Example sentences of "i [verb] [v-ing] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | No it 's to much of a , I hate saying I 'll go out at eight o'clock and tell him to be home and at quarter too eight he has n't come and oh , I 'm to tired really , but , so I 've always played it that I will help when I when I can , but uhum , I do n't go on the committee , cos then your stuck , you 've got to go . |
| 2 | But I hate doing I hate creepy crawlies , I hate spiders and I hate going in the loft . |
| 3 | She had n't last time I , cos we were talking about er when I say talking I do n't mean nastily but the last time I saw Janet I asked after Wendy and she said she was still working and enjoying her job and the children were growing up and she did n't mention any other children so cos her husband works away a lot of the year does n't he ? |
| 4 | We tend to think of these beautiful insects as being very brightly coloured but when I began experimenting I was unable to get convincing results . |
| 5 | Although I am still nervous at the thought of doing a talk in front of strangers , once I get going I enjoy every minute of it . |
| 6 | I 'm a nice person , but when I get going I 'm like a madwoman . |
| 7 | I remember imagining I was going to the market to buy food , and suddenly felt this agonising pain in my bottom , and saw my skirt all ripped , and blood — I thought I was revolted , and yet it was followed by masturbation . |
| 8 | ‘ About three years ago , I started thinking I would like to try and start a business ’ , she says . |
| 9 | People will stand there and they will clutch something , you see their knuckles are white you know and these sort of things erm or they 'll have their notes you know here , and let's be honest about it yeah I can remember when I started training I think you know you used to cling to your notes a three feet flipchart , you know what ca n't you see ? |
| 10 | I have been a keen metal detectorist for some years now and shortly after I started detecting I became aware of how difficult it was to find a good pair of gloves which would keep the hands warm and dry , but still allow a reasonable amount of dexterity for detector operation . |
| 11 | When I go skiing I want dozens of fast tows to whisk me to the top of runs and ensure I do n't have to queue for 20 minutes behind a junior racing team , trying to unclip each other 's bindings and seeing how far they can spit . |
| 12 | When I go shopping I |
| 13 | I keep thinking I 'm invisible ! |
| 14 | I keep thinking I 'm a bell ! |
| 15 | I keep thinking I 'm a bird . |
| 16 | I keep thinking I know them . |
| 17 | I keep thinking I know them , these that are wheeled on trolleys or borne on stretchers . |
| 18 | I keep thinking I 'll put a padlock on , but I never get round to it . |
| 19 | Anyhow , I keep thinking I 'm a common household pest . |
| 20 | I keep thinking I 'm going to get stamped on , even when the clots are calling me Franz . |
| 21 | ‘ I keep thinking I 'm seeing them , ’ he said . |
| 22 | " I keep saying I 'm sorry this evening , " she said , coming closer to him . |
| 23 | I keep saying I said to Dennis , well it 's on our property . |
| 24 | I tell you what I keep saying I 'm gon na do but I ai n't |
| 25 | I keep forgetting I got my straw hat on . |
| 26 | Well I keep forgetting I 've I 've left it in the fridge ! |
| 27 | Looking back , I fancy that when I went skiing I always hoped that the snow was covering some kindly grass , certainly not something as hard and painful as the arres of Pierre-Saint-Martin . |
| 28 | Sometimes I took speed — ‘ blues ’ , little blue tablets — to keep me awake , but they made me depressed , they made my testicles shrivel up and I kept thinking I was getting a heart attack . |
| 29 | After I moved to my apartment in the Hotel España I kept hoping I might be able to persuade you to come and share it , or at least to take the one next to mine , which was empty . |
| 30 | First time , but I kept when I kept going I kept slipping . |