Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] 'm [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm not milling about , I 'm not lurking and I 'm not amassing , ’ Otley said vehemently as Nigel pleaded with him yet again . |
| 2 | I 'm laughing cos I 'm so happy . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've never been interested in driving and I 'm not going to start now , ’ said Liz , who works at Courtaulds Electrical Insulation at Runcorn in the UK . |
| 4 | ‘ But I do n't suppose she 'll be doing much painting while I 'm here . ’ |
| 5 | I try it for a bit — you know , pretending that I 'm all frozen , but someone on a bike comes down the path and I got to move to get out the way . |
| 6 | ‘ They say that pain is good for writing and I 'm not sure about that , but I guess my trouble is I do n't know how to keep a distance . |
| 7 | Excuse me for swearing but I 'm just repeating what she said … |
| 8 | Oh aye , I said to John I said well I say well how far we 're going cos I 'm not keen on going right a long way |
| 9 | Personally , I just get the feel going and I 'm out of here ! |
| 10 | be late , because then I would be lying cos I 'm just home and I want to get |
| 11 | I think that we have a very butch attitude , I think the government has a very butch attitude quite honestly , er to , you know , you 've got to er stand up there and help yourself , and I suppose I 'm all for that , but you 've got to have something to help yourself with , and I think that 's where we ought to be aiming and I 'm very glad that the world 's leaders are heading straight in that direction . . |
| 12 | You 're saying that I 'm pretty hopeless at everything , but somebody might , just might , be prepared to put up with my teaching . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I was simply saying that I 'm not a total stranger to your country . ’ |
| 14 | I stand here , I am not a perfect minister because I am over forty I 've got children that are not too awkward but erm , could be awkward and , I have n't a spouse ah and ah I stand here saying that I 'm not good at everything I 'm good with young people , I 'm not o only good with old people I try to do my best . |
| 15 | Now , having started in that light , I may be going to disappoint you by saying that I 'm not in fact going to spend the next erm fifty minutes or so talking about the moral , political , philosophical implications of Darwinism . |
| 16 | Let me finish in a very positive note in saying that I 'm as concerned as the speaker to which I reply that that day will be reached and reached soon , please God , when we can sit down together and share fully in the sacrament of the lord 's supper . |
| 17 | No , I do n't want to do that I just said to her , I said you know , you can sort of erm ask Brenda she said I 'm doing that I 'm not on christmas day , would you ? |
| 18 | Now that seems to me , that might induce er slightly might do , but I could I I think that , wha I what I thought you were saying was different from what you ended up saying and I 'm not sure which |
| 19 | See , it 's gone five and she 'll be creatin' if I 'm not back for my tea . ’ |
| 20 | Well that , that 's what I 'm saying is that , I think what we have to start doing and I 'm not suggesting you 're not doing , but I just want to talk about this in , before we practically kick off on the course proper , I think what , I mean that comes off , and then the oil starts dripping out of it , and the minute the oil starts dripping out , then we become quite a good artist are n't we ? |
| 21 | And I was saying but I 'm not cos I mean like day weeks he goes yeah but you 're just as bad as all the rest of them , you would be and he would n't say anything , you know , he would n't even tell me that . |
| 22 | I do a lot of sketching when I 'm out , of real people in the street . |
| 23 | I do a lot of sketching when I 'm out , of real people in the street . |
| 24 | I 'll think of stopping when I 'm not . ’ |
| 25 | I think I 'm getting a bit of a reputation for talking when I 'm not supposed to . |
| 26 | ‘ I know I do n't , but I might as well make myself useful , seeing as I 'm back , ’ she snapped . |
| 27 | Because I 'm going out with people from work tonight and seeing as I 'm so it 'll look a bit off . |
| 28 | ‘ Well that 's just you dreaming and I 'm not going to argue with you . |
| 29 | It is the power to apply punishments as well as the power to control any discussion of rights and wrongs , the power to say ‘ that 's just you dreaming and I 'm not going to argue with you ’ . |
| 30 | I was gon na get well I 'm contemplating but I 'm either getting four cans of Strongbow and a bottle or just eight cans of Strongbow . |