Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [adv] [v-ing] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am also assuming that you will be with us on Thursday 8 and Friday 9 June . |
| 2 | ‘ I am just hoping and praying he is not going to be used as a human shield . |
| 3 | I am not saying that unpleasantly : I am just recognising that there is a philosophical divide between us . |
| 4 | I am just saying that we have no other alternative . |
| 5 | Now , I am sadly lacking when it comes to corresponding , but that time I did manage to write and thank her , adding that she would always be welcome to come and call if she ever was in the area . |
| 6 | I am simply denying that God ( whatever we may mean by God ) could be of such a kind that God could intervene in human history , or be revealed through particular events in history , or through a particular person , in a way in which God is not potentially present to us in and through all acts and persons . |
| 7 | I am simply arguing that Brooke-Rose 's analyses point toward her later use of what she herself describes as ‘ metaphor ’ at the level of discourse . |
| 8 | I bear this in mind for my next visit and reflect that I am already learning and making mental notes about this hitherto unfished — by me at any rate — stretch of river . |
| 9 | I am neither condoning nor criticising all these changes but it is vital that we do something to counteract this decrease in activity . |
| 10 | If they do n't respond I will say the next letter will be , okay I am now resigning and your car and your stock wo n't be returned to you er but I 'm holding them in lieu . |
| 11 | I 'm talking about saving human life governments over the last twenty years , troops over the last twenty years , policemen over the last twenty years , laws over the last twenty years , and politicians , including myself , have all failed in all the efforts that we 've made including condemnation of violence , everything , but I am now saying that this dialogue is the best hope I 've seen or , surely I 'm entitled to say to the Prime Minister , alright given that I have said that why do n't you put me to the test ? |
| 12 | I am only suggesting that you take a little time off , shall we say , until you are quite well again ? " |
| 13 | I am only guessing because we do not talk about things like that . |
| 14 | I think I am only saying that anyone who has followed the history of this controversy over the last twenty years will already see reason to think that the friction produced by quarrelling among good causes is enormous and it is a luxury that we simply can not afford . |
| 15 | And it provides a cover for racist fantasies such as these comments of primary school teachers — ‘ Southall stinks of curry ’ or ‘ I am always sneezing when I come here . |
| 16 | If you play professional tennis , then it is even more important to have good technique because I am always saying that in a draw of 64 or 128 people , they are all watching how you play and of course they will find out what is happening with your game . |
| 17 | The best known is the ‘ plain ’ blue variety ; over the past few years the new ‘ red ’ form has become very popular with Apistogramma enthusiast — this form has an orange-red centre to the caudal fin and a lot of orange-red in the dorsal , and is the type I am currently keeping and breeding . |
| 18 | She is my responsibility and I am merely suggesting that you may want to go home . |
| 19 | I am merely arguing that the role in science attributed to observation statements by the inductivist is incorrect . |
| 20 | I do not wish to convey a sense of complacency ; I am merely saying that the Northern Ireland economy has done very much better in the latest recession — and would have done better still had it not been for the appalling IRA atrocities that make inward investment so difficult . |
| 21 | I am therefore recommending that each Senior Assistant within Council Tax should be responsible for a team of staff dealing with all aspects of Council Tax for a geographic area . |
| 22 | Not that I am deliberately distorting or mis-speaking our findings , but because I have selected and imposed an order on the research which suits my theoretical and creative purposes and which therefore paints nature in the colours in which I wish to view it . |
| 23 | If , on the other hand , I point to an object in my immediate surroundings and say " this chair " , then , unless I am deliberately lying or trying to mislead , I indicate an implicit assumption on my part that there is something out there , something external to my act of pointing , which I take to be a chair . |
| 24 | Coun Joan Wade said : ‘ I am absolutely fuming that our young people are missing out again , ’ referring to the Radio One Roadshow , with Jakki Brambles and special guests , that will be broadcast from Stewart Park , and broadcasts from Middlesbrough Arena . |
| 25 | I 'm strongly thinking that at |
| 26 | I 'm simply saying that because of the nature of our interest in guitars and playing , that 's the way it is . |
| 27 | I 'm not disputing that , I 'm simply saying that perhaps we have a management problem here where we could be doing things differently and I 'd like to hear some positive suggestions from housing officers as to how you can address that . |
| 28 | Erm I 'm simply saying that there is a possibility of a an inner relief road taking some of the traffic , an inner northern relief road , taking some of the traffic that might otherwise have remained on the A sixty one . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm simply saying that Sarella disclaimed all rights to Uncle 's bequest before becoming engaged to me . |
| 30 | ‘ Personally , I 'm rather hoping that the romance will just fizzle out . ’ |