Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because nobody 's goin' to treat me as kind as you do . ’ |
| 2 | I had just received a telephone call from the barracks which informed me that officials from Horseferry Road magistrates court had phoned demanding to see me about nonpayment of fines . |
| 3 | ‘ No-one 's goin' to search me , it ai n't decent , I 'm a respectable girl and nor ai n't I a thief — oh ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You 're enjoying seeing me laid low , are n't you ? ’ she snapped testily . |
| 5 | And in case you are thinking of reneging let me tell you that we 're gon na watch you . |
| 6 | The scene might have been absorbing had I not been fighting to keep control of the wheelbarrow . |
| 7 | He 's dying to make me grateful . |
| 8 | Now he will never feel the remorse I had hoped he would feel for refusing to see me . |
| 9 | The boss knew I was worked to death , and not wanting to lose me said , ‘ Mick , you take a few days rest . |
| 10 | Is this what you were wanting to see me about , Dr Darnell ? , |
| 11 | Had she been Matron , her telling me to sit down would have told me immediately that whatever her reason for wanting to see me it was not to sack me . |
| 12 | Uncle Lionel wanting to see me . |
| 13 | Strip searching made me feel terrible — I was dead embarrassed . |
| 14 | Erm just remembering say I had to put four O Hs with N H , I was sometimes I was getting it right sometimes I was getting it wrong and stuff like that . |
| 15 | Since my dramatic arrival on the fishkeeping scene , I have been constantly troubled by reporters hiding in my filter , dustbins , and under the coal in my bath , all seeking to catch me with a fishkeeping grouper . |
| 16 | shouting let me know he was there |
| 17 | When it was obvious from the ensuing silence that no information was forthcoming , she demanded accusingly , ‘ Are you refusing to help me ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Or could you have some reason for wanting to avoid me ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I know that I am dying , ’ he said , ‘ and I am so angry with God for letting it happen , and with my family for refusing to let me work through it . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Still alive , and wanting to marry me again — as if I 'd give him the chance ! ’ |
| 21 | He said he 'd been wanting to ring me all day but did n't want to interrupt my work . |
| 22 | Miss You and the haunting Leisure and the particular highlights while Wanting reminded me a little of the Beatles Helter Skelter ( though I do n't remember it first time round , of course ) with its screaming guitars and music style . |
| 23 | ‘ It was because you 're refusing to take me with you tomorrow . |
| 24 | Rod said : ‘ I was shocked to be told that if I had waited any longer before seeking help I would not have survived . |
| 25 | I will go so far as to concede that taken in isolation , ripped away from the defining context of humour and irony and friendship , studied in their literal or surface sense only , then , yes , the words I spoke in that room as Robert stood at the window pretending to take me seriously could be understood to mean that during the past six or seven years I had gone to bed with more than one hundred and fifty prostitutes . |
| 26 | ( 7° ) I 'm writing to say I 'm having a marvellous time here The gestural usage must be glossed a little differently , as " the pragmatically given space , proximal to speaker 's location at CT , that includes the point or location gesturally indicated " . |
| 27 | I kept seeing her slamming into the car , and lying in the road , and then I saw all those black nuns floating round her and lifting her up so that her head lolled back , and I was there , wanting to say I was sorry , and her eyes were open and blank and staring right through me . |
| 28 | SOMEWHERE OUT THERE my Rose is searching to liberate me from my prison of love . |
| 29 | After hours of brain searching work I arrived at a formula that produced some sensible — but not accurate figures . |
| 30 | Gilbert had served my Mass every morning and was now writing to tell me about the approaching Easter examinations and was hoping to do well . |