Example sentences of "i be [v-ing] [to-vb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | so she him put him straight through and then goes , Mr Smith , erm , my name 's Mike , er , you do n't know me , but I 'm a graphic designer and er , my wife and I are trying to emigrate to Canada , and erm , I 'd like you to send me some business and give me two free tickets for it . |
| 2 | ‘ I am refusing to accede to your request on the grounds that it will make you insecure ’ |
| 3 | I am writing to respond to Mr Dave Ayres , whose article appeared in your February 1992 issue . |
| 4 | I am writing to appeal to you or your readers . |
| 5 | I am writing to reply to your correspondent H Wilson ( Letters , 10 April ) who attacks my advocacy of tactical voting published in your issue of 3 April , and my contention that there was little to choose between the Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos . |
| 6 | ‘ I am trying to describe to you what happened to me , what I was . |
| 7 | ‘ I am trying to explain to you , ’ Miss Honey said patiently , ‘ that we are dealing with the unknown . |
| 8 | ‘ I think what I am trying to explain to you , ’ she said , ‘ is that over the years I became so completely cowed and dominated by this monster of an aunt that when she gave me an order , no matter what it was , I obeyed it instantly . |
| 9 | I would agree that the doors of the English department should not remain closed to theoretical challenges , and in this book I am trying to respond to them . |
| 10 | Forgive the typed letter — bit impersonal , but I am trying to get to speedy grips with the little apple laptop powerbook 100 which I got when George was home — heaven alone knows how I would have done without it in the last few weeks . |
| 11 | I am trying to keep to a very strict timetable . |
| 12 | Often they say , ‘ I thought that I had been through all this and settled it in my mind ten years ago , yet here I am having to come to terms with the same issue all over again . ’ |
| 13 | Incidentally I am planning to go to the Blackburn home game on the 23rd October . |
| 14 | However , fuel economy is poor and as I am planning to drive to Morocco next year I am thinking of fitting a Ford V6 3.0 litre or 2.8 litre engine . |
| 15 | My next step is to decide what I am going to use to pre-bait with over the next three weeks . |
| 16 | The ideas in child art education I am going to put to your notice may be new to some . |
| 17 | ‘ It constitutes an element of credibility for the multi-annual plan that I am going to submit to our shareholder in order to consolidate our recovery . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I am going to explain to you why we went to war . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't think I am going to talk to Shaunagh again , ’ he said . |
| 20 | The dreadfulness of what I am doing to her , what I am going to do to her makes me feel ill . |
| 21 | You 'll be pleased to know dad , that I am going to go to the tomorrow night . |
| 22 | There is a mouse above me in the roof and I am going to listen to it . |
| 23 | I 'll call for a vote for quite clear I am going to stick to what I 've said that I consider that the amendment has been proposed it can be if it 's to be accepted it can then be accepted by the Committee as a whole |
| 24 | I have got two children and I 'm hoping to go to college when my youngest daughter is three cos I ca n't get her , ca n't go until she is three cos the creche wo n't take them until they 're out of nappies and three year old . |
| 25 | ‘ What I 'm trying to say to you is , this is a hard business . |
| 26 | Erm what I what I 'd like to , I mean I 've written out in rough you know , what I 'd like to send out to departments with the the the homework timetable and it 's just , you know I I 'm trying to say to the members of staff I do n't wan na interfere with the way that they organise their departments or their classrooms but I want to propose , you know that things like all seventh year classes should have one homework per subject per week . |
| 27 | So whi what I 'm trying to say to you is that you should have four sides of written text , whether it 's on two pages , three or four What I will do is go through the headings and give you a very brief description of that so that you know roughly what 's in them . |
| 28 | Right , now I 'm trying to say to you is , that if , if you write , you write all these things down , you 'll find that one thing wo n't react with another , you know we were talking about interacting |
| 29 | You 're not the first person that have ever thought of it though , that 's what I 'm trying to say to you |
| 30 | I 'm trying to talk to you . ’ |