Example sentences of "[verb] i [be] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Well — ’ Marianne shook her blonde hair back over her shoulder ‘ — you know which room I 'm in , Dane . |
| 32 | Each meeting ends with the moneymen all saying things like I 'm in or I want in on this or You got it or Let's do it . |
| 33 | I know I 'm back to four little pieces ! |
| 34 | Whatever the weather throws up though , I know I 'm in for some good walking . |
| 35 | I know I 'm in for a long night . |
| 36 | I disembarked at Dover , cursing Benjamin , the King , the Lord Cardinal , and heartily wishing I was back in Ipswich , free from the baleful influence of the Great Ones of the soil . |
| 37 | I desired with almost sickening intensity something never to be described ( except that it is cold , spacious , severe , pale and remote ) and then , as in the other examples , found myself at the very same moment already falling out of that desire and wishing I were back in it . |
| 38 | Well , like I was saying I was over in Israel doing research on the migration of birds of prey . |
| 39 | Carrying on and saying I was up to no good , out till that time . |
| 40 | For example , the written sentence My next destination is Finland and in particular Kuusamo , which is a town close to the Soviet border might be spoken I 'm off to Finland next . |
| 41 | I suppose I 'm in for the mother of all court-martials . ’ |
| 42 | For I believe I am about to witness a thing few people see and live to tell of , he thought . |
| 43 | Find I 'm down to using it twice a week now . |
| 44 | I , you know I do n't mind , I enjoy handicraft but I find I 'm out Monday playing darts , I 'm out Tuesday doing handicraft and I look after a little boy who 's got Cerebral Palsy four mornings a week and comes three in the afternoon and it 's quite a lot . |
| 45 | Er estimating I was on was n't I ? |
| 46 | I reckon I 'm out of favour . |
| 47 | ‘ I sha n't be hanging around when the starter 's gun goes for the final , and I reckon I 'm in with as good a chance as anybody . |
| 48 | At any rate , I reckon I 'm in with a sporting chance . |
| 49 | Guess I 'm back again . |
| 50 | Do n't forget I was out all last night . |
| 51 | Dad phoned me up the day before and , knowing I was about to go away on holiday , suggested we meet the next night , on the fourth of August . |
| 52 | Let's suppose I 'm about to shape a V-neck . |
| 53 | But she could n't ever see me , though I think at first she knew I was around , so now I mostly stay where I am and amuse myself with some of the other kids who are here too . |
| 54 | ‘ It was second nature to look at the linesman but I knew I was on . ’ |
| 55 | I knew I was out on the motorway |
| 56 | I just slipped , next thing I knew I was down here ; funny thing is , it do n't really hurt — I ca n't feel much at all . ’ |
| 57 | I thought I was off on the usual , rather tedious type of assignment ! |
| 58 | ‘ You turned up here because you thought I was about to inherit enough money to stage your movie comeback ! ’ |
| 59 | I thought I was about to faint , and could pay no attention as my companion pointed out the Clervals , a wealthy merchant family , of whom Henry Clerval was a close friend of Victor 's ; Duvillard , a rich banker , and his new wife ; Louis Manoir ; and many other local notables . |
| 60 | I thought I was in for another evening of getting slightly drunk on my own . ’ |