Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [conj] i am [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have to find the money myself and they told me that the wackier the ideas , the better the response so I am hoping that my ideas come off . ’ |
| 2 | The last type of direction is that of directing your body as a whole entity — ‘ What is the direction that I am going in ? ’ |
| 3 | Unfortunately though , my nose will not let me off the hook and I am forced to leave it . |
| 4 | ( Ail of which are well represented in the story as I am learning it . ) |
| 5 | There is a mouse above me in the roof and I am going to listen to it . |
| 6 | And I am going into the light and I am going into time , and if I am to save the world , then I shall have served the world , and if I do not save the world , then at least I shall have tried . |
| 7 | Really I think I am able to demonstrate in the written account of the research that I am presenting a very real account of their teaching and their problems , as well as their successes . |
| 8 | Really I think I am able to demonstrate in a written account of the research that I am presenting a very real account of their teaching and their problems , as well as their successes erm sometimes I was able to observe lessons that went wrong and were very erm difficult for the teachers , as well as the lessons that were successful , so I do n't really think it the problems at the end . |
| 9 | But when you called I was teaching , and the rule when I am teaching is that one of my sons must answer the phone . |
| 10 | She helps break the ice when I am interviewing . |
| 11 | When I first began the work that I am doing now , I decided to keep an open mind about the topic ; but , as time has progressed , I have been able to record details of fact , time and place given to me by my patients which have later been checked and confirmed and found to be wholly accurate . |
| 12 | and are both on holiday at the moment so I am writing in their absence about a recent print job Req No 239886 . |
| 13 | An alkali will obviously have to be introduced to neutralise the acid and I am toying with the idea of lime in one form or another . |
| 14 | The point that I am trying to make is that the experience that they are gaining , by working and living with their people , day in and day out , will give them a depth of understanding which , sadly , no amount of university training would give . |
| 15 | That is precisely the point that I am trying to make . |
| 16 | Member will give me just a moment to finish the point that I am making I shall come to that . |
| 17 | The point that I am making is that the argument is not one of Sunday trading , but one of law and order , with the Conservative party ranged firmly among the enemies of law and order . |
| 18 | A question to ask yourself is this : ‘ What is more important , the job that I am doing or myself ? ’ |
| 19 | It is possibly a once-in-a-lifetime chance to go and defend the title and I am committed regardless . ’ |
| 20 | I recall her pacing the sitting-room while I am doing my homework , pausing every so often to stand at one of the windows and look down into the busy street below . |
| 21 | He ladles out the contents of the pot while I am wondering if the laibon thinks it was a handy way to get rid of a rival . |
| 22 | The second qualification is that the relationship that I am calling ‘ enemy ’ is more complicated than the simple bilateral relationship suggested by the stories of cheetahs and gazelles . |
| 23 | In order to sustain the argument that I am putting forward here , it is important to establish what were the major arguments levelled by anthropologists and others against the ‘ great divide ’ theory . |
| 24 | Initially he is overwhelmed : ‘ I continue to have this curious sense of fiction , the feeling that I am living in a Maurice Edelman novel . |
| 25 | As one teacher put it to me , ‘ on a bad day I have the feeling that I am struggling hard to do something that may not be worth doing at all ’ . |
| 26 | A common response to the claim that I am making about observation , supported by the kinds of examples I have utilized , is that observers viewing the same scene from the same place see the same thing but interpret what they see differently . |
| 27 | I should like to make it clear from the outset that I am participating in this conference not as an expert on any aspect of the teaching of languages , but rather as someone whose primary concern is with the structure of language and , more generally , the nature of cognitive processes . |
| 28 | The civilians appeared to be very interested in the kilt that I am wearing and , of course , the pipes seem to fascinate them . |
| 29 | ‘ I hope to be a strong and enthusiastic supporter of the Government and I am going to stay on as a MP . ’ |
| 30 | Suddenly , Stairway to Paradise is echoing through the theatre and I am stepping into the spotlight sliding faster and faster . |