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 .
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