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 .
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