Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [verb] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , at times in an ordinary reproductive life , I am moved not only to look after my own progeny but those of my sister as well , then I clearly increase my fitness above that due solely to selfish interests . |
| 2 | I feel I am bowling well enough to play for England again , though Ian probably was a bit unlucky . |
| 3 | Rather than examining the visibility of women in all the various types of sociological analyses of power , I am going instead simply to draw attention to an area in which the undoubted social power of women has not been considered at all . |
| 4 | But I am going out there to win . ’ |
| 5 | I should 've tidied up a bit — that would 've made Mr Jackson think I 'm grown up enough to look after myself , but it 's too late now . |
| 6 | I 'm grown up enough to look after Satan . |
| 7 | I 'm expected not only to foot the bills , but to add them up as well . |
| 8 | I 'm expected not only to foot , but also to add up , all the bills . |
| 9 | Cos that 's during the First World War , you see , and erm , he did and so he said goodbye to us all and he said I 'm going up now to say goodbye to your mother and he ran up the street here to say goodbye to my mother . |
| 10 | I 'll tell James I 'm going back home to see my mother . |
| 11 | This is my first letter to this magnificent mailing networky thing ( except it is'nt really because i had one sent back the other day , but that s another story ) This is also going to be my last for a while as I 'm going back home to newcastle tomorrow . |
| 12 | Yeah and the lad from work 's a scouser he 's said it , I 'm going home now to watch the football , I think he 's going there actually , I think he could be there , Rob you know him |
| 13 | So er , kind words to us , thank you very much , but there are bodies which are working very effectively to spread the net , er , my view , by the way , is of course erm , I 'm a great believer in , er pressures being exercised by every mechanism . |
| 14 | Modern gliders usually have spring-loaded caps which are pulled down firmly to prevent air leaking into or out of the wing . |
| 15 | You are expected not just to have one by you , but to answer it or , if you can not ( because you are ‘ in a meeting ’ ) , then to have a secretary to take messages and make sure that calls are returned . |
| 16 | As sober as judges and as reverent as pilgrims , we are gathered here today to witness the marriage of disco and rock , the funeral of Sinead O'Connor , the birth of cool . |
| 17 | ‘ We are working hard here to change a lot of things after all the problems the club suffered off the field last season . |
| 18 | Oh yes , just like him , we 're going out there to win , to accept the challenge with a will . |
| 19 | okay , okay erm yeah although normally you could do something like that while you can do that by phone you can call up and say yes we 're coming definitely just to get in touch and say it . |
| 20 | It is hoped that this will not be later than approximately 8 April by which time they are wanted back here to get on with parachute training . |
| 21 | In our view , Clause 28 does not stop them doing so unless they are setting out intentionally to promote homosexuality … . |
| 22 | They are refusing adamantly even to investigate thin slab technology . |
| 23 | They have scouts , but only in front , and they are riding too fast to see much of the ground . ’ |
| 24 | They are chained separately only to keep them clear of each other . |
| 25 | They are designed not only to keep out black people but to try and intimidate black workers already in Britain and make it harder for them to claim their basic human rights . |
| 26 | Most of the functions attributed to rises are nearer to grammatical than attitudinal , as in the first three examples given below ; they are included here mainly to give a fuller picture of intonational function . |
| 27 | They are qualified not only to check whether you need glasses but also to spot early signs of any serious eye troubles , as well as some other kinds of disease , and to recommend referral to a specialist when necessary . |