Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun sg] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he s , I said to him is it alright , says am I in danger of coasting if I 've got my foot on the if , if I 'm taking the corner in first and I 'm slipping and I got the clutch , I 'm using the engine but I 've , not much |
| 2 | ‘ It might well have been true that I was guilty of wasting the talent that I have ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It might well have been true , I suppose , that I was guilty of wasting the talent that I have , ’ says the 24-year-old from Prague . |
| 4 | That is £14 million more than previously planned , reflecting the importance that I attach to this policy . |
| 5 | It was my intention to spend my time there simply painting the landscape and I wanted to work with strong colour on a large scale . |
| 6 | like that , no one knew , I was driving the car and I recorded everything that was in the car all night no one knew until the end of the night , I got the tape home , I go this is gon na be interesting I had to do it on one of my tapes though |
| 7 | It may not be the first thing at the top of our minds when we 're , when we 're checking the thing but I think it ought to be checked for that . |
| 8 | There was n't much point in pressing the bell so I fooled around with a small bunch of keys I keep for occasions like this and finally felt the tumblers turn in the lock . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's just that he was passing the house as I came in and he looked at me really strangely . |
| 10 | May I join the Prime Minister — and , I am sure , the whole House — in sending good wishes to Her Majesty , and in expressing the admiration that I know is felt throughout our country , the Commonwealth and , indeed , the wider world for the wisdom , strength and dedication that Her Majesty has invariably shown throughout the four decades in which she has been our sovereign ? |
| 11 | Er I joined the police five years ago with the intention of helping and serving the public and I think er last year I done it . |
| 12 | no it 's not addressing the issue but I said in the longer term that could be one of the options |
| 13 | I mean I I I 'm confusing the notation but I 've put little quotes round it . |
| 14 | Of course , David 's bodyguards were guarding the door and I went to see what they wanted and this guy , who said he was the night detective , announced that unless we emptied the room in five minutes , he was going to close the party down . |
| 15 | He was basically directing the session because I did n't know Italian , neither did David . |
| 16 | I do n't , I 'm going the wrong way , I 'm going the way when I go with Jim the quick way |
| 17 | The whole thing 's rank , once you get down to details — ’ he laughed , ‘ but I 'm not selling the story until I 've got a job with another firm . ’ |
| 18 | I listened carefully to my hon. Friends , and especially my hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) , when they set out their ideas for extending and expanding the work that I have described in the affected areas . |
| 19 | But Gould said : ‘ I knew the financial problems facing the club when I became manager in the summer and it was my idea that I should work without a contract . |
| 20 | I was worried why am I bleeding the system after I 've done the radiators and changed them , you know repair the pipe work . |
| 21 | ‘ It is leap year and I lost no time in popping the question as I think he is the right man to lead Claro and Grindlewood Park into the twenty-first century . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not down , I 'm still grazing the mountain but I wanted to get some planting done . ’ |
| 23 | The Ballymena man said : ‘ I 'm really pleased about getting the job and I hope we can mark the occasion with a victory . ’ |
| 24 | They were up there admiring the sunset but I wanted to stop while there was still a bit of light . |
| 25 | I was supposed to be running the operation but I got caught up with other business . |
| 26 | Are you doing the middle cos I 've got ta get this in here ? |
| 27 | Partly , I was n't doing the work because I thought my tutor had decided I was a poof but , more importantly , I was dragging my feet because I was n't keen on the work itself . |
| 28 | I would to our officers they should not grant another contract to Borough Council until they start to use the correct machines for doing the work and I hope that that message now has got across to the cou county surveyor and he really ought to be talking to Borough Council to find out what they 're doing about it . |
| 29 | ‘ The decision to do so was one of the hardest I have ever made : but now that I am committed ( by dint of posting the letter before I had time to change my mind ) I began to be afraid of opposite extremes — afraid that I am merely indulging in an orgy of egoism . ’ |
| 30 | The production manager , for example , complained that , ’ … there 's no training needed to operate this , so it 's de-skilling the job and I do n't like that , I like to train somebody … |