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 . |