Example sentences of "i [am/are] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the threat of relegation looming again , the loss of the ground , and the millstone around my neck of a team of asthmatic pine martens with the collective brain power of a kiwi fruit , the pressures on me are building to a frightening pitch . |
| 2 | But I am holding in a dead zone . |
| 3 | I am pervaded by a deep and solemn sadness . |
| 4 | I do not want my new friends to know I am connected to a boring man like you . |
| 5 | Suddenly Europe tells me I am living in a new country called Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | ‘ Now I am faced with a tricky start to the race . |
| 8 | So I let her just pass , and said , ‘ Oh , darling , I am looking for a new ‘ element ’ … ’ ; and after half an hour the manager came back to me and said that she was sitting upstairs weeping . |
| 9 | Now I am looking for a new start and go on from there . ’ |
| 10 | He stormed : ‘ I am looking for a dramatic improvement in our defending . |
| 11 | And can I remind the district planning officers I am looking for a positive contribution from you on Tuesday . |
| 12 | ‘ I am treated as a big failure to my parents and am seen as unworthy , although I have done nothing wrong . ’ |
| 13 | If I am introduced as ’ Gill 's husband ’ , I am treated in a certain way ; if I am introduced as a Member of Parliament , I am generally treated in a very different way . |
| 14 | I am writing about a monstrous ordinariness . |
| 15 | I am speaking about a special form of small-holding — the croft , as defined by the UK parliament in legislation , from the first Crofters Act of 1886 to the Act of 1976 which gave the crofter the right to purchase his holding on very favourable terms . |
| 16 | Well , here I am standing by a purpose-built hole in the ground , a drop into another dimension . |
| 17 | I am reminded of a short verse written in Roman times when even then they a new the nature of doctors . |
| 18 | If the ball is below my feet , or I am playing from a downhill lie , the ball will fly to the right , so I aim left and allow the ball to cut into the target . |
| 19 | After half an hour 's dedicated sales pitch , I find I am talking to a devoted collector of Hummel figurines . |
| 20 | As some of his remarks in the Criterion commentaries made clear , he was not hostile to the idea of Empire , ‘ whatever the Daily Express may say ’ ; and if this should rouse the indignation of anti-imperialists , it should be realized that I am talking about a bygone era , since which the world-scene has been transformed , and the term colonialism is now employed usually in the service of invective . |
| 21 | I am talking about a public sector reserve , state supported , composed of people without jobs for the time being , who are receiving training . |
| 22 | I am talking about a statutory register . |
| 23 | ‘ I am surrounded by a synthetic world of fantasy that I live in , ’ Johnnie tells this paper on his first visit to the UK , the first of a million metaphysical whingeings to be directed towards the NME . |
| 24 | ‘ I am working on a new system in the computer industry . |
| 25 | For instance , I find I am equipped with a fair amount of value-free information , or general knowledge , if you prefer . |
| 26 | I am behaving like a stupid child . ’ |
| 27 | I am shown over a large and productive school garden in Lesotho by the teachers and pupils who created it . |
| 28 | I am shown into a huge L-shaped apartment , where the walls , panelled in light , polished wood , are adorned with fine paintings . |
| 29 | I am heading for a wilding apple tree I discovered last year — sniffed out , actually , since its lemon-yellow fruits smelt deliciously of quince and scented the air for dozens of yards around . |
| 30 | Because I recognise you will have concerns I am committed to a vigorous programme of communication both at corporate and at local level . |