Example sentences of "[v-ing] [coord] i [be] [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 | Not a lot was happening and I was really tired so I decided to go to bed . |
3 | ‘ I was terribly upset about my husband dying and I was n't 100 per cent . |
4 | ‘ 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 . |
5 | ‘ 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 . |
6 | Excuse me for swearing but I 'm just repeating what she said … |
7 | I was struggling and I was n't going anywhere . |
8 | Personally , I just get the feel going and I 'm out of here ! |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | I was busting and I was there going I said and I could n't exactly say can I go to the toilet ? |
12 | 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 . . |
13 | 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 |
14 | 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 ? |
15 | 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 . |
16 | It 's as if the relationship needed redefining and I was n't committed to doing that . |
17 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
18 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
19 | It was funny cos I could hear them talking and I was really sort of like |
20 | We well I was n't actually I was watching but I was quite surprised . |
21 | ‘ Well that 's just you dreaming and I 'm not going to argue with you . |
22 | 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 ’ . |
23 | 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 . |