Example sentences of "[coord] i [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The cook 's latest masterpiece languishes in my stomach , and I am drinking a river-cooled beer . |
2 | These parties of mine have become something of an institution , and I am expecting a large number of people to come in and give their comments on the results in various constituencies . |
3 | Jackie is wearing a red tee-shirt and I am wearing a blue one . |
4 | Moods also do that to me , and I am fighting a dark one . |
5 | My brother and I are having a few people in for a drink before lunch on Sunday . |
6 | My wife is expecting and I 'm building a new house near Ballymena , so there was no sense really in chasing all over the country . |
7 | I hope you feel that I always let you follow yours , because , darling , your opinion on things affecting you and me , or either of us , I think important above all … you 're a bright star to march upon , and I 'm setting a steady pace . |
8 | and I 'm knitting a little lemon matinee coat |
9 | ‘ So far I 've seen eagles and many other birds of prey and I 'm keeping a close eye out for wild boar . ’ |
10 | Lot number eight Lot eight there we are there it is showing to you , Lot number eight and I 'm offered a hundred pounds to start me on it , one hundred pounds and ten , twenty , one hundred and twenty pounds at a hundred and twenty pounds all s all done at one twenty , one thirty , forty a hundred and forty pounds selling for one hundred and forty pounds , any more at one hundred and forty pounds . |
11 | Er Lot number eighty one Lot number eighty one er the inkstone there it is , Lot number eighty one and I 'm offered a hundred and fifty in two places one hundred and fifty , one sixty , seventy , one eighty , one ninety two hundred , two twenty two hundred and twenty bid at two hundred and twenty pounds two twenty only , at two twenty . |
12 | Lot number eighty eight Lot number eighty eight the bronze model there 's the bronze model showing and I 'm offered a hundred and fifty for it , one fifty , one sixty , one seventy any more ? |
13 | And Lot number one O seven , Lot number one O seven , the one-case inro there 's the inro and I 'm offered a hundred and fifty to start me , at one fifty , sixty , seventy , one eighty , one ninety two hundred and twenty is bid , at two hundred and twenty is offered , selling at two hundred and twenty , two forty , two sixty two eighty , three hundred and twenty , three fifty three eighty do you want to come in , sir ? |
14 | Erm I worked in the medical faculty but I actually left there yesterday and I 'm starting a new post in er ophthalmology on Monday so |
15 | , my first years had two children , had no breast problems and I 'm having a horrendous time just now and I 'm on H R T , I 'm on my third different kind ! |
16 | they 've got a children 's hospital there and I 'm doing a paediatric health course for a month . |
17 | There was this rather famous instance where he had to scrub the floor while Pamela and I were having a long and involved discussion , but I was told that people could n't take their eyes off him . |
18 | We were living in Surrey at the time and I was sharing a double bed with my brother , who 's five years older than me . |
19 | Gail was then a nursing supervisor of an Overseas Missionary Fellowship Home for retired missionaries and I was pursuing a high flying career selling shoes . |
20 | and I 've also got one album erm with a few pictures in from when I was in Kenya which was in nineteen eighty four so , you know , if anyone wants to see what I looked like in there I had longer hair and I was wearing a white coat so they 're very welcome . |
21 | ‘ That was yesterday and I was solving a different problem then . ’ |
22 | At that point we had six teens and early twenties at home and I was doing a great deal of relating to young people . |
23 | Last year we were going to er a show at er and I was doing a modern arrangement and er , we were in Norman 's van . |
24 | And I looked out and I was having a lovely little wander round |
25 | We were on to the pudding course by now and I was attacking a delicious crème brûlée with great gusto , while Sally sensibly preferred the fresh fruit salad . |
26 | He was pleased with his performance and said : ‘ I am playing well but I am lacking a little bit of killer instinct . ’ |
27 | I am fifteen I have just come down here in my lunch hour at school but I am having a good time . |
28 | But I am making a different point . |
29 | Well I 'm sorry like but I was getting a few interruptions on the landing |
30 | I was the best-known face in East Anglia , but I was having a terrible time . |