Example sentences of "me [prep] getting " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pa would 've been livid with me for getting pregnant , and he would n't want his precious fiddle going to pay for anything to do with it . ’ |
| 2 | They criticise me for getting a new curtain or taking a holiday . |
| 3 | absolutely horrendous , oh by the way you did n't thank me for getting those yoghurts did you ? |
| 4 | My mum never warned me about getting pregnant because she thought I was a good girl . |
| 5 | You used to go on at me about getting out . |
| 6 | Only the missus keeps on to me about getting some new curtains — ’ |
| 7 | The last I saw of Jordi was when he turned his head towards me before getting into the car , smiled , and gave a shrug . |
| 8 | And while the memory of stumbling through a huge — and previously unseen — boggy area on the North York moors in search of a mischievous mutt saves me from getting too romantic about foggy days , they are n't a write off . |
| 9 | On the following weekend circumstances prevented me from getting out , but my companions made their way to the site on their own . |
| 10 | Natural caution has prevented me from getting anyone into trouble . |
| 11 | I did in fact attempt to return your telephone call , but when I rang you were out , and our current panic ( we 're in the throes of mounting our summer exhibition ) prevented me from getting back to you before your letter reached me . |
| 12 | But my contract of employment forbids me from getting involved in contentious politics ; I do so at the risk of having a court order taken out against me . |
| 13 | ‘ And just how do you propose to stop me from getting what I want ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ This situation has meant me not being able to get the sort of access to my daughter I want because the fact that the interdict is still in place has been used to prevent me from getting increased access . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Nobody hits me without getting hit back , ’ she had said before she collapsed . |
| 16 | I got 162 not out but Norman Doggart did the dirty on me by getting 173 . |
| 17 | Oh he and coming up that passage , run and jump right up on me by getting up my shirt . |