Example sentences of "i be [v-ing] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I am getting used to picking you off battlefields , ’ Ratagan added . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm worthy of that title , but I am getting used to seeing unpleasant sights . |
| 3 | I am addressing this to the Chief Executive as I am uncertain which department deals with matters of building safety . |
| 4 | ‘ I am becoming accustomed to watching over you , ’ he added softly . |
| 5 | I am becoming sympathetic to those women of the suburbs . |
| 6 | As a next step , I am circulating this to the other departments and inviting their views and comments . |
| 7 | But I 'm getting used to it . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm getting used to living dangerously , ’ she retorted . |
| 9 | I 'm getting used to two o'clock in the morning . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm getting used to a new life . |
| 11 | ‘ I always feel I 'm getting near to my ideal bass sound , but it never quite transpires . |
| 12 | I tell you , Leith , I 'm getting near to the end of my rope ! ’ |
| 13 | I ca n't breathe — I 'm sweating — my bag 's banging on my hips and I 'm getting bruised to bits — I 've got to stop . |
| 14 | I do n't think I 'm eating enough to actually make myself go . |
| 15 | And the reason I 'm telling this to you , is because I want you to live . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm sending some to Antonia as well . |
| 17 | ‘ I was , yes , but I 'm growing used to the idea now . |
| 18 | I 'm saying that to you . |
| 19 | When I found out that we had been placed next to each other in class with all my friends around I went , ‘ Oh no , I 'm sitting next to Grant ’ . |
| 20 | And I 'm sitting next to you right . |
| 21 | I 'm putting that to . |
| 22 | I 'm doing twelve to three . |
| 23 | I could also see the colour of paint I was using due to the pearly-white bristles . |
| 24 | I was listening engrossed to the woman I was walking to work with , who the night before had found two night-screws stretched out on the desk in a passionate embrace when she 'd gone downstairs to the office to ask for a Tampax . |
| 25 | I was getting used to these burnt offerings and , strangely enough , was finding them , on occasion , very tasty . |
| 26 | I was getting used to that now . |
| 27 | I was getting used to the odd feeling of distance , which made it seem as if it was all about someone else , but it was alarming to see how most of the articles highlighted the love-story angle , rather than the conditions in which John was held or the reasons I 'd given as to why the Government should be doing more . |
| 28 | The question popped up so regularly I was getting used to it . |
| 29 | Even though I thought I was becoming immune to surprises from this species , what happened came as something of a shock . |
| 30 | COLBERT : I was sitting next to Bob Mcknight , and five seconds before it happened I said to Bob , the only person who can fuck this up is Tom Carroll . |