing me off she did this love bite . |
| 6 | Eyeing me suspiciously she said , ‘ Are n't we all ! ’ |
| 7 | I did it , she said in a clear voice : I heard someone calling me so I got up and came downstairs . |
| 8 | A few days later while driving him home , she asked him why he 'd hit her and , she alleged , ‘ He went crazy again , punching me so I nearly lost control of the car . ’ |
| 9 | I phone Andy and confirm it 's still all right to visit , then I ring Eddie and get the next three days off , tell the cops — they 're based at Fettes , though the DI has gone back down to London , and no they 're still not giving me back my new portable yet — and ( after I 've cleaned the car up a bit ) head out of the city and across the grey bridge in a day of squally , buffeting rain that has the bridge 's 40-limit signs on , high-sided vehicles banned and the 205 dancing its Dunlops sideways as the gusts hit . |
| 10 | Anne Marie keeps eyeballing me so I think that means wash up . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |
| 12 | ‘ That was him asking me where I was going , in case you did n't notice . ’ |
| 13 | People are always asking me why I dress strangely , or saying , ‘ What does your mother think of your outfits ? ’ |
| 14 | And there was a question in her voice ; it was asking me why I 'd asked such a thing . |
| 15 | And this thing was just dragging me down you see ? |
| 16 | You like carrying me home I know you do ! |
| 17 | and er D er er Dave was showing me how it works and he went out and the little one was saying I 'll do it for you granddad , look this is how you do it , and she starts typing away , and she 's four ! |
| 18 | Famlio would have people watching me wherever I went . |
| 19 | I was therefore concentrating very hard on what he was telling me when we both became aware of a sudden change in the atmosphere of the main office outside . |
| 20 | My mother would never have left me without telling me when she would be back . |
| 21 | She 's always telling me when I do things wrong and she is always right . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He proceeded to spend four minutes telling me why I could n't have the job , and then said , ‘ I 'm sorry , my time is more or less up now ’ . |
| 23 | As the housekeeper hurried away Luce asked dazedly , ‘ Would you mind telling me why I require a coat and a bag ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Would you mind telling me where you have just been , and where you are going ? ’ |
| 25 | Before you go , would you mind telling me where you 're staying ? ’ |
| 26 | Mm I wonder if you would start of by telling me where you were born ? |
| 27 | And it was no comfort having old ladies telling me how they wished they had naturally curly hair . |
| 28 | Small time burglars with the social skills of a potted shrimp telling me how they 're saving all their readies to invest in a club one day — ‘ Maybe Puerto Banus , maybe Chesterfield , I 'm not sure yet . ’ |
| 29 | she 's here telling me how they sent over and she said oh do n't call for the next two week because we 're going to Italy |
| 30 | Harriet , she begins to talk , feeling the wine in her head , and talking faster , you are telling me how you bought this pretty scenery for Mummy 's sake , partly . |