Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] i be [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He persuaded them that I was not employed by the Government , explaining that I was under the Emperor 5 personal protection , which accounted for my escort of soldiers . |
2 | Well I can mind us making a wreath at school when Miriam died , that was the only only body I ever remember dying when I was at school . |
3 | One event which has lived in my memory , and which I would not have liked to repeat , was of cycling home one evening ( I lived near Altrincham ) — and I was in the middle of Barton Bridge when I heard a German bomber overhead — I have never pedalled so quickly since , realising that I was in the middle of a prime target . |
4 | While the war continued I could ( almost ) fool myself into believing that I was like those other women who were merely separated from their men ‘ for the duration ’ — or , if not that , at least I felt that my life was suspended . |
5 | It gets going and I 'm at I actually was |
6 | Thank you Chair , as the chair of that meeting yesterday , I was wondering if I was at the same committee as this m these minutes came from , because when I read the minutes two and three , I certainly did n't remember us passing those . |
7 | So be it but , remaining as I am of the view that they were a correct expression of the law , I repeat them as part of the ratio of my decision in this case . |
8 | And if I go to a rugby match , I do n't want to be accused of womanising when I 'm at Cardiff Arms Park cheering and shouting . ’ |
9 | Politics , he remembers , was ‘ just beginning when I was at Bristol . |
10 | The excitement of the adventure started to dissipate and I was left with the cold reality of knowing that I was on a train with hardly any money , no ticket and nowhere to go . |
11 | ‘ It 's a great comfort to me , knowing that I 'm on the end of a phone , should either of my children be taken ill , ’ says Elaine , 34 , a part-time marketing consultant and mother of two girls under four . |
12 | Somehow I find a little peace of mind knowing that I 'm in the one place in the world where I once knew true happiness . ’ |
13 | ‘ I just did n't have any other way of stopping you guessing that I was in love with you . |
14 | I remember one fella she was rolling and I was in the galley . |
15 | I found myself wondering , sitting as I was in my own pollution generator , about education . |
16 | A little later , I stood nervously beside my bag , hoping that I was at the right bus stop for Sligo . |
17 | However , seeing as I was in Rosslare that day , it amused me to keep an eye out for the car he 'd described . |
18 | I 'm really , really bored so I just thought seeing as I 'm on my own I 'd just tell you some slang erm for teenage languages . |
19 | Besides , I want to protect the remains of my privacy ; I do n't want to appear cold-hearted or stubborn ; but I know that when I try to make my life give me its answers to how I have come to my current concerns , I ca n't do it without feeling that I am on the edge of a dangerous fiction of self-description . |