Example sentences of "i [be] [adv] taking [art] " in BNC.
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1 | When I say that Dolores had never heard the term gig before joining the band I am not taking the piss or ridiculing her . |
2 | I am not taking an easy road and that I risk not being understood by many fellow countrymen , " he wrote , " but this is the only road I can follow in conscience . |
3 | In the same letter to Katkov Dostoevsky also claimed that the murder was itself the merest peg ; ‘ I am only taking the accomplished fact ’ ; and he went on to assert that the human type ‘ which corresponds to this crime ’ was the creature of his imagination . |
4 | I 'm just taking a coat outside . |
5 | I 'm not I 'm just taking a sip |
6 | I 'm just taking the ends off the |
7 | over a number of years I was subjected to domestic violence , erm , the last time I left I did n't report it right away , morally it was my son , I did n't want to drag him through the court , but when I did I was told no , your too late , you will just be seen as a woman scorned , your trying to get revenge , and that 's it , no , I 'm not taking a statement . |
8 | I 'm not taking the bloody drop for them . ’ |
9 | I 'm not taking the pictures for the reason I first picked up a camera . |
10 | Yes er no , I 'm not taking the planning minutes . |
11 | I 'm not taking the mick , I 'm just saying |
12 | Listen , listen , listen I 'm not taking the piss out of the point cos I know the point 's very serious but I 'm taking the piss out of the way he said it cos I think he sounded stupid but that does n't mean I have any disrespect for erm |
13 | Yeah I know all that but I 'm not taking the piss out of that cos obviously the way he said it ! |
14 | The bird is much the liner of the two , of course — I 'm only taking the dragon to make a pair with the bird . |
15 | so I 'm actually taking the first three weeks and you 're taking the last |
16 | ‘ At that time I 'm usually taking the children to school . ’ |
17 | We watched that last night do n't matter we watched that last night and he were chittering away about summat , I were n't taking a lot of notice |
18 | ‘ Actually , I was n't taking a walk . |
19 | It 'd been an embarrassment to me , but I said I was n't taking the bag , that the other guy could finish the round and that I 'd wait until tomorrow . |
20 | Well I was n't taking the piss out of you , I might have told her . |
21 | ‘ I was simply taking a break , that 's all . ’ |
22 | ‘ I was just taking a walk . ’ |
23 | ‘ I was just taking the dog for a walk . |
24 | I was just taking the children for a walk in the park . |
25 | I was still taking the heroin and now I 'm addicted to Valium as well . |
26 | I was only taking the out . |