Example sentences of "i [be] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Eyes sparkling , Vicky told me : ‘ Laurence and I are to spend the whole day together . ’
2 I am creating the perfect relationship inspired by the statement ‘ feel the fear and do it anyway . ’
3 Even as I am recounting the edited version , it occurs to me that Fairfax has probably been doing the same thing .
4 I am emphasising the existential quality of dramatic playing here because it is in direct contrast to the expectations of acting behaviour to be found in some educational institutions .
5 So I am telling the honourable gentleman yes indeed there there is a precedent .
6 Through you , Mr. Speaker , I am telling the hon. Member for Workington ( Mr. Campbell-Savours ) where the money has gone .
7 I am telling the hon. Gentleman what happened .
8 So came what I am calling the liberal state .
9 I am evaluating the initial assessment tool from which care plans are formulated , based on the Roper , Logan and Tierney models .
10 With every breath I am allowing the healing energy to penetrate and permeate my lungs , heart , liver , kidneys and digestive organs .
11 ‘ You must be the one to tell me I am doing the right thing . ’
12 Earlier , at the start of the FACE photo shoot , the actor had confided , ‘ I 'm not sure I am doing the right thing . ’
13 I do n't know if I am doing the right thing , but I want to make her feel safe .
14 He was right : those promises are dishonest — I am quoting the Prime Minister , and he will hear this again —
15 If I set out to do something now , I will do it and I wo n't worry if I am making the right impression — if I fit in .
16 In that sense I suppose I am making the ultimate sacrifice .
17 By defining this insider fieldwork ( and the university experience which generated it ) as a liminal situation , I am extending the Turnerian concept ( 1969 , 1974 ) in which the individual moves temporarily into an unstructured and somewhat ambiguous state , during the initial process of passing through a rite de passage before returning to structure .
18 I am asking the hon. Gentleman whether he wants to go down that road .
19 The National Institute of Economic and Social Research has stated that , in the longer term — I am giving the hon. Member for Derby , North ( Mr. Knight ) his answer .
20 I am returning the delightful Quarto edition of Crowe 's poem , from which I have been able to observe what he did later with the piece .
21 ‘ Yes , ’ I said , ‘ I 'm enjoying the Russian winter .
22 I 'm experiencing the expected withdrawal symptoms .
23 ‘ And ask General Dornberg to tell the Prince 's Chief of Staff that I 'm watching the Charleroi road , ’ Sharpe added .
24 And that , it 's a pity about that but I 'm leaving the damn thing
25 ‘ Funny , ’ she said after a moment , ‘ I 'm getting the unobtainable tone . ’
26 I 'm getting the thick stuff out of the bottle .
27 I 'm training the red-tailed buzzard as a hunting bird , though , and I 've found it sometimes prefers to look around for food for itself , rather than just come to my lure .
28 No but they know the form , you know , we ca I ca n't erm I 'm not sure and then , now I 'm learning , you know , and it 's li I 'm learning the hard way and I 've got ta carry on learning the hard way cos I ca n't break it , you know ?
29 erm And as I said , we 're trying to , not that I 'm giving the opposite view to Doctor Plumtree , as I said , we 're trying to fund the people on the front line , you know , the foresters in their back yard , as it were , we 're trying to preserve it , and we also feel we 're not being patronising , it 's not like we 're writing out a large cheque and saying ’ here you are ’ , we 're actually putting a lot of time and effort into this , I mean , it 's now become a full time job for me and certainly for Dave Kester , and all the other people working on it .
30 I 'm coming the other side
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