Example sentences of "i [be] [verb] is [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I am advocating is balanced view of your own work and a more sensible approach to its shortcomings . |
| 2 | In The French Lieutenant 's Woman ( 1969 ) , John Fowles ( or a version of him ) intrudes famously — or notoriously — into chapter thirteen to discuss his tactics and emphasize that ‘ this story I am telling is all imagination . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So the question I am wondering is this : does the person Albie owed money to — the man behind Vinnie Dirkin — know who it was that killed him ? |
| 6 | The point I am making is that pedagogic research calls for the independent appraisal of ideas as a precondition to their application . |
| 7 | If we look at the rates proposals — I shall give way to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside — He does not want to intervene because what I am saying is right . |
| 8 | What I am saying is that |
| 9 | That what I am saying is true . |
| 10 | What I am saying is this . |
| 11 | I have my eye at the moment on the little-visited town of Amman , capital of Transjordan , which I am told is charming . |
| 12 | the amount of money I 'm getting is inadequate , I 'm not getting it made up in Income Support , please help . |
| 13 | Yeah , but what I 'm saying is that , yeah , but what I 'm saying is when the parent comes to you and says well the primary school said they were you can say well well yes but by by our standards and our assessment when they arrived here |
| 14 | teacher I 'm not going to argue that but what I 'm saying is that in this report I do n't think that 's necessarily the appropriate format . |
| 15 | A and all I 'm saying is that and I rest my case |
| 16 | I did n't show you the , the grade and the stage curves because we all know what they look like but what I 'm saying is that by doing the count provides us with additional information on this group of patients . |
| 17 | And what I 'm saying is that |
| 18 | Now there 's another thing questions what I 'm saying is that 's something to take away with you , or perhaps you wo n't get the chance er try now er . |
| 19 | Well that , that 's what I 'm saying is that , I think what we have to start doing and I 'm not suggesting you 're not doing , but I just want to talk about this in , before we practically kick off on the course proper , I think what , I mean that comes off , and then the oil starts dripping out of it , and the minute the oil starts dripping out , then we become quite a good artist are n't we ? |
| 20 | It 's not completely true , what I 'm saying is that , and then what happens of course , you get over to the hub with , with , with the sales virgins who 've just joined the company |
| 21 | Yeah but what I 'm saying is that 's my week up the spout like , in n it ? |
| 22 | What I 'm saying is important . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ What I 'm saying is this . |
| 24 | So what I 'm saying is this will appropriate for year seven , eight , nine and ten |
| 25 | ‘ What I 'm saying is this : there are a handful of your new designs that I think are too special to be included in the general collection . ’ |
| 26 | What I 'm saying is this . |
| 27 | ‘ What I 'm saying is this … ’ |
| 28 | You care about her , Seb , and I believe that in your heart you know what I 'm saying is true . ’ |
| 29 | But what I 'm saying is some schools they might be here seventy five days out of a hundred but for twenty of those |
| 30 | No , what I 'm saying is some schools have lost it in year eleven as well . |