Example sentences of "'m [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other thing I 'm on is this pill for obesity . |
| 2 | You try and insult me when I 'm only being friendly . |
| 3 | Anyway , I 'm only being friendly with Dr Rafaelo so that he 'll arrange a meeting for me with the handsome Miguelito . |
| 4 | When they say to you ‘ oh well , you know , surely you do n't mind a little bit of flirtation and so on ’ I think very often that 's an entirely mendacious reply , that they know perfectly well what you 're talking about when you talk about sexual harassment , and in the context of discussions in the SCR or over dinner , they simply do n't want to have to deal with it and so they will dismiss it by way of saying ‘ well , you know , I 'm only being chivalrous , or this is the way I was brought up ’ . |
| 5 | If the District Council were slack and did n't ask them to do it , we , we have no guarantee that er , that the premises that I 'm in are , are safe . |
| 6 | So I 'm down are n't I ? |
| 7 | Perhaps you still think I 'm merely being vengeful towards a dead scholar who ca n't answer for herself . |
| 8 | I 'm merely being practical when I say our plan is quite clear . |
| 9 | No I 'm not are not having anything this for Christine . |
| 10 | you know there was something wrong I was sitting listening I mean I 'm not been involved when you were talking about the stock take somewhere along the line a few things have slipped because when you go back , in the days when I used to be morning stock takes , we used to before the event , you would nearly always have the counts done . |
| 11 | ‘ One thing I 'm not is a good Catholic girl , ’ she confessed with a smile . |
| 12 | I 'm not am I ? |
| 13 | I 'm not am I ? |
| 14 | No , I 'm not am I ? |
| 15 | I 'm not am I ? |
| 16 | I 'm not being unkind , I 'm sure they can also see the funny side of it . ’ |
| 17 | Look at all the things I 've done — I 'm not being choosy . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not being nosey or nothing . |
| 19 | I 'm not being stuck away in some smelly old truck . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm not being facetious … |
| 21 | I 'm not being one of them at any given time , because that is so stupid . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not being critical of our unions , but there should have been marketing people approaching the corporates even during the World Cup ’ , he says . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm not being coy , ’ she protested . |
| 24 | I hope I 'm not being tactless . ’ |
| 25 | Although I 'm not being like one of these people who does everything and then tells everyone not to do it . |
| 26 | No , I 'm not being pompous . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not being modest about it , but I was lucky to be in the right place at the vital moment ’ , he says . |
| 28 | I hope I 'm not being facetious , but they 'll have a hell of a time with him … |
| 29 | I 'm not being inquisitive , Captain , and I know it 's none of my business , but why do you remain anchored here ? |
| 30 | I value Clare and I 'm not being patronising when I say that . |