Example sentences of "[v-ing] i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | And if you 're to try and fill her shoes , which I very much doubt you 'll ever do , but if you 're to be even half the woman that she was , may God have mercy on her , then you 'll need all the reminding I can give you . ’ |
2 | ‘ You 're suggesting I 'll do so ? ’ |
3 | ‘ You 're not seriously suggesting I might do her some harm ? ’ |
4 | Miss H. K. Todd , of Ramsgate , Kent said : ‘ We should be careful to keep sex in check ’ — clearly suggesting I should n't go over the top with this topic . |
5 | ‘ Are you suggesting I should kill him ? ’ |
6 | ‘ Are you suggesting I should go out with him ? ’ |
7 | ‘ Are you suggesting I should cook breakfast for you too ? ’ |
8 | Sums of money I am describing tonight are large , revenue and capital spending combined , of over three thousand million pounds is many times the amount spent by quangos in Wales outside the health service and the grant represents a large share of my total budget for Wales and I hope members opposite are not suggesting I should cut spending on health , that is a vital service which I thought they supported as well . |
9 | A slim attractive girl in jeans hovered near , her pose suggesting I could approach her ; but before I could do so Señora Sanchez accosted me . |
10 | which I was n't suggesting I could , no |
11 | And suggesting I 'd creep out and send a postcard to some , well , some girlfriend or another ! ’ |
12 | I 'm not singing I ca n't sing . |
13 | Homeboy Ice T from south central Los Angeles also has an anti-cocaine song , The Winner Loses , but while Pop is singing I Shall Not Be Moved , Ice T is chopping up his racist mother and shooting cops in the face . |
14 | ‘ Once when all the chapels and the churches were thronged and full of singing I could have stayed because the flock was here , but now I have to go out seeking a flock . |
15 | out of the balcony and he starts singing I can see Keilly |
16 | With the sails furled , the device could be made to fold inward to the mast for loading and unloading I would suggest that here , a good idea lies begging . |
17 | Must now conclude trusting my dear that every blessing will attend you and trusting I may find you well when I return — kiss dear Fritz [ ? ] for me and believe me to remain Eliza |
18 | I , I mean I went like this into dinner okay , and I suppose everyone was like what 's she doing in a skirt or whatever cos they were all like looking and then like half way when I was eating I could feel them all staring at me and laughing and Jim and that lot were laughing and I could see Charlie |
19 | that 's why I was an A&R man for a while , trying to tell other people what to do without realising I should do it myself . ’ |
20 | So when I 'm knitting I will add a stitch each side for the seam if necessary , so that I do n't lose any of the pattern . |
21 | ‘ If that child is sick from laughing I shall hold you responsible . ’ |
22 | I sucked a huge breath , ducked low , praying I might yet slip through beneath the bulk of the web which I knew must be draped across the passage in front of me . |
23 | She 'd be there , waiting , in her own way praying I 'd make it back OK . |
24 | Well it 's all happening I 'll tell her . |
25 | If I nearly close my eyes and carry on walking I can pretend I 'm blind . |
26 | See when I 'm walking I can actually hear something in the back of |
27 | I read of tigers , rattlesnakes and circus animals , all of who have suffered at the hands of the human race , vowing I will never treat an animal in these ways . |
28 | ‘ I know , and if you do n't stop interrupting I wo n't tell you at all . ’ |
29 | Erm I think if someone er told me I need to control my car whilst driving I would have erm one hand on the steering wheel . |
30 | Mm stop the shoulders aching I would think . |