Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there is no point denying that I suffer from Denial , because this means only that I am guilty of Deep Denial . |
| 2 | In those days before the National Health Service , one did not run off to the doctor except in real emergencies ; but , at this juncture , my mother , noticing that I showed unusual signs of debility , urged me to seek medical advice . |
| 3 | Now the Times has never asked me to write a leading article announcing that I have some doubts about the quantum theory |
| 4 | Before I was in the band if I saw that something was happening that I did n't like I 'd say nothing and go along with it . |
| 5 | From a letter to my mother dated 2 May , which has escaped destruction , it is clear that I had just written to Eliot explaining that I realized the undesirability of publication , unless indeed Rowse himself were prepared to give it his endorsement . |
| 6 | I believe now the driver — I did n't see who it was — was checking that I had left the pub . |
| 7 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |
| 8 | Every now and then Mazzin would run his hands over me , checking that I had n't somehow ripped off the bindings and was n't about to attack him . |
| 9 | He was just checking that I had n't left for good , was glad that I had n't , and was that real coffee he could smell ? |
| 10 | This is an aspect of weaving that I had n't thought about until I read Audrey Palmer 's book ‘ Create with Knitweave ’ . |
| 11 | That 's why I 'm so thankful that I 'm on the reading and that I like sewing , I like walking and I 've made some very nice friends within easy walking distance , I can go out and have a coffee with them , because I , while I 'm recovering from the agony 's of from the finance |
| 12 | In November , I wrote to him pointing that the formal period for consultation was ending and I asked when we might hear his response to the Green Paper . |
| 13 | Erm and it 's a bit like timekeeping I mean they they 've got their own system now for evaluating how good they are at time keeping and I think the erm the figure they try and hit is about ninety five percent is n't it of trains arriving on time . |
| 14 | So there 's an example of where it 's happening and I hope it will happen over the whole field . |
| 15 | Right you have to come I think the basis of this evening was to get people to come along and put there points of view and to say what 's happening and what is n't happening and I think we can take that take that away and considerate it yes I mean I I think the board or the management committee will be happy to meet with people to discuss the use of the theatre er what it 's used for what might what the unhappiness is if there is unhappiness and the positive and the positive as well as the negative points yes . |
| 16 | Your party , your other , never mind , and when that happens you get poaching and I 've always said , if you treat your membership properly they 'll stay with you , but you 've also got to remember that the union is in dire financial straits , or so it tells us . |
| 17 | Look , I 'm dying and I do n't know how . |
| 18 | ‘ Tenzing and I shook hands and then Tenzing threw his arms around my shoulders . |
| 19 | Stein said yesterday : ‘ Mr Beller told me told that if things were not sorted out by tomorrow , the company would cease trading and I do really fear that this is the end . |
| 20 | Stein said yesterday : ‘ Mr Beller told me if things were not sorted out by tomorrow the company would cease trading and I do really fear this is the end . |
| 21 | And he said , I had all that and that 's why every time you called me something I just kept laughing cos I had it on tape . |
| 22 | The shops were opening and I browsed for a while in one that sold books as well as newspapers and magazines , but I failed to find the American edition of Rodriguez 's book . |
| 23 | ‘ If I 'm driving and I see someone commit an offence or something a bit dodgy I always make a mental note , ’ he said . |
| 24 | ‘ If I 'm driving and I see someone commit an offence or something a bit dodgy I always make a mental note , ’ he said . |
| 25 | She listened without interrupting until I had said all I wanted to say . |
| 26 | And they all started laughing and I wondered what they were laughing at . |
| 27 | At least , out here , I have — I admit this with shame — I have delivered an extended breech with the nurse giving chloroform at one end and praying and me delivering at the other end and swearing , and the baby lived , the mother lived , and everything was all right . |
| 28 | They were endlessly busy when they were n't praying and I remembered their surroundings as always faintly shining . |
| 29 | I try to pretend it is not happening but I know it is . ’ |
| 30 | Or are you sulking because I rejected you ? ’ |