Example sentences of "'m [adv] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Peter , ’ she pleaded , ‘ I 'm not attacking you , I 'm only trying to reach you ! ’ |
| 2 | I 'm only trying to show you how grateful I am . |
| 3 | TACKLING your opponent very hard and then lifting him up with your hands under his armpits and pulling his hairs until he is screaming blue murder — and you say to the referee ‘ Well , I 'm only trying to help him ! ’ |
| 4 | I 'm only trying to help you |
| 5 | ‘ Listen to me , Dan , I 'm only trying to help you . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm only trying to help you , son . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm only trying to help you , ’ she said in a carefully reasonable voice . |
| 8 | well I mean I 'm only trying to get you to pick to pick it up one wee thing from every time I said , do have a chat with you , that 's what we always say , I 'm not expecting you to pick up anything else I 've said to you tonight cos I 'm only talking to you in general terms , but if you pick up one wee thing , right , story close |
| 9 | I 'm only saying thank you . |
| 10 | I 'm only going to say it once . |
| 11 | I 'm only going to give him his medicine . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But I 'm only going to kill him , ’ I said reasonably . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm only going to ask you these questions once , ’ he said , ‘ so listen . |
| 14 | I 'm only going to kiss you . |
| 15 | Well , I 'm all set to enjoy it , anyway . |
| 16 | I 'm not trying to talk you out of anything . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm not trying to kill them , but they are now working like everyone else in Europe . |
| 18 | Cos people often used to say to me because I 'd , I 'd played everything you could play except golf , and , and er , and I , I , people used to say you did two men 's work and you I , I met a chap one day , this was an instance , I 'm not trying to blow me trumpet do n't think that at all . |
| 19 | I 'm sorry , I 'm not trying to upset you . ’ |
| 20 | Giving evidence in his own defence , Murray told the court : ‘ I 'm not trying to say I 'm an angel but I 'm not guilty of these charges . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm not trying to put them on an equal par , but later Maxwell erm Action Group were concerned with four hundred and eighty million disappearing . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not trying to stop you . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm not trying to stop you going down Jean do you know that now , do n't you ? |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm not trying to cheat you . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm not trying to throw you here . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm not trying to bug you , ’ I said . |
| 27 | so you know I 'm not trying to stick you . |
| 28 | I 'm not trying to run him down but … ’ |
| 29 | I 'm not trying to hurt you , I promise you . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not trying to hurt you . |