Example sentences of "i [be] taking " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only will I be dealing with some of your concerns through ‘ Vet 's Corner ’ , but I am taking them up with the very people who make the food — with some eye-opening results ! |
| 2 | ( It may be objected that I am taking far too earnest a view of a wonderfully comic fictional character . |
| 3 | I am taking one final bit of advice before I bat it back to Noel Wilson in the Computing Service , and I imagine we will have reached some conclusion to the game before the end of June . |
| 4 | It was as if he was making a declaration : I am taking this Boy home , this Boy of ours , and this is how I feel about him . |
| 5 | ‘ I am taking those two under my wing . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't think I am taking this line merely because I have been corrupted by a philosophical training and can not come off the fence . |
| 7 | I am taking responsibility for my life . |
| 8 | I am taking a lesson in Class 6 in a school half-way up a mountain in an attempt to find out how well the children understand their English reader . |
| 9 | If , on the other hand , I am taking six ferrets then I need two boxes — one for four as already described and another for the remaining two animals . |
| 10 | I am taking a party of racing people , some of whom you will surely know . |
| 11 | Suppose I am taking prescribed medication ? |
| 12 | ‘ Next time I am taking the air in the palace gardens , I shall send word to you , brother-in-law , ’ I said . |
| 13 | I am taking you to the house of Robert Asshe , in Holborn . |
| 14 | Q I am taking a course of antibiotics and continually take anti-histamine tablets . |
| 15 | ‘ I am taking four days off to spend with my wife and young baby , ’ he said . |
| 16 | ‘ I am taking you to the dressing-room where the ladies are gathered , they would be your best customers , I do n't doubt . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I am taking my domestic home , ’ I said , surprised at how calmly I lied . |
| 18 | ‘ As for this , ’ she said , ‘ I am taking this , my sweet , to show your father who , I feel sure , will not want to let such a thing go unnoticed . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I am taking you out , ’ she announced . |
| 20 | In this discussion I am taking for granted certain obvious features . |
| 21 | Suppose that I point at a chair and say ‘ By ‘ chair ’ I mean that ’ , nothing in what I have done creates the desired meaning for the word ‘ chair ’ unless I can further characterise what it is about the object I am pointing to that I am taking as relevant ; for example , I might say ‘ that sort of furniture ’ , and this would improve matters , but I have to have the concept of furniture first . |
| 22 | I am taking all possible steps to prevent their mov. along rds. but this will NOT completely prevent them as they are short of food and being harassed . |
| 23 | Annie said , ‘ Since you mention it , I am taking a holiday . |
| 24 | Just because unsubstantiated rumours abound that Terry 's brother Ted occasionally supplies me with specialist literature from the Continent , it does not mean I am taking backhanders or looking favourably towards Terry when including him in the first team . |
| 25 | LADY DAVERS : I am taking Pamela . |
| 26 | " Since you do not want the maiden , I am taking her for myself , gracious princess ! " he called . |
| 27 | ’ I am taking evasive action ’ . |
| 28 | Mr. Wakeham : I agree that the way in which the House has dealt with European matters in recent months has left something to be desired , and I am taking steps to try to improve it . |
| 29 | I am taking him to prison in my country . ’ |
| 30 | I will tell my steward that I am taking you on to the staff as — ’ he paused for thought for a moment' — as a tax consultant . |