Example sentences of "i [am/are] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dolores O'Riordan and three other blokes and me are sitting in a van that 's parked in a yard behind Charlie 's Bar where later on The Cranberries will bring tears to the eyes of grown men and ensure that all present can say ‘ yes ’ when asked if their weekend was happy and filled with nice things . |
| 2 | Aycliffe and I are trying for a way to have the will stand . |
| 3 | My wife and I are staying at the Danieli , but she 's not been feeling well and urged me to take up the offer of an observer 's seat here . ’ |
| 4 | Bob and I are progressing as a piano/clarsach duo , and of course some of the accompaniments to his songs tax me to the limit , or have to be vetoed altogether . |
| 5 | And now , on a clear morning , Graham Little and I are sitting at the bottom of the wall , fit and ready to go , and the wall is plastered with verglas . |
| 6 | Fairfax and I are sitting on the verandah at Folly Farm . |
| 7 | Mary saw the scribbled-over envelope , smiled and said , " Reggie and I are going to the Greenpeace demo tomorrow afternoon . " |
| 8 | ‘ Pettigrew and I are going for a stroll , ’ said Mark , who had been finding the atmosphere of the tea room rather oppressive and not really what he had come to Rome for . |
| 9 | At the moment he and I are working on a scheme which could wreck this political organisation for good . |
| 10 | I am thinking about the table that is |
| 11 | I am thinking of a scene at this police post , the arrest of Tepilit , the intervention of Fairfax , the impressive dignity of the accused and the relentless , incomprehensible workings of the white man 's justice . |
| 12 | I am thinking of a feeling of confidence which has been built up and which it would take some drastic change to break down . |
| 13 | " I am thinking of a number , I then multiply it by seven and add on five " . |
| 14 | 2 I am thinking of a number g . |
| 15 | 4 I am thinking of a number d . |
| 16 | I am thinking of the child becoming part of a new family so that the new parents become the ‘ psychological parents ’ , and thus offer a sense of security , a sense of belonging , of being loved , until the child reaches adulthood and beyond . |
| 17 | Here I am thinking of the definition of race exclusively in terms of culture and identity which ties certain strands in antiracism to the position of some of the new right ideologues . |
| 18 | ‘ I am thinking of the children of Sarajevo , of Banja Luka , of the peoples of Bosnia , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I am thinking of the death of Primo Levi , an autobiographer , and by certain standards an amateur ; of the threatened death of the novelist Salman Rushdie ; and of the discovery of the fascist sympathies formerly exhibited by the literary theorist Paul de Man . |
| 20 | A colossal number of Housing Executive dwellings in my constituency are in urgent need of renovation — I am thinking of the housing estates at Tullycarnet , Ballybeen , Groomsport , Bangor and Holyrood . |
| 21 | I am proceeding in the belief that there is a unity in developmental mechanisms , and whilst the sea-urchin provided an excellent model , there are other examples to be considered . |
| 22 | To return to this country , I am advising on a draft Bill for the protection of antiquities the Society of Antiquaries , the Council for British Archaeology and the museum profession are behind it . |
| 23 | ‘ I am learning with every race and the more I finish the more I learn and the better I get . |
| 24 | I am resigning from the strike committee . |
| 25 | I am resigning from the Cabinet . |
| 26 | An alkali will obviously have to be introduced to neutralise the acid and I am toying with the idea of lime in one form or another . |
| 27 | Perhaps , if I am strong , then I am scheming like a man ? |
| 28 | I am puzzling over the dot matrix display board that 's trying to tell me what trains are coming my way . |
| 29 | I am copulating with the blacksmith . ’ ’ |
| 30 | I find I am competing with the Ann Summers ones now . ’ |