Example sentences of "i [am/are] [v-ing] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Hi , this is the first time I am posting to the list . |
| 2 | I am referring to the machine tool industry , which is a key industry now suffering and struggling to keep seventh place in the world . |
| 3 | I am referring to the work of the Council of Europe ( see Trim et al . |
| 4 | I AM referring to the letter in last week 's ISN from the enlightened Glenman ( ha ha ) . |
| 5 | When I refer to the ‘ Popular Purgatory ’ I am referring to the Purgatory which is most widely known — the place referred to in Roman Catholic teaching and which is said to be arrived at after death . |
| 6 | I am praying to the God of Laughter for unconditional mercy . |
| 7 | I shall not take any more interventions , as I am coming to the end of my speech and many hon. Members wish to speak . |
| 8 | The House will be relieved to hear that I am coming to the end of my list of telephone calls . |
| 9 | Overall , I am coming to the view that the main cultural element is the collective wish to have a non-relation , or at least one that is strictly delimited , between workers and managers and , in turn , between the worker and his enterprise except in terms of the workers ' culture which is one of withdrawal . |
| 10 | In June 1915 my father commented : " I am coming to the conclusion that the heir to the throne of Solomon is at heart a Moslem and is entertaining dreams of one day putting himself at the head of the Mohammadan Abyssinians , and of producing a Moslem kingdom that will stretch far beyond the frontiers of his present Empire . " |
| 11 | When Coffin got back to his own flat , all he found there in the way of post was an enigmatic postcard from his sister Laetitia : she had sent him a view of Edinburgh from the air , with a message scribbled on the back : I am going to the law . |
| 12 | Tomorrow is usually explained as I am going to the theatre tomorrow but with all the slots elided except the adjunct tomorrow . |
| 13 | Oates wrote to his mother : I am going to the Pole with Scott . |
| 14 | I say I am going to the bank . |
| 15 | Do I think I am going to the bank at the same time as I say I am going to the bank ? |
| 16 | Do I think I am going to the bank at the same time as I say I am going to the bank ? |
| 17 | whoever believes in me will do what I do — yes he will do even greater things , because I am going to the Father . |
| 18 | I am going to the shop |
| 19 | I am going to the city . |
| 20 | He added : ‘ The printed text which I 'm delivering to the assembly today does not include the most recent examples of US action in my country . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , when I 'm listening to the drummer I 'm listening much more to the bass drum than I did before , because that 's what I have to play with . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm listening to the echo of my tracer . ’ |
| 23 | No I 'm listening to the radio . |
| 24 | I have a close friend who 's pregnant , and I 'm getting to the stage where I ca n't bear to see her because I just feel so jealous . |
| 25 | I 'm referring to the WinTach program which gives four Windows benchmarks for your own system and compares the results with a base 386 machine . |
| 26 | There 's a kind of silence which has nothing to do with paying attention , it 's all to do with people wishing they were somewhere else — and I 'm referring to the audience . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm referring to the shampooing session , ’ he said curtly , and strode towards a door at the far end . |
| 28 | I 'm referring to the habit shopkeepers have of leaving a note on their door saying : ‘ Back in half an hour . ’ |
| 29 | Well , you alomost all seem to want us to publish in the programme and in TSB , so as agreed with , I 've drafted an article for The Square Ball which I 'm sending to the list for your comments . |
| 30 | Congress , I know I 'm speaking to the team , but it 's up to us and the activists who are not here to motivate our members and get this campaign off the ground and by supporting this motion , we will be putting the first foot on the ladder to defeating the government 's pay policy . |