Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [v-ing] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Andrew , my dear boy , your father and I are talking matters of great pith and moment , ’ replied Clem . |
| 2 | I am experiencing problems with a green filamentous algae ( some of the filaments are 2–3″ in length ) which I have to remove each week when I do a 10% water change . |
| 3 | I am experiencing problems in getting a screw to hold in chipboard . |
| 4 | I am enclosing tickets for the new play and as they are in the front stalls , I may see you as I come on , ; but do not expect me to salute you , you understand , as I shall be taken up with my part . |
| 5 | Already I am organising supplies of isolating varnish to all churches and register offices . |
| 6 | Or suppose that I am eating escargots for the first time and can not bring myself to forget the disgustingly slimy look and feel of snails in the garden . |
| 7 | I find this useful if I am knitting ribs on one machine and then moving the stitches to a single bed machine for the patterned part . |
| 8 | Suppose someone knocks on your door and says : ‘ I am collecting bribes from people who mind the factory smoke falling on their gardens . |
| 9 | No I do n't think I have , indeed I am meeting members of the grass roots of the party this afternoon . |
| 10 | I shall be meeting the representatives of the Standing Conference of Principal Youth and Community Officers for the London and south-east Region on 17 December , and I am meeting representatives of the British Youth Council and the Scout Association in the near future . |
| 11 | I do not know whether you are at home or in London , so I am sending copies of this letter to both places . |
| 12 | Copies of the digest have been sent to all district councils , district sports councils and sports development groups and I am sending copies to governing bodies for information in the hope that the governing body itself or your district associations might become involved in the local planning process . |
| 13 | Ministers should argue the figures with the Duke of Edinburgh — I am quoting figures from the Rowntree report . |
| 14 | On behalf of Wolverhampton Community Care Forum and as part of a research for an Open University course , I am investigating examples of local codes of practice on contracting for services negotiated between voluntary and statutory sectors . |
| 15 | I am having problems with my two foot Red-Tailed Catfish which has been fasting for two weeks . |
| 16 | So maybe I am adding things on as ‘ an afterthought ’ , but , if I ca n't be a designer , I am trying to be a good technician . |
| 17 | I am making plans for a series of visits to all parts of the country and hope to return to the north-east in the midst of those plans . |
| 18 | oh I 've had a bit of a day or erm ooh , whatever it is , and erm I said to myself I am making allowances for being tired and getting , getting on a bit , you know , and that went on for quite a while actually until I said to myself I 'm making up allowances you know , I 'm |
| 19 | A week later , I am making amends at college , working out at the gym , and seeing people-friends who do not , to my astonishment , resent me . |
| 20 | I am planning performances with two sopranos and two basses sharing the soprano and bass arias so that the voices are really suited to the different vocal ranges . |
| 21 | I am turning corners of fear , |
| 22 | I am forwarding copies of this correspondence to the BBC 's ‘ Watchdog ’ programme , as I believe it is in the public interest that these facts are made known . |
| 23 | ‘ I am disobeying orders in conveying it to you — but there are some who regard Your Grace as their lawful monarch , though it would cost them their lives to declare as much openly ! ’ |
| 24 | I am preparing papers for the relinquishment of the claim , but once she signs them she will be literally on the streets and penniless . |
| 25 | I 'm calculating kilometres into miles so |
| 26 | I 'm thinking hours between each sentence I write . |
| 27 | To my ruination , she thought , if I 'm thinking thoughts like that . |
| 28 | McDunn comes in as I 'm chasing bits of quiche around my plate with my fork . |
| 29 | But mostly I 'm pushing bits of paper around . |
| 30 | ‘ Because I 'm getting reports from Europe that a new underground route has been established . |