Example sentences of "'m [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You try and insult me when I 'm only being friendly . |
| 2 | Anyway , I 'm only being friendly with Dr Rafaelo so that he 'll arrange a meeting for me with the handsome Miguelito . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Perhaps you still think I 'm merely being vengeful towards a dead scholar who ca n't answer for herself . |
| 5 | I 'm merely being practical when I say our plan is quite clear . |
| 6 | I guess his leaving coincided with my dad stopping taking me to Elland Road so maybe I 'm just been sentimental for the happy days when I could get a parentr to pay for the tickets ! ! |
| 7 | Know what I mean , I 'm just being honest with ye . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm just being moody , that 's all . ’ |
| 9 | She told viewers : ‘ I 'm just being told that Princess Di and Prince Charles are going to get a separation . |
| 10 | I 'm just being realistic . |
| 11 | And if they 're hurt , then they might hurt me back , so really I 'm just being safe and secure . |
| 12 | I 'm just being paranoid . |
| 13 | And I 'm just being hysterical , I suppose , because I 've had too many of John 's terribly strong G and Ts and it 'll all look different in the morning and I 'll come to you and say sorry and was n't I being a silly girl last night , and you can pat me on the head and say yes , was n't I ? |
| 14 | Maybe I 'm just being traditional in my tastes ; it is probably important to watch the compilation in small doses and not sit through the whole three hours as I did . |
| 15 | I suppose I 'm just being nosey , but I was worried . |
| 16 | I know you 're in Tower Street I 'm just being facetious really . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's all right , David , I 'm just being clumsy , as usual . |
| 18 | I 'm just being realistic . |
| 19 | I was going nothing , I 'm just being sad . |
| 20 | No , I 'm just being friendly , cos when we moved into the church , people invited us around a lot , and it was really nice . |
| 21 | I 'm there-I 'm there at the produce store , at the post office , with my ‘ Hi ’ and my ‘ Bye now ’ and my ‘ Good . |
| 22 | ‘ Actually , ’ boomed their upwardly-registered mother , ‘ I 'm always being ACCUSED of looking like you ! ’ |
| 23 | No , I 'm home is always home . |
| 24 | in Ludlow , we 've to the er , the Whitchurch initiative , there 's something going on in , in Lud in Ludlow at present which is particularly education , social service linked at , but at the end of the day that 's also about jobs , two jobs of training , and perhaps one of the ways in which we solve er , land issues erm , and , and of course Craven Arms is now , is now coming up in each profile as needing something done , and I 'm also being approached about the East Water Block Coking where there are particular problems in those areas . |
| 25 | I 'm probably being a fool to turn you down . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm probably being hypersensitive , but sure . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm probably being neurotic . |
| 28 | The next , I 'm practically being adopted . |
| 29 | I wonder if that I 'm now being serious is this room big enough if a lot of people want to come ? |
| 30 | They are like , and I 've come here to maybe to help get them in a , a better position , because I believe that , only through him , what he 's told me about the club ; that it 's a nice club , a nice base for me to start off my career , because that 's what I 'm really am doing . |