Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] i am [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then with an ever deepening sinking feeling inside I realise that I am bound for failure once again . |
| 2 | ‘ Please believe me , this is my obstinacy — you are behaving honourably , honourably — I realise that I am jeopardising my chance of great happiness — but we know — both of us — there are times when the greatest danger has to be faced , the greatest risk taken because that small persistent voice will not allow us to escape our duty to ourselves . |
| 3 | But if I gu an I am searched , dat is what I hate |
| 4 | The Government 's commitment to the environment can have no credibility — I stress that I am talking about the Government , not the Minister — if the Prime Minister and the Chancellor do not think that the environment is important , even if lesser Ministers do . |
| 5 | I am sorry if the Minister finds it difficult to understand that , when I say ’ personally ’ in this respect , I mean that I am expressing my view and the view of my party . |
| 6 | It all makes me even more angry at the injustice of the situation , and then I worry that I am passing on that anger when I 'm with the boys . ’ |
| 7 | You know that I am trying to bring up these girls to be strong , patient and unselfish . |
| 8 | It may be they know that I am meeting somebody they are trying to affect through his hierarchy ; or it may be they need to find out something which they think I am in a better position to find out than they are . |
| 9 | I know that I am providing an unusual excuse for those dastards interested in luring some member of the opposite sex into a dark and confined space , but I would be glad to hear about experimental results . |
| 10 | How do I best practise it and know that I am loving God ? " |
| 11 | ‘ I know that I am dying , ’ he said , ‘ and I am so angry with God for letting it happen , and with my family for refusing to let me work through it . ’ |
| 12 | And yet , I know that I am cheating . |
| 13 | Erm , current speaker will next speaker by name , so when I speak to you and I call your name , you know that I am talking to you . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Suppose that I am hoping to discuss some urgent problem with a friend , and ask , |
| 16 | Suppose that I am supplied with a sequence of electrons which have been prepared in such a way that they are all in the same state of motion . |
| 17 | Suppose that I am sitting by a bowl of fruit ; my hand hovers over a pear , then a peach catches my eye ; their distinctive favours revive in memory and pull against each other , then my hand moves over and picks out the peach . |
| 18 | Suppose that I am committed to an ideal of conserving areas of natural beauty or variegated wild life in my country . |
| 19 | Suppose that I am playing against you ( though , as we shall see , ‘ against ’ is precisely what we do n't have to be ) . |
| 20 | In answering the question posed by the preliminary issue in this case affirmatively I believe that I am doing no more than giving the answer that is clearly called for by application of the common law principles of the law of negligence . |
| 21 | However , I do n't see myself as a jack of all trades ; instead I believe that I am broadening my range of expertise while remaining a commercial lawyer . ’ |
| 22 | I find that I am writing a kind of completely sterile account of their life . |
| 23 | " I enjoy playing in Europe and still feel that I am learning all the time . |
| 24 | And now at last I feel that I am emerging from the defilements , I have reached my own self as a swimmer reaches the shore . |
| 25 | ‘ Sometimes I feel that I am imprisoned there . |
| 26 | At moments all is well , and then at others I think that I am flying apart . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , I will give you my address , but they think that I am touring with my friend Laura Parslow and her family . |
| 28 | In case you think that I am advocating a policy of lunatic aggression , no , I am not . |
| 29 | You are the most ill-mannered , arrogant man it has ever been my misfortune to meet and if you think that I am going to obediently trot over there and start picking up that rubbish now … ’ |
| 30 | And if you think that I am going to sit here — ’ |