Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , if I 'm not using the grill I take it out . |
| 2 | ‘ Once I heard her start singing the songs I knew it had to be her , ’ he says . |
| 3 | As I start painting the statue I realise I am going to have a problem . |
| 4 | As I start painting the statue I realise I am going to have a problem . |
| 5 | ‘ But when we got down to signing the papers I saw there was £198 charged for the fittings and £223 VAT on the original sum I had been quoted . |
| 6 | Donning the coat I felt something attached to the shoulder and in my cabin mirror was reflected a very gaudy and lifelike plastic parrot which some crew member had stitched there . |
| 7 | Well you know what he 's trying to do , he 's trying up the claim so when back , he 's still gon na get the amount that he wants so he said t to Jim something about , he is n't paying the insurance I said you 're joking ! |
| 8 | I mean they were pretty shambly when I got to them and I made a supreme effort to get everything going the way I wanted it to go . |
| 9 | I was ignoring the debt I owed her . |
| 10 | Now it must be confessed that no one in that situation would be likely to justify his choice by saying ‘ In recalling the tastes I found myself spontaneously moved to take the peach ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ Remember , ’ the Doctor said sternly , ‘ do n't touch anything unless you 're wearing the gloves I gave you . ’ |
| 12 | " Why are you not wearing the medal I sent you as a keepsake ? " |
| 13 | I packed my things , and as I was manoeuvring the car I reversed it into a ditch from which it would not shift . |
| 14 | Overlooking the fact I find myself moved to eat , facing the fact I find myself moved to refrain . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm selling my flat , buying the farmhouse I showed you , coming to live here . |
| 16 | Before printing the essay I thought it safer to send it to Shaw . |
| 17 | When I was at the garage getting the petrol I give them , signed the cheque and they put the cheque through the cheque machine printing it out and that and er they 've got a free offer at the moment . |
| 18 | If I was still having the baby I daresay I 'd consider it , but losing it made it quite clear to me that I did n't want what he offered . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ My objection was that we would lose the car park but on reading the prospectus I see it is not the case , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Overlooking the fact I find myself moved to eat , facing the fact I find myself moved to refrain . |
| 21 | ‘ I am thinking of placing the screenplay I sent you elsewhere . |
| 22 | Before I go back to playing the game I suggest you visit you 're local software store and plead them to show you a demo . |
| 23 | We met in Bologna and while discussing the painting I informed him that the original had turned up at Wildenstein 's in New York , and had recently been sold to a New York private collector and that an article of mine was in proof , publishing the New York picture as the original . |
| 24 | Before leaving the kitchen I noticed there were dirty coffee cups and plates piled in the sink . |
| 25 | And far far from muddying the waters I think it makes clear that there are certain considerations that are acknowledged er which would allow certain proposals to come forward . |
| 26 | I 've just realized I have n't either , when I saw that woman crossing the road I thought it was her . |
| 27 | When I came to planning the circuit I realised there would actually have to be two routes — a high level one , leading over the crest of the fells , and a low level alternative for unfavourable weather . |
| 28 | He said cos I used to keep the house tidy he said I 've been the in the army June an he said I can I can run a household he said but we and then working the shifts I do he said and go up the horses and that he said I just do n't get time to do it ! |
| 29 | Yes , when we came out here I 'll never forget Mark , not even saying thank you , not , not even for raising the money I mean I would n't expect that from the parishioners , that 's what we should be trying to do , but even for the food and that , till erm Kitty and and the way he got up then and said it , most ungraciously |
| 30 | Anyway I says to Alice it 's not fair getting in somebody 's car feeling the way I feel I says and puking in car . |