Example sentences of "i [am/are] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , rather than binning them directly , I am passing them to you ( and your Convocation Office colleagues ) . |
| 2 | I am fondling her like a memory , in the way you stroke a cat : knowing it 's there , glad it 's purring , but letting thoughts wander like your fingers tickling the fur . |
| 3 | I am bringing you to la Principessa . ’ |
| 4 | Back in Fr Butler 's home parish of St Lachtain in Freshford , Kilkenny , Fr Seamus Henry said : ‘ I have n't been in touch with John for some months but I am supporting him in a pastoral way . |
| 5 | That 's not what I am accusing you of . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I am using it in yarn-dyed form for things like Tencel/rayon chambray for jackets and dresses . |
| 7 | The Maulvi of course selects a formal Arabic name , but the celebration I am telling you about involves choosing a name to call the child by . |
| 8 | I am telling you about this … to remind you that one can try to give an impression of anguish without aiming straight at the historic Garden of Gethsemane |
| 9 | But Calatin 's banqueting hall and the house in the forest had wavered and grown dim — ‘ as if I am seeing it through water , ’ thought Fergus — and there had been a great heaviness within him so that it was difficult to breathe . |
| 10 | No problem Mr Prospect , I 'm glad you feel that way however I am seeing you in a fortnight 's time , have a chat with him between then and now and when I see you next week I 'll ta or whenever the time 'll be , I 'll take his telephone number from you then . |
| 11 | In which case , it seems worth asking why I am considering them at all within the limited confines of this book . |
| 12 | " Since you do not want the maiden , I am taking her for myself , gracious princess ! " he called . |
| 13 | I am taking him to prison in my country . ’ |
| 14 | I am taking it for granted that if you used the term , even in minutes and reports , you must have meant something by it . |
| 15 | I am taking you to the house of Robert Asshe , in Holborn . |
| 16 | ‘ I am taking you to the dressing-room where the ladies are gathered , they would be your best customers , I do n't doubt . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I am taking you to Jaén , ’ he announced after a few miles . |
| 18 | I am taking you to my home , into the very bosom of my family . |
| 19 | It is not because I am comparing it with petrols either , as I have driven diesels for 12 years or so . |
| 20 | ‘ Joseph Shill , I am arresting you for the murder of your wife , Maria Shill , at Windsor , on 19th December . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Miles Engado , I am arresting you for the — ’ |
| 22 | If I was setting an exam paper for summer it would be something I would think about putting in not that I am setting it in case you think I had n't . |
| 23 | I AM FILLING you with Love |
| 24 | In the hope that this will be agreeable to you I am sending you by post two copies of the agreement we would wish you to sign . |
| 25 | They sleep in the same room with each other , and look beautiful when I am putting them to bed , jumping and hopping about quite naked , rejoicing in the freedom of no clothes . |
| 26 | I am doing them in a minute . |
| 27 | If I can wave to that group of kids and they go home and talk about it , fantastic , or if I can just sign a measly bit of paper for a kid and he 's so stunned he ca n't talk , that really brings home to me what I am doing it for : because it really makes me feel good . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ They pay me , ’ he says , before qualifying his statement : ‘ I am doing it for the love of my art . |
| 29 | ‘ Do n't start that again , Ruth , or I 'll manually wrench your other ankle after I 've spanked your backside for suggesting that I am keeping you from your work . |
| 30 | Ask yourself , ‘ What precisely is it I wish my child to say and/or do when I am asking him/her to be good , polite , helpful , kind ? ’ ( or any of those other vague goals parents set for their bemused offspring ) . |