Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 However , my corresponding Ego fantasy is of losing my wits to such an extent that I am unable to work ; I am living in a filthy bedsit and the floor is strewn with pieces of paper that I am unable to make sense of , final demands which have not been paid , dirty clothes , plants which have fallen over , unwashed plates and mugs — and I am curled up in a foetal ball , wishing the world would go away !
2 ‘ The plain fact is , ’ Niki noted , ‘ that I am caught up in an insane series of setbacks which are oppressive in their consistency and which seem to … prey on my mind .
3 Many times I 'm called up by a local doctor and asked to do what is called a DV — a domiciliary visit to assess the mental state of an individual .
4 It is also quick enough to get me somewhere in a hurry if I 'm called out on an emergency .
5 I 'm called back by a member of the Guardia Nacional .
6 I smoked for twenty seven years , and erm I 'm getting on to a year now since I stopped smoking and I feel a lot calmer , I hated being a victim to cigarettes !
7 I 'm getting out for a pee in a minute , so I 'll get one out of the Land Rover if you throw the keys . ’
8 I have a feeling now , as if I 'm walking around with a sign on my back saying ‘ Kick me ’ , or ‘ I 'm a prat ’ , the sort of horrible joke kids play on each other , because I feel as though that 's exactly how people treat me .
9 I do n't know what 's happening to me — I feel as if I 'm walking round in a dream .
10 I had a word with Harry , an' I 'm buyin' in as a junior partner … always providin' you 've no objections , that is .
11 So she said I 'm coming up in a fortnight 's time the fourteenth cos it 's David 's birthday that week
12 I 'm coming down for a night , ’ said Louise .
13 Yes I 'm coming down in a moment .
14 I 'm sitting up on a hillside looking down on Lollapalooza , by a ski lodge which is shut down for the summer .
15 So that 's why I 'm going around with a little machine and a microphone on
16 When I 've bought my sons their shirts I 'm going on to a good academic bookshop to get an item for myself — a book called something like Syntax and Significance : A Cognitive Approach .
17 Just wait here , I 'm going up for a bath first , you can
18 I 'm going down for a week from 10 May to see many of them .
19 I do n't know if I 'm going down with a cold or something .
20 I 'm going out for a few minutes . ’
21 I 'm going out for a bit . ’
22 I 'm going out for a while .
23 She said , ‘ I 'm going out for a bit to see Dickie . ’
24 If I 'm going out for a professional dinner , something formal , I will wear an evening dress .
25 If I 'm going out for a meal with friends , I wear Richards Shops-type suits that are flowing , or have a fluid look .
26 if I 'm going out for a meal I prefer to try something different , you can have a steak at home , I mean
27 I 'm going out for a minute anyway , .
28 I said to her , ‘ Look I 'm going out in a couple of weeks , you must tell me exactly what happened so I can tell the papers about it . ’
29 But with his being tied up with a pension he gets twelve thousand pension as well .
30 Three weeks ago I was invited down to a meeting of water workers .
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