Example sentences of "i [be] [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can honestly say now I do not feel I have subsequently ever lost a race I would have won had I been allowed to use the whip . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Nick Serota and I are lobbying to get a curator for the collection , ’ Mr Wheatley tells me . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , ’ replies Craftsman Browne , ‘ but I 'm going to make the most of it — Geordie and I are going to hire a car and drive into the States to visit Yellowstone Park , getting back in time to spend a night in the Cadillacs Club in Medicine Hat … . ’ |
| 4 | Anyway , Bill and I are going to test the bike tonight . ’ |
| 5 | On the bicycle , I am hoping to carry a microphone and tape-recorder , to make a commentary as I progress . |
| 6 | Now that I am retired , I find I am spending more and more time on voluntary charity work , for which I am very happy to take part , and I am hoping to make a start on making small wooden articles including picture and plate frames . |
| 7 | ‘ I have two years left of my contract , and I am hoping to have a benefit in 1995 . |
| 8 | I am tempted to accept the Minister 's explanation of his motivation , but those in my constituency , one of the poorest in the country , who made claims at the time of the reforms found it more difficult to obtain any decent benefits from the system . |
| 9 | I am looking to develop a television programme about women and their attitude and relationship with cars . |
| 10 | ‘ Every purse has its limits , ’ he wrote , ‘ and I am beginning to see the bottom of my own . ’ |
| 11 | I am beginning to count the days since the landing and to reflect on all that has happened . |
| 12 | I am writing to confirm the arrangements for filming inside the Big Ben Clock Tower next Wednesday , June 7th . |
| 13 | I am writing to confirm the arrangements surrounding your preparation of scripts for the components for the Central News I and II videos . |
| 14 | I am writing to confirm the arrangements surrounding your preparation of the script for the video of — . |
| 15 | I am writing to ask a question about my local tennis club . |
| 16 | I am writing to echo the thoughts of Mrs Surridge ( Readers ' Letters April ‘ 92 issue ) . |
| 17 | I am writing to support the proposals , by Central Regional Council , for a shift in transport policy towards public transport , traffic calming , and better facilities for cyclists and pedestrians . |
| 18 | I am trying to save the people , doing my best to cross over into Canada before the soldiers find us . |
| 19 | I am trying to document a Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2.4 spreadsheet which has many long and complicated formulas using my word processor — Word for Windows 2.0 . |
| 20 | ‘ I am trying to reach the city of Gallimaufry . |
| 21 | ‘ I am trying to take the Lord Mayoralty out to the people , reach out to as many as I can . |
| 22 | But suppose I am trying to use the machine , and I try coin after coin unsuccessfully , and I utter ( 23 ) ; I might then very well communicate : ( 24 ) Some , and perhaps all , ten cent pieces are rejected by this vending machine and indeed I could say this without contradiction . |
| 23 | I am trying to lay the building blocks at 3–4 years old , or even earlier . |
| 24 | I am trying to get a sighting of them eating cornflakes and drinking twelve — fourteen — sixteen nineteen bottles of wine . |
| 25 | I am trying to get the Minister to remove his blinkers and do something in favour of the small person . |
| 26 | Organiser Neil Storey said ‘ I am trying to find a word that goes beyond disappointed . |
| 27 | I AM trying to trace the birthplace of Henry Purcell ( father , Thomas ) , born in 1872/3 and married from 116 Towson Street . |
| 28 | I AM trying to trace the family of Patrick Gordon , who lived in the St Johns Road/Brasnose Road area of Liverpool . |
| 29 | My own version goes something like this : ( a ) I am trying to comprehend a totality which might be called the " way of life " of the people under study ; ( b ) this " way of life " consists of the acting oui of an endlessly repeated social drama . |
| 30 | I AM trying to obtain a loan of £5,000 but loan companies appear to want interest of about £500 for each £1,000 borrowed . |