Example sentences of "i [be] [v-ing] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am thinking of our annual Parish Picnic , when everybody comes — babies in prams , children , young couples , older folk of all ages . |
| 2 | Yet , at best , this is unreliable , as when I am thinking of your beautiful wife while discussing with you the state of the nation . |
| 3 | ‘ But , actually , I am looking for someone younger . ’ |
| 4 | One bird drifts overhead and I swear it is gazing at my quill-like yellow boat as I am gazing at its white tail . |
| 5 | I am speaking from my own personal situation . |
| 6 | When I am fishing on my own I only weigh them straight away if they appear to be over 9lb , and leave the weighing until I pack in if they appear to be less . |
| 7 | I am dying in my own death and the deaths of those after me . |
| 8 | Here I am sitting on my little iron cot and feeling very lost without you , seasoned trooper though I may be . |
| 9 | I did n't think I 'd ever be able to afford it , but here I am sitting in my own fitted kitchen , in my own centrally heated home . |
| 10 | Each letter , and how many there seemed now , for she had kept each note , even the hastiest ( ‘ half past two a.m. , Dearest , I have been away from you only fifteen minutes and already I am dreaming of my dearest Lily and our next happy meeting ! ’ ) . |
| 11 | Langer , who won the US Masters , the first major of the year , at Augusta in April , is also playing in the U.S Open next week but says : ‘ This week is very important to me as I am playing in my own country . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps I am atoning for my misspent youth , ’ he replied amiably . |
| 13 | ‘ I think I am talking for us all when I say that we will gladly work for nothing , just until matters improve , we have all been so happy here at Summer Lodge and each and every one of us would like to stay with you wherever you go . ’ |
| 14 | My people , I must admit I have written to Hot Press over the past few issues but due to the fact that I am concentrating on my forthcoming solo gig in the Attic on George 's Quay on November the 6th at 9 o'clock , ( cover charge £2 ) , be there or be square etc. , the standard of my letter writing has faltered somewhat . |
| 15 | I am not gon na move over and I am going at my own pace , so I slowed down to about twenty miles an hour and it 's a road about four miles long and er he just could n't get past , you know ? |
| 16 | I have n't had any contact yet with the new American administration , but I 'm hoping for something positive from that quarter soon . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm staying of my own free will to allow your mother to stay . |
| 18 | I 'm staying with you this afternoon . |
| 19 | So consequently she 's living in Bay and I 'm living on my own in up in Holyhead . |
| 20 | If I 'm looking for anything I prefer to shop in , but if I 'm just browsing I do n't mind going like out of the town , down to or up to for a day but , if I 'm looking for something particular I prefer to stay in cos I know where to go . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm looking for anyone willing to talk about slaving . |
| 22 | I 'm looking for my two cousins . |
| 23 | No , I 'm looking for my two daughters . |
| 24 | ‘ I was adopted , and I 'm looking for my real mother . ’ |
| 25 | Now the next thing erm , on the same page was , having taken away the , th th the non fee earning elements it actually pushed , and I 'm looking at your revised sheet now |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm looking at it all very positively , ’ she says , ‘ because auditing is n't for me anyway — and the partners knew that , which is how they chose who to make redundant . |
| 27 | well I 'm sorry but from where I 'm looking at it sixty two but not that I 've thought about it in any depth but |
| 28 | ‘ In Rome , I 'll be going out to win but I 'm looking on it first and foremost as the chance to get the feel of the hurdles again . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ But I 'm learning about it all the time , ’ said Angalo . |
| 30 | Erm the law college have expressed an interest , and I 'm temping for them this week so I 'll chase them . |