Example sentences of "me [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd imagine me prostituting myself , or on the hard stuff . |
| 2 | Of course , when do I go anywhere without me knitting ? |
| 3 | He did n't need me building up yet more false hopes which did nothing except try his patience . |
| 4 | I want a divorce , that 's what I want , but he 'll not budge as long as he 's drawing two salaries and has me cooking for him — but I 'll not eat with him , I stick myself in that tiny kitchen in there — can you imagine the life I lead ? |
| 5 | I ca n't see me cooking . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Designing a ring is always a lengthy process which involves me producing a number of drawings until the customer and I get it right between us . |
| 7 | me weeping . |
| 8 | I can imagine what he 'll think if you ring him up and say you 've found me weeping over my special patient ! |
| 9 | That was enough to set me weeping . |
| 10 | I wondered what on earth John would think if he saw all this ; his friends in church , many for the first time in years , strangers saying prayers for him , me weeping over his photograph . |
| 11 | Manchester-based Mark , at No. 19 with I Found Heaven , reveals : ‘ My mum did n't want me wasting my time trying to be a pop star and I came very close to quitting the group . |
| 12 | Just as well the control panel 's on the outside , Bernice told herself , saves me wasting my energies on a futile attempt to crack the combination . |
| 13 | I can appreciate Edouard would rather have me wasting my time at the museum instead of going round to his flat and trying to persuade Barbara Coleman to leave , but sending someone to kill me was rather an over-reaction . ’ |
| 14 | I could not see my mother sine she had got herself well hidden behind my father so I rushed to the house , through the open french windows , saw my wife sideways on to me gazing at a blank wall and screamed , " See what 's happening — our baby to be plastered over half of some alien landscape ! |
| 15 | Statue of me Gazing out |
| 16 | I know nothing about radio — but I do n't need to , I realize , because , even while I watch , the waves are softly withdrawing from the wavebands , as from a beach at low tide on a calm summer 's afternoon , leaving me gazing through the darkness of my son 's bedroom at three shirts , two of them size 35 long , one of them size 32 medium . |
| 17 | Me daring to negotiate conditions , under those circumstances . |
| 18 | That was a nice picture — Marie liked it I think , cos she did n't mind me sticking it on the wall . |
| 19 | Rosemary , playing safe , refused to go out with him unless I came too so in the end we used to make up a foursome with Henry 's pilot , Jimmy , and with me sticking to my policy of not getting involved . |
| 20 | I remember me gathering the hens up that night late oh about ten or eleven o'clock at night and we had our own power you see by that time . |
| 21 | that 'll save me phoning up to say can I have a script please |
| 22 | After me phoning that , for those tickets for er |
| 23 | Well it 's no use me phoning him up is it ? |
| 24 | I hope you do n't mind me phoning you , but where 's the radiator key ? |
| 25 | I remember being at my desk and telling her , ‘ Even if you do n't hear me typing it does n't mean I 'm not writing … . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm telling you this with authority because he 's made me typing monitor in the matter . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It does upset me seeing all the stories about her because it 's not a true picture of the real woman . |
| 28 | Boys pouring into the room below , laughing , chattering , me seeing them through the crack . |
| 29 | And it frightens me seeing the youngsters coming out carrying . |
| 30 | You tried to stop me seeing my family , ’ she said with a frown . |