Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] i [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Noticing that I was not provided for , he slapped his right-side coat pocket and , diving in , produced an opened packet of Gauloise Bleu , from which loose container he took out a cigarette . |
2 | After checking that I was not talking to the media , I asked what the nature of her enquiry was , and she proceeded to furnish me with the facts . |
3 | ‘ I 'm not milling about , I 'm not lurking and I 'm not amassing , ’ Otley said vehemently as Nigel pleaded with him yet again . |
4 | I shot him between the eyes and then I was off , down the smallest streets , and I did n't stop pedalling until I was back in this Villa Baderini , which , as a matter of fact , used to be my father 's . |
5 | Not a lot was happening and I was really tired so I decided to go to bed . |
6 | ‘ I was terribly upset about my husband dying and I was n't 100 per cent . |
7 | I 'm laughing cos I 'm so happy . |
8 | ‘ 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 . |
9 | ‘ But I do n't suppose she 'll be doing much painting while I 'm here . ’ |
10 | I think you need reminding that I am not your property ; never have been and never shall be ; and that you have no right at all to touch me if I do n't wish it , and none whatsoever to hurt me . |
11 | I also wonder , seeing that I am not too old in the tooth , how many other wartime fishing kids are still around and as fishing daft as ever . |
12 | ‘ It is hard enough for me to run my practice here , seeing that I am that strange animal , a gentleman . |
13 | Realising that I was now unrepresented in the 5 ft 11 inch society , I searched my soul , but had become insufficiently double-jointed to see round the back ! |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Remembering that I am not defining housewife as a woman dancing attendance on a healthy but indolent male but as a person looking after babies and others who need looking after , what do feminists think the housewife should live on ? |
16 | I have now had to learn to cope with my problem and think before I react , remembering that I am now an adult . ’ |
17 | ‘ 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 . |
18 | Excuse me for swearing but I 'm just repeating what she said … |
19 | Waking bright and early the next morning I reached for a copy of Delicacy as the most economical means of establishing whether I was still alive . |
20 | Erm , but those , that has all my appointments on , and I use a very simple system of crossed hatching when I am away from my base for , for the bulk of the day . |
21 | I was struggling and I was n't going anywhere . |
22 | ISWALLOW hard , suspecting that I am about to become another statistic in the rising tide of Tube violence , 380 reported assaults a year and mounting , 16,000 other crimes . |
23 | After confirming that I was n't taking any medication , she gave me two small white pills with a glass of water and sat me down , explaining that my Mother had been seriously burned and the pills were to help me with the shock when I saw her . |
24 | 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 |
25 | ‘ I would n't be going if I was n't absolutely fit and confident of the people and equipment on the trip , ’ he insists . |
26 | Personally , I just get the feel going and I 'm out of here ! |
27 | be late , because then I would be lying cos I 'm just home and I want to get |
28 | Her mouth was everywhere , biting me and sucking my mouth and kissing me , and her fingers pinched and stroked her legs coiled round my legs until every bit of me was throbbing and burning and twitching and I was only conscious of never wanting it to stop . |
29 | The operation was carried out at the National Heart the next day , with the odds improving and I was then transferred to Harefield for five weeks . |
30 | I admit , the figure 's gone a bit , but then it started going when I was still twenty-five . |