Example sentences of "and i [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cook 's latest masterpiece languishes in my stomach , and I am drinking a river-cooled beer . |
| 2 | I am an ex-employee of Sainsbury 's Westgate , Oxford , and I am organising a reunion for former employees . |
| 3 | I have the sense to choose nutritious , healthy food , and I am lasting pretty well . |
| 4 | It has given me many happy memories and I am looking forward to our all meeting again soon . |
| 5 | I am a staff nurse on a continuing care ward for elderly people and I am looking into ways of designing a new care plan assessment for our residents . |
| 6 | Whelan said : ‘ I 've never played against Vinny before and I am looking forward to it . |
| 7 | ‘ I think that it is tremendous that the Australian Wine Bureau is offering so many people the chance to play tennis competitively at great venues and I am looking forward to passing on a few tips to the winners — before joining them in a celebratory glass of Australian wine . ’ |
| 8 | We have one possibility but the case is still under investigation and I am looking for possible motives . |
| 9 | It certainly was as far as I was concerned , and I am looking forward to making a booking for next year . |
| 10 | And I am looking for 100 per cent loyalty . |
| 11 | ‘ It is a good set-up and I am looking forward to the challenge , ’ said O'Brien , who will be taking his first managerial role at non-league level after many years in coaching jobs with Marine , South Liverpool , Northwich Victoria and Warrington . |
| 12 | ‘ An exciting game offers the chance of me being a hero and I am looking forward to it . |
| 13 | An exciting game offers the chance of me being a hero and I am looking forward to it . |
| 14 | ‘ An exciting game offers the chance of me being a hero and I am looking forward to it . |
| 15 | My best years are ahead of me and I am looking forward to next season . |
| 16 | Now that I am retired , I find I am spending more and more time on voluntary charity work , for which I am very happy to take part , and I am hoping to make a start on making small wooden articles including picture and plate frames . |
| 17 | At the time of writing I am involved , as I mentioned , in some surveys of visitors to the British Museum and I am hoping that we shall be able to get some schools who had had organized visits to the museum , to obtain essays about the visit from the children involved . |
| 18 | ‘ I have two years left of my contract , and I am hoping to have a benefit in 1995 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ He ran well from a bad draw when beaten about four lengths at Redcar recently and I am hoping to run him in the Portland Handicap at Doncaster . ’ |
| 22 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 23 | Word filters through some of you are not receiving all the material that you would like and I am hoping to rectify this by having an up to date record of what is needed . |
| 24 | This means that there will be no restriction on the number of places available and I am hoping that as many parents as possible will come and so help to make a real occasion of it . |
| 25 | ‘ I am celebrating 10 years in management today and I am struggling to think of a worse away performance . ’ |
| 26 | He explained that his wife was a permanent invalid , unable to come to church , but said he : ‘ Since the day we got married we have shared everything we had and I am bringing this home to give to her . ’ ) |
| 27 | And I am voting tonight as a vote of confidence in John Major . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He is provincial ; and I am using provincial as a word of high praise . |
| 30 | Because they Hyflo has 4 outlets , and I am trying to keep within budget , I would make do with 4 plates with a gap of a few inches between them — the overall effect should be total bottom filtration as there would be some sideways suction across the gravel in the gaps . |