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 .
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