Example sentences of "[verb] i [be] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think I 'm having a nervous breakdown ? ’ |
| 2 | My mum thinks I 'm having a great time , as I tell her that I am but it 's a lie , and it has n't got any better . |
| 3 | Noticing I was buying a new battery for my headtorch he grinned knowing and said : ‘ Oh-oh ’ Somebody in for another Hebbert epic ? ’ |
| 4 | She said , Listen I 'm giving a little bit Peggy because , she said , I could n't go away if I could n't come to you . |
| 5 | I can hardly believe I am addressing a married lady ! |
| 6 | I was told I was getting a direct order , but I refused to pack and asked to see the governor . |
| 7 | you know I 'm having a clear out and he promised him a tin |
| 8 | ‘ I find I am learning a great deal . ’ |
| 9 | At times like that I feel I 'm doing a good job . |
| 10 | Ah he said , smashing , I thought I 'm giving a little bit back see ? |
| 11 | Then a reaction set in , I thought I was getting a silly schoolgirl hero-pash on him , and the other thing began to happen . |
| 12 | I thought I was doing a good enough job against Southampton to stay on . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought I was marrying a fellow immoralist ; scratch her and it 's a New England Governess . ’ |
| 14 | Corden said : ‘ I do n't want people to think I am deserting a sinking ship . |
| 15 | Last night I dreamt I was eating a rubber NME . |
| 16 | ‘ What I mean , ’ said Robert , feeling a direct approach was required , ‘ is that I think I am having a nervous breakdown . ’ |
| 17 | If , if you get it if you get it everyone has it I think I 'm doing a little bit what we did last night Excuse me . |
| 18 | She said I was having a lovely time looking all round these things ! |
| 19 | And she bought things with her erm twenty five pound voucher said I was having a lovely time and I forgot the time ! |
| 20 | ( 7° ) I 'm writing to say I 'm having a marvellous time here The gestural usage must be glossed a little differently , as " the pragmatically given space , proximal to speaker 's location at CT , that includes the point or location gesturally indicated " . |
| 21 | As I turned into the street I felt conspicuous , to say the least , in a red Porsche and wished I was driving a ten-year-old Japanese saloon like most of those rusting away on both sides of the road . |
| 22 | I must say I 'm seeing a new side to you today , and I ought to have suspected it before . |
| 23 | I ca n't say I 'm doing a Page-type thing in the studio , but he was someone who was able to make very soulful records , and that was something that generated excitement in me at the time . |