Example sentences of "[v-ing] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would dearly love to know why you keep sticking me with motives that I just do n't have ! |
| 2 | ‘ Be there — or you 'll really get fucked , ’ he hissed , jabbing a manicured index finger at my face and transfixing me with lifeless black eyes . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps you could help Cook to wash up , ’ she suggested , bringing me down to earth with a bang . |
| 4 | The shaft of the arrow protruding from my back occasionally knocked against something , bringing me to a gasping halt . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , by the way , Blair , ’ I called , ‘ whilst you are there , would you mind bringing me the fish I caught in the stream ? |
| 6 | Very great odium T. Poole incurred by bringing me here … when Wordsworth came & he likewise by T. Poole 's agency settled here — You can not conceive the tumult , calumnies , & apparatus of threatened persecutions which this event has occasioned round about us . |
| 7 | You came to see me , Bringing me |
| 8 | Later that night she came into my room in her kimono , bringing me a glass of champagne and carrying a book . |
| 9 | Ellen had once assured me that I was only happy because I did not think too deeply , and probably she was right , but it is still that shallow contentment which makes people bring me their troubles just as the senator was now bringing me his two children . |
| 10 | ABOVE As time went by , more and more people started bringing me injured birds to look after . |
| 11 | ‘ And who suggested bringing me in ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Thank you for bringing me here , ’ she said . |
| 13 | I had a mum as a single parent and two grandparents and they did an excellent job of bringing me up ! |
| 14 | Abruptly Clare said to David , ‘ Thank you for bringing me back . |
| 15 | My time at the Housing Corporation was eventful in bringing me for the first , but no means last , time into contact with Mrs Thatcher when , on the fall of the Heath government , she became the shadow Minister of the Environment , in succession to the job she had had as Minister of Education . |
| 16 | While they were bringing me food , I wondered whether to pick up a handful of the little men and throw them to their death . |
| 17 | There the young ladies ' brother found me , when he returned home a few minutes later , and he insisted , much against the housekeeper 's wishes , on bringing me into the house . |
| 18 | I had had a sudden image of Syl bringing me breakfast in a bed which we had shared , and I heard myself saying aloud , ‘ No ! ’ |
| 19 | Gently , making fun of me a little bit , bringing me back to earth . |
| 20 | He 'll go on bringing me cigarettes ( if he does n't I sha n't ask him for them ) and food . |
| 21 | He 's not bringing me any supper . |
| 22 | E I only questioned about something on Sunday coming home , and she said well , lady that were bringing me , she said well they wo n't have it . |
| 23 | ‘ Thank you for bringing me here , ’ she said . |
| 24 | I suppose people have got used to bringing me their queries , to some extent , " said Richard , going into their cabin to take off his black shoes and put on a pair of red leather slippers , which , like all his other clothes , never seemed to wear out . |
| 25 | ‘ Mr Swinton has so much already , ’ Alexandra said , her voice almost steady , ‘ that he asked if you might have the basket for bringing me out here on Christmas night . ’ |
| 26 | This rejection at least served the purpose of bringing me face to face with the uncomfortable fact that I was now without a job and almost without an occupation . |
| 27 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 28 | Do you know what he 's bringing me ? ’ |
| 29 | Er the gentleman coming from Scotland on Saturday is bringing me all the table linen and we 're table linen for . |
| 30 | Just my personal assistant bringing me up to date on some business matters , ’ he added dismissively as he walked over to the other side of the bed , picking up his slim gold watch from a small table . |