Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [subord] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think of one lady I am counselling as I write this . |
| 2 | I am writing as I disagree with various comments made in an article entitled A Pair of Glasses … by Linda Lewis , as I feel that it gave Indian Glassfish a very negative press . |
| 3 | what you 're looking for I mean there were firms like you know |
| 4 | It just depends where we 're going cos I do n't know what we 're doing yet So I 'd and the woman 's coming round tonight so I 'll just , sort of , say to her if I can keep it over the weekend I can do a lot more so otherwise I 'll feel a bit bad |
| 5 | I ca n't see where we 're going because I did n't have my glasses on . |
| 6 | I have n't stayed in for about two months , about eight weeks , not one night , and he goes , ‘ I think you should stay in at least one ’ , and I goes , ‘ If you think I 'm staying in then you get lost , because I 'm not staying in this flaming house ’ , and he goes , ‘ You 're staying when I tell you to ’ , and I goes , ‘ I wo n't ’ , and I walked out and came back ten minutes later and said , ‘ I 'm going out , all right ? ’ and he goes , ‘ Okay ’ , and he give me some money to go out and come up here [ to the youth club ] . |
| 7 | ‘ If you 're asking whether I think David could be the murderer , then I 'm afraid the answer is yes . |
| 8 | But you 're having because I think if we are going to carry on using them , these absences should be translated into suspensions , and if that there 's any problem we do know that situation pertains . |
| 9 | I 'll give you some milk cat , but that 's all you 're having till I get back . |
| 10 | No , not now , our schedules are perfect with that they 're planning cos I spoke to the other day |
| 11 | I am wondering whether I have sussed this right . |
| 12 | Now you 'd better get out to where you are going before I change my mind and dash upstairs into Great-gran 's room and tell her where you 're going first , before you join your men pals . |
| 13 | The others are dozing while I chatter , attempting to cure their somnambulism with my words . |
| 14 | If you are asking whether I feel the same about her , the answer is no . |
| 15 | ‘ And worse still , ’ she says , ‘ I often worry that my other two children are suffering because I have to give so much attention to Graham . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And now I know who I 'm looking for I do n't need any from you , ’ he responded succinctly and , pushing himself to his feet , disappeared back into the cockpit . |
| 17 | Do n't feel so very goo as I 'm showering when I notice a discreet star-shaped brass plaque stuck on the tiles . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm escaping because I like escaping , ’ replied Mould . |
| 19 | Just as I 'm wondering if I have time to nip across to silence it , there 's a burst of shouting that nearly jolts it off the table . |
| 20 | Erm , I 'm going 'cos I 've got to go to see whatsit called ? |
| 21 | I 'm not afraid because I know where I 'm going when I die . |
| 22 | Not that I 'm complaining because I realized they had a job to do , but they were all firing their questions at once , and I do like to give a civil , considered reply . |
| 23 | ‘ , ‘ I 'm obsessing when I want to be impacting . ’ |
| 24 | Yes Mr Chairman erm I understand the motive behind this proposal resolution but I think the mover perhaps is unaware of what 's actually going on and have to decide and so I would like to speak against this resolution and I think the constructive thing to do so we do n't send the wrong messages would be to er I , I will move an amendment er and I will explain what I 'm doing as I speak . |
| 25 | I 'm coming when I phone . |
| 26 | Yes but I 'm saying if I had a member of my family there , I would definitely want to know what was going on . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm crying because I promised I would die unmarried ! |
| 28 | I 'm crying as I write this because we might have been able to save her . |
| 29 | I 've told them that I 'm hoping to replace their old hard-hat helmets with this new scuba equipment , but they think I 'm joking when I tell them they wo n't have any hoses to the surface . " |
| 30 | I could do but it 's er I did n't want to I 'm choosing when I wear it and when I do n't . |