Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1904 he wrote to the poet and critic Arthur Symons : ‘ I have , however , of late years , lapsed so deeply into my early weakness for verse , & have found the condensed expression that it affords so much more consonant to my natural way of thinking & feeling that I have almost forgotten the prose effusions for the time . ’ |
| 2 | Rather than concluding that I had been too radical in Opposition , I fast came to the view 1 had been too cautious . |
| 3 | Erm I came to see you a few weeks ago at night you know er It 's just like I 'm just filling up , you know , with mucus and stuff and coughing and I had er no sleep for about a week . |
| 4 | Just to set the scene and seeing as I have n't been in the plot too much lately . |
| 5 | And seeing as I have n't got an account with them I do n't think they 'll say well you can have some anyway . |
| 6 | My boyfriend said he would stay at home and be the househusband and look after the children and do co co , the cleaning and cooking if I stayed at work . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Indeed it was one of the most shocking stories of police corruption and legal incompetence I had ever read , and believing that I had the ability to rectify it , I decided , whatever my other commitments , that I must bring it to public notice as soon as possible . |
| 9 | In the end , my knitting was getting so chewed with all the knitting and unravelling that I took it off on waste yarn . |
| 10 | She looked at me for a moment , measuringly , as if wondering whether I meant it . |
| 11 | And it was one of those such nights that at half past seven I 'd just got most of the fires set and ready to er er just on and going and I 'd half an hour to get everything straightened and ready for eight o'clock opening , and the door at the back went , which was where the office used to be . |
| 12 | I had no such skill , but I was learning , and it was an infinite satisfaction to keep Joanna moving , and going where I wanted her to go , with the sweep . |
| 13 | As we walked to the restaurant I felt miserable , foreseeing argument and dissent and wishing that I possessed the charm and the experienced polish to ease the tension between these people . |
| 14 | After six sessions I was ready for the test , driving from Eaton Park , on all types of roads , sticking religiously to speed limits and observing as I drove . |
| 15 | The magazine America had already written about this ; it had published an interview in which I announced that I wanted to hand my collection over to the Tretyakov Gallery as a gift , and saying that I intended to make Lilya curator of the collection . |
| 16 | ‘ George Courtney is special and sent me a letter congratulating me and saying if I need any help , just to give him a ring . |
| 17 | So I took my time over the bread and dripping and I spilt my cocoa on the floor in an effort to play for time . |
| 18 | a few years ago when my sons were teenagers I had some nice dripping and I said , you 've never had bread and dripping and I gave them some , I put a bit of salt on , I said , try this , I loved a bit of med bread and dripping when I was your age . |
| 19 | But my efforts at poking her rear end were fruitless ; she faced me all the time , wide-mouthed and growling as I circled . |
| 20 | Or he 'll be round here , stamping and yelling and I have n't the strength for it . ’ |
| 21 | Well I do n't think actually , I mean I can remember and I do n't quite understand what 's going on here , keeps swapping and changing and I do n't understand it . |
| 22 | I was stiff and shaking and I had my face in my hands , crying unrestrainedly . |
| 23 | And then , suddenly , she was struggling and screaming and I had to hold her wrists to stop her from scratching me . ’ |
| 24 | Perhaps my basic thoughts were externalized by reading Crime and Punishment by Dostoievsky , and realizing that I had a basic Napoleonic complex . |
| 25 | I was in charge of the rummage crew , and feeling that I had done my bit went to find the others . |
| 26 | Time was impossible to measure down in Chard — it always is when you 're a child — and I remember one day chatting to Uncle Cyril and feeling that I 'd been living there for an age . |
| 27 | really but seeing as I know her erm I thought I might give her a ring . |
| 28 | Oh I know but saying that I think my kiddies ' school 's all right so I 've got |
| 29 | By next morning I 'd only got as far as realising that I had to talk you round . ’ |
| 30 | If , when hearing that I have been stilled at last they stand at |