Example sentences of "[pron] i [am/are] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is easy to pretend that the values and standard of behaviour about which I am speaking are genteel or middle class . |
| 2 | According to that document , non-fundholding practices such as the one to which I am referring were entitled to reimbursement of computer costs from April 1990 . |
| 3 | I have my eye at the moment on the little-visited town of Amman , capital of Transjordan , which I am told is charming . |
| 4 | I had Stuart about 3.55 a.m. which I 'm told was n't bad for my first child . |
| 5 | So you mean everything I 'm saying is going on tape ? |
| 6 | What I am advising is that you consider acquiring some well-proven software ( I can recommend PC-Tools or the Norton Utilities , for instance ) for the occasions when a little home diagnosis is required , and learn how to use it . |
| 7 | What I am suggesting is that introspective reports , while often providing helpful qualitative information , can never be reliable enough to use as quantitative data defining the presence or absence of conscious awareness . |
| 8 | What I am suggesting is a more subtle movement between the two . |
| 9 | I have been talking about experiences which affect both men and women ; what I am suggesting is that the role of the Weaving Mother is to spin a thread , a bond , from the ‘ raw material ’ proffered by the male . |
| 10 | What I am suggesting is that both my aunt 's remark and her attitude stemmed from assumptions already prevalent within the family as to what was appropriate behaviour . |
| 11 | What I am suggesting is that you should not underrate your ability to succeed in what is now a highly competitive market place . |
| 12 | What I am suggesting is that if education is for all then it must meet all needs . |
| 13 | What I am suggesting is that this use of ultra simple " binary logic " , which is tied in with the way we recognize speech sounds , is an inbuilt feature of our psychological make-up which distinguishes us as human beings . |
| 14 | What I am suggesting is that Spenser 's texts offer glimpses of issues which Elizabethan culture found awkward to confront directly — a belief in the precariousness of its civilisation given the existence of savagery ( exemplified by other customs , baser classes , other religions ) confronting a self-defined orderly minority . |
| 15 | What I am suggesting is you knew there was an armed man in the flat , you were worried he was under the bed and if only concern was to get that bed up and over to check he was n't there , you did n't bother to wait to get Julie off it . |
| 16 | So what I am suggesting is that you do n't accept this resolution and you accept a modified or amended version of it . |
| 17 | What I am suggesting is that I think if you if you concentrate only on the question of who are the chief officers that 's very important and that 's very indicative , but it 's not the whole story . |
| 18 | Many of the men are black or half-caste descendants of freed Saharan slaves and I feel that what I am watching is not Islamic at root but a practice brought by their ancestors and grafted on to the religion . |
| 19 | What I am advocating is balanced view of your own work and a more sensible approach to its shortcomings . |
| 20 | What I am expressing is a tentative belief that it is raining , not the belief ( or awareness of the fact ) that I believe that it is raining . |
| 21 | It feels cold : I had hoped for spring but what I am finding is winter . |
| 22 | What I am finding is the remains of another file altogether — one kept by Serafin , which contains all the communications he received . |
| 23 | What I am arguing is that we should be trying to rescue the market economy from the libertarian philosophy with which it has become entangled and regrettably identified . |
| 24 | What I am arguing is rather that , in spite of its evident prominence , nationalism is historically less important . |
| 25 | MORRIS L.J. : It seems to me , therefore , that the father was saying , in effect : Irrespective of what may be the strict legal position , what I am asking is that you shall prove that the child will be well looked after and happy , and also that you must agree that the child is to be allowed to decide for herself whether or not she wishes to come and live with you . |
| 26 | What I am doing is leaving that literature to one side and considering factors that have been found to affect performance at work . |
| 27 | I should be feeling disloyal to Fergus , I should certainly be wondering if what I am doing is right , and if I am going to be hurt . |
| 28 | But what I am doing is giving you the opportunity to prove me wrong . |
| 29 | It is a lovely play and I am sorry to be leaving , but this is a very strenuous role , and what I am doing is perfectly normal . |
| 30 | Basically what I am doing is I want them to reply . |