Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [v-ing] to see " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now , at last , I am beginning to see that for all the ‘ believed failures ’ of the past , I have done my best . |
| 2 | Indeed , she thought , I am beginning to see myself as Anne — beginning to believe I am Anne ! |
| 3 | I am not so naive as to expect a blinding flash of understanding , but bit by bit I think I am beginning to see patterns of behaviour , and even — in some cases — to recognise individuals . |
| 4 | ‘ Every purse has its limits , ’ he wrote , ‘ and I am beginning to see the bottom of my own . ’ |
| 5 | I am beginning to see , I think , with some professional interest and sympathy , how Summerchild is dealing with this clever young outsider . |
| 6 | As Gandhi says : ‘ I am endeavouring to see God through the service of humanity , for I know that God is neither in heaven nor down below , but in every one . ’ |
| 7 | " I am longing to see you , " Jenny had written . |
| 8 | ‘ I am going to see The King And I tonight , ’ said one of the committee to him unctuously , ‘ and I will appreciate it much more . ’ |
| 9 | Richard Baxter summed up his life in these words , ‘ Weakness and pain helped me to study how to die ; that set me on studying how to live ; beginning with necessities , I proceeded by degrees , and now I am going to see that for which I have lived and studied . ’ |
| 10 | as if the child were sensing her dilemma , she said , ‘ I am going to see Mama today , am I not , Mrs Aggie ? ’ |
| 11 | I am going to see God . |
| 12 | I am going to see my dad in London tonight . |
| 13 | ‘ I am going to see them as Marie Wilson 's dad . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm hoping to see something of Czechoslovakia while I 'm here , ’ she replied , but as it suddenly struck her that the silence emanating from Ven Gajdusek was decidedly chilly — and since the last thing she needed was to be bad friends with him if he objected to Lubor Ondrus flirting with her on his time , ‘ But now I must return to my hotel , ’ she added . |
| 15 | There 's this guy I 'm hoping to see in Paris this week is Vincent Winter who is the designer of Rolling Stone and we worked the best of everybody here off of each other . |
| 16 | There 's hardly any of the usual vertigo effect , when I 'm trying to see things he 's not looking at , when I 'm trying to look at things he 's not seeing . |
| 17 | I 'm trying to see where |
| 18 | I , I 'm looking to see if Dr 's there because if he were me , or if I was him , I would say what the commissioner alleges is neither known nor admitted . |
| 19 | ‘ Everybody 's getting into Fila for the winter , and I 'm startin' to see some Giorgio Armani , but it 's still got ta be Lauren . |
| 20 | After a long pause , Levine said , ‘ I 'm beginning to see it . |
| 21 | Unwisely , he added : ‘ I 'm beginning to see that it is n't enough . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm beginning to see her differently . |
| 23 | I 'm beginning to see things a lot more in perspective . |
| 24 | To tell you the truth I was a bit miffed when I found out , but now I 'm beginning to see it from their point of view . |
| 25 | " Go take a flying Jesus , " I said , " I 'm beginning to see just how sick you really are . " |
| 26 | But I 'm beginning to see that there is n't much point in trying to hold on to something that does n't belong to me . |
| 27 | I 'm beginning to see that all too clearly . |
| 28 | Palled by the bleak , dusty nooks of outer Dublin ( my mother told me once that eventually , in some parts , all cities look like Brooklyn , and I 'm beginning to see her point ) , I expect the hospital to be yet a stranger place . |
| 29 | I 'm coming to see and you are leaving . |
| 30 | without having to keep going up to school , cos if you say to them oh well I 'm coming to see , oh what you coming for ? |