Example sentences of "i [be] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was pleasant but had I been blindfolded I would not have been able to tell the difference from its cheaper , non-organic counterpart . |
| 2 | out my nails look , I been scrubbing it everyday . |
| 3 | Henry and I are doing it , as the resident textile rescue-squad . |
| 4 | In the novel I can believe he is saying such things , perhaps because I am hearing his voice in my head , in the privacy of my own mind ( I am thinking him ) and I am extremely relieved to hear him say them because his words bring to an end a certain kind of conflict between himself and Connie . |
| 5 | She says I have just bought this pram from a jumble sale and I am thinking I may use it as a flower pot and maybe make some model babies out of flowers . |
| 6 | ‘ I am thinking you are not understanding the management of these people . ’ |
| 7 | I am hoping we can now arrange a telephone link-up with the Theobalds to discover whether they will , after all , be coming to the party tonight . |
| 8 | ‘ I am hoping you 'll agree to an interview for Der Spiegel . |
| 9 | ‘ I am hoping he will run on Saturday . |
| 10 | It 's a slur on the town 's industry which I am hoping he will now withdraw . ’ |
| 11 | So it is a major curriculum initiative itself and I am hoping it is going to have a knock-on effect and get people to consider the way they teach fairly radically . |
| 12 | Insp Best said : ‘ I have come here with a very open mind but what I want to do is to develop the skills I have already and I am hoping it will give me more confidence . |
| 13 | Mimesis has been one of the great seminal works for the study of literary style , and on that ground I am discussing it here ; for a number of reasons , however , it now seems to stand on the margins of modern approaches to literature . |
| 14 | So , rather than binning them directly , I am passing them to you ( and your Convocation Office colleagues ) . |
| 15 | I am fondling her like a memory , in the way you stroke a cat : knowing it 's there , glad it 's purring , but letting thoughts wander like your fingers tickling the fur . |
| 16 | And , Father , he asked — the lord sheriff asked — that I should beg you to have Brother Cadfael informed also , and when the morning comes , if you permit , I am to lead him to the place , to meet the sheriff there . |
| 17 | ’ 'T IS glad I am to 'ear it , me lord , ’ came the mocking response . |
| 18 | ‘ I am holding you directly responsible for the decline in his health . |
| 19 | I am bringing you to la Principessa . ’ |
| 20 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 21 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 22 | She said : ‘ I am enjoying it although it is difficult for me with the customers as I do n't know the shop . ’ |
| 23 | P.S. They cook good western food here , and I am enjoying it now and then as a change from Chinese . |
| 24 | I am enjoying it . |
| 25 | Back in Fr Butler 's home parish of St Lachtain in Freshford , Kilkenny , Fr Seamus Henry said : ‘ I have n't been in touch with John for some months but I am supporting him in a pastoral way . |
| 26 | I am inviting you to consider some of the steps which have been developed to promote the level and quantity of language skills which are needed to sustain and develop the social infrastructure in relation to the public services in a multi-lingual Britain . |
| 27 | A way round this hearsay evidence is for the officer to say ‘ The passenger Mr. Jones says he is not licensed to drive this car so I am reporting you ( the defendant ) for quitting a vehicle ’ etc . |
| 28 | ( Ail of which are well represented in the story as I am learning it . ) |
| 29 | ‘ But I 'll need some support if I am to give him the service he wants . |
| 30 | Most people who notice it at parties are too polite to ask what it is and why I am wearing it , but to the few who do I say ( because I find it embarrassing to explain ) that it is concerned with the story of the sinking of the Bismarck ; and then relish the look of puzzlement on their faces . |