Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i am [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only it could tell me how I am failing it . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ You wonder why I am warning you , instead of rounding you all up ? |
| 5 | It is why I am sending you away . ’ |
| 6 | Most people who notice it at parties are too polite to ask what it is and why I am wearing it , but to the few who do I say ( because I find it embarrassing to explain ) that it is concerned with the story of the sinking of the Bismarck ; and then relish the look of puzzlement on their faces . |
| 7 | In which case , it seems worth asking why I am considering them at all within the limited confines of this book . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't think why I am telling you all this , ’ she said , embarrassed . |
| 9 | Ellen 's is a true story ; perhaps it is even the reason why I am telling you Flaubert 's story instead . |
| 10 | ‘ That also is why I am telling you this . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know why I am telling you all this . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Good , ’ said Miss Hardbroom , ‘ then you will understand why I am giving you one hundred lines which will say ‘ I must tell the truth at all times . ’ ‘ |
| 13 | That is why I am asking you now to become a Friend of Save the Children . |
| 14 | Yes , why I am asking you or I did I say |
| 15 | Speaking as one who is struggling to maintain a reasonable level of racing fitness , I often question myself as to why I am doing it . |
| 16 | Why I am driving you home . |