Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time I am curled up in my bag I am totally content , warm and well fed , exhausted but not wanting to sleep for fear of missing these moments of happiness . |
| 2 | However , my corresponding Ego fantasy is of losing my wits to such an extent that I am unable to work ; I am living in a filthy bedsit and the floor is strewn with pieces of paper that I am unable to make sense of , final demands which have not been paid , dirty clothes , plants which have fallen over , unwashed plates and mugs — and I am curled up in a foetal ball , wishing the world would go away ! |
| 3 | I am curled up in the armchair , flicking through a book . |
| 4 | Do n't remember going to bed , but I must have done because I am sitting up in Nigel 's parents ' bed writing my diary . |
| 5 | ‘ The plain fact is , ’ Niki noted , ‘ that I am caught up in an insane series of setbacks which are oppressive in their consistency and which seem to … prey on my mind . |
| 6 | Does this mean that as I am going up in the lift , I see it expanding ? ’ |
| 7 | Mr. Chairman , ladies and gentlemen , it is n't that I would like to say a word , it is that told me to say a word , and I realise I am starting off in the right way . |
| 8 | Can you see what I 'm holding up in my and this morning ? |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm stopping up in the wood . ’ |
| 10 | No matter that I 'm dressed up in my Sunday clothes . |
| 11 | Perhaps that 's old fashioned but then I 'm getting on in years . ’ |
| 12 | My parents will go crazy if they find I 'm tied up in yet another messy murder . |
| 13 | I do n't know what 's happening to me — I feel as if I 'm walking round in a dream . |
| 14 | So she said I 'm coming up in a fortnight 's time the fourteenth cos it 's David 's birthday that week |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll give you fifteen minutes ; then I 'm coming back in , ’ he said , putting his head round the door just as she threw back the covers . |
| 16 | ‘ When I 'm coming down in that parachute , I 'm feeling pretty nervous , but it 's wonderful the way I can feel the audience reacting warmly towards me . |
| 17 | Yes I 'm coming down in a moment . |
| 18 | I 'm going round in circles here , I know , that 's why I bought the refill for , that 's what I 'm saying I do n't know what the other one is , |
| 19 | I 'm going up in the bedroom next . |
| 20 | I 'm going down in about a month 's time . |
| 21 | I 'm going back in three days . ’ |
| 22 | Oh well I 'm going back in time to catch up with your side . |
| 23 | No , he came out for about ten minutes then he said I 'm going back in the house mummy , just then flopped on the chair |
| 24 | I said to her , ‘ Look I 'm going out in a couple of weeks , you must tell me exactly what happened so I can tell the papers about it . ’ |
| 25 | I 'll do my best , er , I think I 'm going out in London then are n't I , looking at the rest of the |
| 26 | she said well I want me boots back for Thursday night cos I 'm going out in them |
| 27 | I 'm going out in the middle of a field . |
| 28 | she said and now I 'm finishing school I still need them sometimes for a meal and then I 'm going out in the W R V S shop , something like that in the chain , |
| 29 | So I thought well I 'll carry one of these for when I 'm going out in my car to which , you know , and if somebody does come up to me I can use it in a positive manner while in a split second time for me , hopefully beca , cos of my range of work |
| 30 | I hardly think so , seeing as I 'm going out in approximately two minutes |