Example sentences of "a [noun sg] i [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a bit I was thinking of doing it wider . |
| 2 | So anyway I went to Index cos I want I want and a watch I 'm looking for a watch cos , and I thought oh aye I come to rings , I thought well I owe her a ring so I thought oh better half eternity ring they 're cheap anyway . |
| 3 | By the time we are all set to go to a club I am teetering on the brink . |
| 4 | Can I put in a bid I 'm working with er er Dave Williams on the launch of this drugs hotline and there 's a need to do quite a large mailshot of the posters in the |
| 5 | Oh yes , well I , this is a Committee I 'm talking about , not , not just myself , the whole Committee . |
| 6 | I 'm going to be lively until I get a cat , if I do n't get a cat I 'm going to be lively for ever . |
| 7 | This is not just a point I am making in passing . |
| 8 | Er if there 's a war I 'm gon na defend my country with that gun . |
| 9 | For a while I was sleeping on a floor … |
| 10 | I already knew it was n't a good idea ; I could hear the tone of my voice rising higher and higher as I spoke the sentence , and that was always a sign I was getting into some sort of verbal mess . |
| 11 | have you got a microwave I was gon na say no has . |
| 12 | Well while you 're just having look there for a minute I 'm gon na nip to the basement and straight back up again ok , I wo n't be a minute . |
| 13 | Wait a minute I 'm coming to that . |
| 14 | When we got to within quarter of an hour q sorry quarter of a mile of the the actual village itself , and remember it 's quarter of a mile I 'm talking about not ten yards fifteen yards away , we saw a railway embankment in front of us . |
| 15 | I think I may now have seen how to proceed in a paper I 'm writing at the moment on unconscious intention . |
| 16 | A woman I was staying with made a wreath like that |
| 17 | I really needed these two nuts and bolts for for a chair I 'm making at home . |
| 18 | At 81 he knew he was about to play a longer ‘ innings ’ that evening than at The oval in 1948 , though the use of the word ‘ memorial ’ in respect of the new foundations ‘ presupposes my death — not a subject I 'm approaching with any enthusiasm ! ’ |
| 19 | When a kestrel I was looking after died recently , I put it in the freezer so that I can use it for ‘ spares ’ if necessary . |
| 20 | Later that evening , going on my farewell walk round Cuzco , I fought to be positive , talking to myself like a character in a novel I was reading at the time , David Copperfield 's aunt . |
| 21 | Is there a possibility I 'm gon na hear about this on the news-shot some time ? |
| 22 | Please could you help me with a problem I am having with my 30″ x 12″ x 18″ tank ? |
| 23 | As a mother I am looking at this girl . |
| 24 | Look at that for a stage I was gon na |
| 25 | If I have to name a time I 'm thinking of running around the three hour mark . ’ |
| 26 | Oh got to produce a few sheets of stuff and we 've got ta get the addresses of the bases and get it distributed and it 's a task I 'm gon na pass on |
| 27 | Another example of the importance of having time to say goodbye to the person who has died is that of a client I was working with who seemed quite unable to talk about his wife 's death and seemed totally unconcerned that she had died tragically . |
| 28 | For an article I was doing on telephone sex . ’ |