Example sentences of "i [am/are] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eyes sparkling , Vicky told me : ‘ Laurence and I are to spend the whole day together . ’ |
| 2 | I am creating the perfect relationship inspired by the statement ‘ feel the fear and do it anyway . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I am to give the first reading . |
| 4 | Even as I am recounting the edited version , it occurs to me that Fairfax has probably been doing the same thing . |
| 5 | I am emphasising the existential quality of dramatic playing here because it is in direct contrast to the expectations of acting behaviour to be found in some educational institutions . |
| 6 | When finally a small boy was sent to ask him what he was up to , he replied : ‘ Here I am building the biggest , the best kiln Hua Xian has ever seen ’ . |
| 7 | So I am telling the honourable gentleman yes indeed there there is a precedent . |
| 8 | Through you , Mr. Speaker , I am telling the hon. Member for Workington ( Mr. Campbell-Savours ) where the money has gone . |
| 9 | I am telling the hon. Gentleman what happened . |
| 10 | And Petrarch lived quite near here in Avignon , and I am seeing the same cypresses and oleanders … |
| 11 | Then it happens to another dancer and , as I am watching the same pattern of recovery , the man next to me throws his arms into the air , totters forward and begins to experience apparently involuntary spasms . |
| 12 | PS I am attaching the relevant sections of the script |
| 13 | So came what I am calling the liberal state . |
| 14 | I am evaluating the initial assessment tool from which care plans are formulated , based on the Roper , Logan and Tierney models . |
| 15 | With every breath I am allowing the healing energy to penetrate and permeate my lungs , heart , liver , kidneys and digestive organs . |
| 16 | " Now , I do n't expect an answer just now , but if I do n't know by dinner tonight , I am dismissing the entire staff without reference . |
| 17 | ‘ You must be the one to tell me I am doing the right thing . ’ |
| 18 | Earlier , at the start of the FACE photo shoot , the actor had confided , ‘ I 'm not sure I am doing the right thing . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't know if I am doing the right thing , but I want to make her feel safe . |
| 20 | And while you are collecting and structuring data about me , I am doing the same about you . |
| 21 | I am excluding the present proceedings from consideration here , since they are entirely untypical of what I do . ) |
| 22 | He was right : those promises are dishonest — I am quoting the Prime Minister , and he will hear this again — |
| 23 | If I set out to do something now , I will do it and I wo n't worry if I am making the right impression — if I fit in . |
| 24 | In that sense I suppose I am making the ultimate sacrifice . |
| 25 | By defining this insider fieldwork ( and the university experience which generated it ) as a liminal situation , I am extending the Turnerian concept ( 1969 , 1974 ) in which the individual moves temporarily into an unstructured and somewhat ambiguous state , during the initial process of passing through a rite de passage before returning to structure . |
| 26 | I am asking the hon. Gentleman whether he wants to go down that road . |
| 27 | The National Institute of Economic and Social Research has stated that , in the longer term — I am giving the hon. Member for Derby , North ( Mr. Knight ) his answer . |
| 28 | ‘ I am returning the delightful Quarto edition of Crowe 's poem , from which I have been able to observe what he did later with the piece . |
| 29 | My own plans are still totally up in the air , except that I am sure to resume my work when the new season gets underway — and then I am just going to make music wherever I am offered the best conditions for it . |
| 30 | ( I am told the two storey six-bed house first on left as one descends the hill rents for £350 or so , yes £350 , in high summer ) . |