Example sentences of "i [be] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I been spending a lot of time with her these days . |
| 2 | ‘ Filippo and I are throwing a bit of a party this evening . |
| 3 | However , she continued to write and then Meehan himself sent the first of many letters , beginning , ‘ Dear Mr Kennedy , I am serving a Life imprisonment for a horrible murder in which I was never involved . ’ |
| 4 | Here I am holding a model of a tetraneedle carbon in four different groups of ten and here is it 's mirror image . |
| 5 | ‘ I am composing a poem , which begins : ‘ Sir Walter Scott , Ought to be shot … ’ and I want to work in something about hits and arrow slits , but I 'm not ingenious enough . ’ |
| 6 | I am learning a reality of slow warmth . |
| 7 | I am enclosing a photograph ( opposite ) of the aircraft , that I took when I was serving with the Communication Flight based at RAF Lydda , Palestine , ( now Ben Gurion Airport , Israel ) during the latter months of 1942 . |
| 8 | I am enclosing a copy of the script for the section on Health . |
| 9 | I am enclosing a copy of the final version of the script for Project Video . |
| 10 | I am enclosing a copy of the script for the Animals section of our Project Video English language teaching video programme . |
| 11 | Naturally we have had a number of people who have not renewed this year , and I am enclosing a list of those to all Teachers who are involved — please , if these people do return to your class this term give them a gentle reminder . |
| 12 | ‘ Perchance he desires not to receive me — and 't is by his wish I am denied a sight of him . ’ |
| 13 | It would be inequitable to those who take a contrary view to that of the hon. Gentleman if I were to see him exceptionally , in addition to all the other representations that I have received from him , now that the consultation period is over and I am reaching a conclusion on the matter . |
| 14 | As you see , I am entertaining a visitor . ’ |
| 15 | I have a problem , I am dressing a doll for a ‘ Name the Doll ’ competition for our local committee of Cancer Relief and Cancer Research . |
| 16 | I am laying a scheme to get them all turned out against Michaelmas ’ . |
| 17 | I am an ex-employee of Sainsbury 's Westgate , Oxford , and I am organising a reunion for former employees . |
| 18 | I am using a range of paints produced in Australia by Art Spectrum which includes colours with names like Tasman blue , Flinders blue violet , Australian leaf green and Pilbora red , designed for use in the southern hemisphere . |
| 19 | I am using a pitching wedge in these photos and I suggest you do , too . |
| 20 | You see , I am using a quote here , they are so openly aggressive and surly … |
| 21 | In case you think that I am advocating a policy of lunatic aggression , no , I am not . |
| 22 | ‘ All they 'll know is that I am escorting a companion who is totally irresistible , and they 'll fall for you as I have . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Like I said , I enjoyed being with her , but you would have to be some kind of retard to get turned on in those scenes by thinking I am kissing a sex symbol … |
| 24 | Or if someone says What are you doing ? we can just answer Eating a mango instead of I am eating a mango because we know that I am is understood and does not have to be said . |
| 25 | I am reading a menu . |
| 26 | " I am reading a book . |
| 27 | At times like these , while I am watching a midnight sunset or sunrise , I shed a tear for those poor campers putting up with long hours of dark in the Himalayas or the like . |
| 28 | I shall reject all arts and entertainments which depend on participation in the feelings of other people , whether these people are real or imaginary , whether I am watching a game or watching a theatre . |
| 29 | ‘ I am writing a treatise , have been for years , on the maintenance of the king 's peace in London . |
| 30 | I find that I am writing a kind of completely sterile account of their life . |