Example sentences of "the [noun] i [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | because I do n't speak to at all now and that ca n't be right and the reason I do n't is because I know the response I 'm gon na get , blank look |
| 2 | ‘ The experts I 'm talking about are the ex-members of various secret services and police forces . |
| 3 | I was sitting there waiting for the grub to show when Martin Amis came through the open door — you know , the writer I was chatting to in the pub the other night . |
| 4 | The debt counsellor said that as long as I paid all the money I was getting from Social Security for the house , they could n't take it away from us . |
| 5 | ‘ With all the money I 'm paying for your education , you should learn more than that ’ … |
| 6 | Shortly after the case I was walking down the street and a policeman went past , laughed sneeringly and said , ‘ Got you , did n't we ? ’ |
| 7 | It would be interesting to know whether Petrey really does hold the views I am attributing to him , and whether he thinks that speech act theories of semantics are therefore based on a fundamental error . |
| 8 | Since there was no picture with June 's letter I was not aware that I would end up with the cable I was looking for . |
| 9 | Had I read the brochure carefully I would have realised that the experience I was heading for was anything but tedious ! |
| 10 | If he 'd have turned round and said , Look I 'm putting this in the kitchen I 'm gon na be listening to what you 're saying then she would n't minded . |
| 11 | I waved aside her gratitude , being much more keenly preoccupied by the difficulty I was having in making myself stand upright without hanging on to something . |
| 12 | The reasons I 'm gon na give you were supplied by a guy called Tony . |
| 13 | my make up and the way I dress reflects the meetings I 'm going to . |
| 14 | Those who pursue comparisons of the kind I am referring to are likely to be impressed by the staying-power of a literary preoccupation to which a variety of temperaments and compulsions has been attracted , and could well be inclined to believe that Pechorin 's duel and indifference may have been among the precedents that weighed , a century later , with a woman bent on contriving her appointment with destiny . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's just the kind I was talking about , ’ said Garvey over his shoulder . |
| 16 | Hang on , the play I was gon na |
| 17 | ‘ When I decided to take the part I was looking for a role that was the opposite of my character Dylan . |
| 18 | ‘ The lads I 'm taking with me will ensure there is a British influence and a British type of discipline throughout the side . ’ |
| 19 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 20 | The seats are cushioned , and in the dark I am waiting for more than entertainment . |
| 21 | A friend of mine who is a car trader rang me and told me that he had found the car I was looking for . |
| 22 | The subjects I am taking for examination are , Science , English , Mathematics , French , Physical Education , Geography and Art . |
| 23 | As the role of er , business in the community is well at the top of personal agenda , in my job as I B M Personnel Director and Director of Corporate Affairs , the Corporate Affairs bit , er , is the piece I 'm going to be talking about . |
| 24 | I rang the club I was appearing at and informed the Con-Sec that Marta Cane would be appearing in place of Zoe Bond who was ill . |
| 25 | The books I am speaking of are , among others , books which pursue the idea of an escape from personality and from society , and in which personality and society are seen — as in Zuckerman 's letter to Maria — to be aspects of a single threat . |
| 26 | A lot of the books I was asking for [ from project funds ] were already in the library . |
| 27 | But that is the effect , he wrote , that is the effect I am aiming at . |
| 28 | You see , you know I was talking to you earlier about , about punchlines basically , but I ca n't remember the words I was using for it , times like by the way , right right , or did you know or did I mention to you do you follow me , a lot of key lines that you can think on that you use |
| 29 | In these conditions I wanted to get rid of about a third of the original sail area and so that 's it , now I 'm sailing much more happily instead of struggling against the boat I 'm sailing in harmony again . |
| 30 | He is sitting at his desk , with the window I 'm looking at now beside him . |