Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The woody floras of those forests that are surrounded on all sides by arid woodlands consist of species with wide neotropical distributions and many of them are found elsewhere in a wide range of habitats while few are restricted to montane forest . |
| 2 | I am employed here as a nurse in the premature baby intensive care unit and I 'm certainly kept very busy , the work often made more difficult but challenging in that I work alongside people from around 30 different countries . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not married at the moment , but I am looking forward to a very happy future with Natasha 's father . |
| 4 | If I am looking directly at a stick insect , 8 inches in front of my nose and in strong daylight , I shall not be fooled by it . |
| 5 | And I am voting tonight as a vote of confidence in John Major . ’ |
| 6 | This is a generic something : I am speaking here of a literary practice long and widely and variously undertaken , in relation to which Roth is both critic and executant . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | I am sitting now in an arbour of rust-coloured bougainvillaea drinking lukewarm , weak coffee , brought to me in a stainless steel pot by a waiter in a starched white uniform , thinking in an aimless way about this puzzle , when I see the waiter returning . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | I am ushered reverently into a cabin and pick up the quaint hand set , which has an additional round earpiece for clamping over the spare ear , so that I see myself reflected in the glass like a radio operator or a session singer . |
| 11 | ‘ I am going away with a nice feeling . |
| 12 | ‘ Mind you , I 'm regarded more as a provider than a goalscorer and I have n't done too badly in that department over the last couple of years . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It is also quick enough to get me somewhere in a hurry if I 'm called out on an emergency . |
| 15 | I 'm called back by a member of the Guardia Nacional . |
| 16 | Mr Wetzel says : ‘ I 'm looking forward to a reformed HCRC in 1990 . ’ |
| 17 | He tells me : ‘ Quite frankly after 10 years on shift work I 'm looking forward to a bit of a break . |
| 18 | ‘ Now I 'm looking forward to a new challenge . |
| 19 | I think I 'm looking forward to a normal day honey |
| 20 | I 'm looking now for a nice you know . |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | 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 . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I do n't know what 's happening to me — I feel as if I 'm walking round in a dream . |
| 25 | I 'm talking now as a consumer . |
| 26 | I had a word with Harry , an' I 'm buyin' in as a junior partner … always providin' you 've no objections , that is . |
| 27 | So she said I 'm coming up in a fortnight 's time the fourteenth cos it 's David 's birthday that week |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm coming down for a night , ’ said Louise . |
| 29 | Yes I 'm coming down in a moment . |
| 30 | It , it has n't been so far because I 'm left right behind a background . |