Example sentences of "that i am [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It may be they know that I am meeting somebody they are trying to affect through his hierarchy ; or it may be they need to find out something which they think I am in a better position to find out than they are .
2 ‘ The main reason that I am contacting you is that I thought you might be interested to know that John ( stage name Joan Rawson ) was awarded the Eric Rowley Trophy for the artist who has done the most for charity over the last 12 months .
3 If I was setting an exam paper for summer it would be something I would think about putting in not that I am setting it in case you think I had n't .
4 ‘ I can not believe that I am hearing you aright , my darling .
5 This is to let you know that I am leaving you .
6 I am already aware that I am beginning myself to use the acceptable university jargon that saturates the material that is presented within these diploma courses .
7 I will tell my steward that I am taking you on to the staff as — ’ he paused for thought for a moment' — as a tax consultant .
8 ‘ The point is that I am teaching them a difference , ’ Diana told a friend .
9 The fact that I am conning myself , and know it , does not , strange to say , seem to render the technique ineffective .
10 I happen to have half a dozen , and there is one , just one , that I am allowing you the privilege of riding , because I think you are capable of coping with it .
11 ‘ It may be , sir , that I am thinking what you are , if you follow me . ’
12 Not that I am encouraging you , mind .
13 I am sorry if the Minister finds it difficult to understand that , when I say ’ personally ’ in this respect , I mean that I am expressing my view and the view of my party .
14 And if her husband comes back , as he is apparently hinting he might , or if she moves , or gets a job , as she is always threatening to do if he does n't , or if my colleagues in the DSS find out that I am paying her , then even this hopeless arrangement will come to an end and I shall be back to the agencies and the advertisements , back to the interviews and the references , back to strangers in the house .
15 It pleases me that she called me my darling and not my little prodigy as she once did ; this is the best sign yet that I am winning her back .
16 I quote from my account of it in a letter to Elizabeth , ten years later : it will be seen that I am answering her questions .
17 ‘ For myself , I can scarce believe it is true — that I am to accompany you on so grand a venture . ’
18 He thinks that I am selling her for the night .
19 However , I do n't see myself as a jack of all trades ; instead I believe that I am broadening my range of expertise while remaining a commercial lawyer . ’
20 ‘ Bowe has always said that I am the man he wants more than anybody and now that I am giving him the perfect opportunity , he is shying away from it .
21 In the needs that I am proposing there is no claim to their universality over time and place , only that they are broadly applicable to most contemporary Western societies ( more or less ) .
22 ‘ Do n't start that again , Ruth , or I 'll manually wrench your other ankle after I 've spanked your backside for suggesting that I am keeping you from your work .
23 I would like to apologise to everyone concerned and reassure them that I am doing everything to resolve the matter of refunds .
24 Well on , I do it the right way , because I do n't always feel that I am doing it the right way .
25 ( Note here that I am doing my best to avoid speaking of conventional meaning , for I do not wish to beg the question yet against the second scenario . )
26 Once again I apologise and assure everyone that I am doing my best to see this problem through .
27 ‘ It might just be , ’ Hari said sharply , ‘ that I am making something a little bit different , giving personal attention to what the ladies require in a way that a big factory could not do . ’
28 Member will give me just a moment to finish the point that I am making I shall come to that .
29 ‘ Please believe me , this is my obstinacy — you are behaving honourably , honourably — I realise that I am jeopardising my chance of great happiness — but we know — both of us — there are times when the greatest danger has to be faced , the greatest risk taken because that small persistent voice will not allow us to escape our duty to ourselves .
30 ‘ My friends think that I am losing my mind .
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