Example sentences of "i [am/are] [v-ing] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I am taking responsibility for my life . |
| 4 | I am collecting material for an MSW dissertation on the role of the probation service in influencing factors affecting the sentencing of 16- and 17-year-olds in a youth court of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 . |
| 5 | I am slicing bread for tea when Jancey arrives . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | I am raising money for him at the moment . |
| 9 | I am preparing papers for the relinquishment of the claim , but once she signs them she will be literally on the streets and penniless . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm meeting Daphne for lunch in D. H. Evans . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm still stiff and sore and I 'm receiving treatment for an injured shoulder ’ he said . |
| 12 | I like to put the television on , as there 's usually a very good programme at twelve ten like there is supposedly Rainbow today , but there is n't , which I find very useful for my toddler while I 'm getting lunch for the baby , myself and her , so she can sit down for twenty minutes , there can be a few minutes peace , and there 's just you know it 's just not on . |
| 13 | When they rise to an equal level , like for instance if I have a choice between going to a woman doctor and a man doctor and they 're both on the GP list , I will choose the woman , because the woman has had to fight tooth and nail , probably , and work much harder , to get at an equal level with the man , so I would suspect that I 'm getting value for and quality there by going for the woman . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've been thinking , it 's a long time since the two of us went out together , so I 'm taking Ruth for a bite to eat . |
| 15 | I 'm taking Fido for a nice walkie because it 's such a nice day . |
| 16 | " I 'm taking sandwiches for lunch , so I sha n't be back . |
| 17 | And , while her hopes dropped down to basement level , ‘ Now , ’ he added , ‘ I 'm taking Azor for his walk . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm cooking fish for lunch for my father . |
| 19 | Ah , I 'm having Jane for a piano lesson , are n't I ? |
| 20 | As it says I 'm John I 'm marketing director for Northern Europe with . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm making shoes for the theatre folk just now and I intend to build my business up bit by bit . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm making films for a population of people who have never had films that speak to their heart and their soul , you see ? |
| 23 | I 'M DOING IT FOR YOU MICHAEL |
| 24 | I 've always been doing what this man told me or that man told me ; now I 'm doing things for myself . |
| 25 | Well , I 'm finding homes for them this time . |