Example sentences of "[pers pn] 'm [verb] to a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | How do I tell if I 'm reacting to a food ? |
| 2 | " I 'm referring to a leading article which appeared in The Times concerning the Exhibition and which I should like to read you ( by a fortunate chance I happen to have it on my person ) . |
| 3 | I 'm referring to a single bedroom not far from it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Oh God , every day it seems I 'm speaking to a mate who 's just been robbed , ’ said Woody , sometime Cross Key 's barman , in his thick Lancashire accent . |
| 5 | I 'm talking to a wall ! |
| 6 | And the person that goes into the radio studio and thinks , ‘ I 'm talking to a hundred thousand people ’ or something like that , is doomed , because the voice and approach you use is a bit like the voice and approach I have now , I 'm sort of talking to a largish group of people . |
| 7 | erm where I am assertive it 's where I 'm working to a rule book I know those rules backwards and I want somebody to follow those to the letter |
| 8 | I 'm going to a ball this summer and I have to wear a formal full-length dress . |
| 9 | If you want to attract people to an event you will get a certain response by direct invitation , but a much greater rate of success when your members are saying : ‘ I 'm going to a terrific do . |
| 10 | ‘ I am two months ’ pregnant and need to get an abortion quickly as I 'm going to a big bash next week with my boy-friend . ’ |
| 11 | Do not accept woolly generalizations , such as ‘ Oh , I 'll try to do something next week ’ or ‘ I think , I 'm going to a party ’ . |
| 12 | Here , if I 'm going to a charity function or a party , I get to meet a lot of different people . |
| 13 | If I 'm going to a meeting where I know I 'm going to be the only woman I put my war paint on , if I 'm just going to be in the office all day I slob around in a skirt and a jumper with very little make up . |
| 14 | I 'm going to a party and I 'm going to take a monkey . |
| 15 | I 'm going to a party and I 'm gon na take a |
| 16 | I 'm going to a university |
| 17 | I 'm going to a hotel . |
| 18 | I 'm going to a party on Friday and I ca n't turn up looking like this . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm going to a disco , Daddy , ’ he stepped slightly back and his whole face seemed to crumble into disbelief as he said , ‘ You 're what ! |
| 20 | If I 'm going to a club I will wear much the same as I wear for work . |
| 21 | Yeah , I 'm going to a wedding thing so |
| 22 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 23 | ‘ Listen , ’ said Arthur , ‘ I 'm committed to a standard of absolute honesty . |
| 24 | I 'm contributing to a book on art , and as Brangwyn worked with William Morris for a time , and some of his work is exhibited here , I thought I 'd take a look-see for myself . |
| 25 | Ah 'm worn to a frazzle fighting off the toffs that have been swarming round this door since she was nine and three quarters . |