Example sentences of "i be [v-ing] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Maulvi of course selects a formal Arabic name , but the celebration I am telling you about involves choosing a name to call the child by . |
| 2 | I am taking it for granted that if you used the term , even in minutes and reports , you must have meant something by it . |
| 3 | It 's as if I 'm repaying him for looking after me at school . |
| 4 | That more likely is that you realised well nigh immediately that it was Mr , that 's why you said to Mr I 'm arresting you for harbouring an escapee . |
| 5 | I 'm reporting you for idling your time for two minutes . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't see why I ca n't continue my run for the seniors , ’ he says , ‘ but I 'm taking nothing for granted . ’ |
| 7 | Erm what we would like and I 'm taking you at taking your statement er as you made it . |
| 8 | She thought , looking at the pleasant room : I 'm taking it for granted already ! |
| 9 | Chief Inspector [ E ] was there and he turned round and said , ‘ Sharon Mills ? ’ and I said , ‘ That 's right , ’ and he said , ‘ I 'm charging you with running a brothel and living off immoral earnings . ’ |
| 10 | Everyone said I was playing when I got out the clay or plasticine , but really I was training myself without knowing it . |
| 11 | A few seconds later I was despising myself for having been in any doubt . |
| 12 | Well he does n't know where I live at the but it came up in court that he was going to take me to court for access , making it out as though it was my fault that he had n't seen Ricky , I was stopping him from seeing Ricky when it 's his own fault . |
| 13 | There I was congratulating myself on surviving the winter without so much as a sniffle , when I was suddenly struck down without warning . |
| 14 | ‘ I always fancied my chances of playing against Dublin and so it worked out , but I was taking nothing for granted . |
| 15 | I was keeping it for cleaning the car . |
| 16 | 'I persuaded myself that I did n't want to introduce irrelevances into your investigation , when in fact I was protecting myself from having to relive traumas of the past . |