Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] i [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A LABOUR MP WAS EXPLAINING to me why there are a number of his colleagues who are sponsored as MPs by the National Union of Railwaymen , but do not appear to have any connections with trains , railway junctions or signal boxes . |
| 2 | ‘ Talking about work , as we were just a moment ago … perhaps you would n't mind explaining to me why you want to reject some of the new designs I 've just shown you ? ’ |
| 3 | And all the time my cut thumb reminded me of what I must forget to stay sane ; all the time sick with worry about what 's happening to me so I have to keep ordering myself : Think about the invalid . |
| 4 | Everybody gets phone calls like that , unfortunately occasionally , but it kind of I went through a phase of it happening to me so I therefore had to change my phone number because it was er it was really unpleasant being woken er up by these calls . |
| 5 | A white-faced Mathilda sped by me in the gallery but Benjamin was shouting for me so I decided not to accost her . |
| 6 | Galloping godfathers — he was n't listening to me so I started listening to myself . |
| 7 | Then in the end we came to a river so wide I could n't see the other bank ; I felt frightened and thought this must be the end of the race , and I wanted to stop , but Father plunged straight in without looking at me so I had to plunge in too . |
| 8 | ( I see my chaplain sniggering at me so I 'll voice my fear . |
| 9 | Speaking to me later she said , ‘ That really broke me up . ’ |
| 10 | See , right if he still was n't speaking to me properly I would n't have brought that off him ! |
| 11 | I want to hear you begging for me so I know it 's real . ’ |
| 12 | He was illustrating to me how he would play it , but I did n't catch on immediately . |
| 13 | I 'm only going in and saying that erm I 've got twenty thousand coming to me now I want to buy an house with it . |
| 14 | She kept talking over me so I told her to shut her face and cut her off . |
| 15 | And I said , tell me what I said to you ? heard you talking to me then you know she could go mad ! |
| 16 | Smiling at me politely he said , in his still slightly-accented voice , " Sit down , Miss Graham . |