Example sentences of "am [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be interesting to know whether Petrey really does hold the views I am attributing to him , and whether he thinks that speech act theories of semantics are therefore based on a fundamental error . |
| 2 | Barnes , 30 , added : ‘ I knew fairly soon that I was out of the Test match and now I am struggling to be fit for the Taranaki game on Wednesday . |
| 3 | As I am drawing to a close , as I can find no further connections or criticisms of these two books however obvious or unobvious they may be , I would like to leave you with an appropriate quote from one of my books . |
| 4 | I wonder if we can get to the point of my question , it may be my fault but I will try again , the reason I am suggesting to you was the decision was made to update the service charges once a year was because if you did n't update the , the existing brochure might mislead , is that right or not ? |
| 5 | I am returning to the UK later this year ( I will be living in Hertfordshire ) , having spent six years abroad because of my husband 's employment . |
| 6 | If their full bellies make me fail to recognise my communality with a woman of colour whose children who do not eat , because she ca n't find work ; or a woman who has no children because her insides are rotten from home abortions and sterilisation ; or if I fail to recognise the lesbian who chooses not to have children , or the woman who remains closeted because her homophobic community is her only life support ; the woman who chooses silence instead of another death ; the woman who is terrified lest any anger triggers the explosion of hers ; if I fail to recognise these women as other faces of myself , then I am contributing to each of their oppressions , but also to my own . |
| 7 | I am praying to the God of Laughter for unconditional mercy . |
| 8 | I am dying to that old life , to that old self and I am following in this new life , and therefore , I am going through this , this symbolic act of being baptized , of dying to the old and being raised a new life in Jesus Christ . |
| 9 | There I am laughing to myself , I thought you stu , and I was lost , you know ! |
| 10 | As I take this bread and drink this wine , I am affirming to men , and to angels and to demons , that I believe Jesus Christ died for me , and I identify myself with him in his sacrifice for me . |
| 11 | I have , as a result of the new storyboard , got a detailed list of proposals and suggestions from the new programmer which I am faxing to you ( eight pages to follow ) , and which will form the basis of formal discussions between the programmer and myself and possibly David , and from which we have to derive a proper technical specification . |
| 12 | I am writing to you about the case of Im Su-Kyong , who was arrested for ten years for attending a peace march from North Korea to South Korea . |
| 13 | I am writing to you to ask if it is possible to obtain drawings , designs and or working instructions for making what is known as a Steamer Chair . |
| 14 | But if you have the gift of sight , please close your eyes … and I feel confident you will extend a helping hand to those on whose behalf I am writing to you . |
| 15 | I am writing to you about your father . |
| 16 | The reason I am writing to Mamma is to show her that I know my duty and that I am with the deepest respect her devoted son . ’ |
| 17 | I am writing to you to pass on some information regarding Clown Loaches . |
| 18 | Once again I am writing to you on behalf of Pat McDonald , who is in Riyadh . |
| 19 | As promised , I am writing to you to explain why your Board and its financial advisors Purchase and Szell consider the Anglo-Welsh takeover bid to be wholly unacceptable and why we strongly recommend you to reject it . |
| 20 | I am writing to you for information about the kind of courses I read about in the article on the Features Page of last week 's Daily Telegraph which gave the address of your organization . |
| 21 | I am writing to you regarding a letter in your February/March issue from David Sedgwick . |
| 22 | I am writing to you in my capacity as Chairman of the Committee for International Justice and Peace of the Catholic Bishops ' Conference of England and Wales , to express our concern about the danger of nuclear proliferation . |
| 23 | Q : I am writing to you after reading the article ‘ Upgrading your Hard Disk ’ in the June 1992 issue . |
| 24 | I am writing to you because of a letter in the autumn 1991 issue . |
| 25 | I am writing to second her proposal ! ! |
| 26 | I represent the 17th Waltham Forest Company of the Boys Brigade and am writing to you for help . |
| 27 | Now I am writing to you to ask for your help , and I ca n't blame you if you do n't come . |
| 28 | It is with great dismay that I am writing to you following the presentation of the Editing for Industry awards in Torquay . |
| 29 | I am writing to you to offer you an appointment in the grade of Curator Grade G on a casual ( ie temporary and non-pensionable ) basis to work in the , a department of the National Library of Scotland . |
| 30 | He mentioned then a touring display on the poet Hugh MacDiarmid , and I am writing to you now with some more information on the display . |