Example sentences of "[v-ing] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently it 's like sucking I du n no salty warm yogurt . |
| 2 | I earned a few sous so I became more fantastical , maintaining I had met Brahmins who killed themselves on funeral pyres ; men with monkeys ’ heads and leopards ' bodies ; giants with only one eye and one foot who could run so fast they could only be caught if they fell asleep in the lap of a virgin . |
| 3 | The ones proving I wrote his poems for him ? |
| 4 | ‘ Are you suggesting I asked him to play slow music ? ’ she shot back , outraged . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you suggesting I 've taken drugs ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Are you suggesting I went into the house for some other reason ? |
| 7 | ‘ You 're not suggesting I turn up like Lady Godiva ? |
| 8 | ‘ Are you suggesting I remarry to pay Dickie 's school bills ? |
| 9 | Lord Aldington said : ‘ If you 're suggesting I knew they were behaving badly , then I did . |
| 10 | Being honest about our motivation is crucial since , at this stage , we might discover that it is not our own Dream at all , or that our motivation is somewhat dubious : ‘ It will impress my friends ’ , ‘ It will be one in the eye for my parents ’ , ‘ It will ease my sense of guilt ’ , ‘ It will make me feel more secure ’ , ‘ It will give me power over other people ’ , ‘ It will make me feel special ’ , ‘ It 's what my partner keeps suggesting I do ’ , ‘ It 's the opposite of what my partner suggests I do . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't handle stolen property , and damn you for suggesting I do ! |
| 12 | Are you suggesting I think she s immoral ? |
| 13 | He does n't think that widening the carriageway on the corner of Road and Road will be very sensible , but that was n't what we were suggesting , we were suggesting I think on er Avenue rather than so we 'll have to write back and tell him . |
| 14 | By all means snoop into my answer machine and sit through 20 messages suggesting I travel on a coach to Grimsby to review a Jive Bunny concert . |
| 15 | It 's only raining I mean |
| 16 | cos it 's not raining I do n't know what I 'm talking about |
| 17 | It 's speeding I expect |
| 18 | Heaving and struggling I managed to close the door , but it kept opening again , weakened by its storm-fractured clasp . |
| 19 | When young supporters chant ‘ We 'll be running round Pompey with our willies hanging out , singing I 've got a bigger one than you ’ , or some other scatological rhyme , slightly changed to fit the time and place , they are doing nothing new . |
| 20 | He was singing I do n't know why I love you , but I do , and a holiday couple in shades of beige were making it a waltz of dance-class precision . |
| 21 | words that yo people are using I 've got now , so I do n't even think of it , it 's just there and I just talk normal that 's the idea really and if anybody asks you what you 're doing , then you tell them and it and you say , if you do n't wish to be on it , well |
| 22 | Right , we 'll press on those in ing I accept that . |
| 23 | The most viable release binding I 've seen recently is this model from Swiss manufacturer Meyer . |
| 24 | Chocolate bars are available in many flavours , but for cooking I prefer plain dessert chocolate , which is mildly bitter , or the French bitter patisserie bars . |
| 25 | I 'd love eating I had roast parsnips , brussel sprouts , carrots , and boiled and baked alaska , and it was really nice . |
| 26 | Look , when you 've finished eating I think you 'd better come up to cabin 10 and get it sorted out . |
| 27 | If there 's somenthing I have n't got I park and bargain with the road workers . |
| 28 | Everybody knows — including I think members of the Council from all three political groups — everybody knows that we 've got increasing numbers of elderly people , we 've got increasing numbers of disabled and mentally ill people in the community , and if there is one service , and I know there are others , but if there is one service that needs constant new growth it 's Social Services , and that 's not me empire building or anything like that , that 's me simply saying in straight managerial terms there are forces which require us to increase the Social Services budget . |
| 29 | Anyhow the bridge collapsed and a number were drowned , including I believe , one of Great-Grandmother 's sons , Thomas Tallentire . |
| 30 | What chance did I have , fond of Bernard as I was , but also , as I daresay you have concluded , and like so many , including I daresay yourself , bored ? |