Example sentences of "[am/are] [pron] [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Hell , what am I thinking that for ? |
2 | … why am I writing all this out as if I were trying to assimilate myself to her ? |
3 | I 'm not saying you will always be successful or that it will never cost you a penny , nor am I advising those almost too timid to open a can of beans to tinker with a complex and potentially dangerous machine if they feel it 's beyond them ; we all have our limitations . |
4 | Why am I choosing these particular requirements : do they make sense ? |
5 | ‘ Am I enjoying this ? ’ demanded Constance , indicating her bedroom window . |
6 | Am I taking that correctly ? |
7 | In the coming weeks and months , ask yourself as often as you can remember : ‘ Why am I creating this ? |
8 | Or am I playing some deep game , as I was with the choice of accommodation ? |
9 | And the union , I mean I 'm not blaming just NUPE I mean every union but we seem to have stood still and nothing 's happened and th and , and the m , and the members are actually sick of their lies about what , what am I paying all this money for then ? |
10 | ‘ What am I explainin' all this to ye for ? |
11 | Am I understanding this correctly ? ’ |
12 | And then there was this he sa the green knight said I am I having some chocolate ? |
13 | Am I doing that ? |
14 | Why am I doing all this ? |
15 | Other times I think , ‘ What am I doing this for , I could be sitting at home with my feet up . ’ |
16 | None the less the opposite argument is equally shaky ; it would be frightening to imagine teachers embarking on the planning of a term 's work or even one single-period unit without asking themselves the simplest questions : " Why am I doing this ? |
17 | I came in as a young teacher , enthusiastic , full of new ideas but you soon find that the old attitudes rub off on you , and so you end up thinking , ‘ Oh , why am I doing this ? |
18 | Why am I doing this ? he wondered . |
19 | Why am I doing this ? |
20 | Why am I doing this ? |
21 | ‘ Am I doing this right ? ’ asked Twoflower anxiously . |
22 | Ruth Barr 's research alias ‘ personal time-and-motion study ’ described in answering her own ‘ why am I doing this ? ’ question would seem to meet these criteria . |
23 | ‘ Why am I doing this ? ’ |
24 | No doubt sometime in the near future , mid-way through another topic , I will be once again saying — ‘ Why am I doing this ? ’ |
25 | But just why am I doing this ? she wondered . |
26 | ‘ For a week or two after Barcelona , I thought why am I doing this ? ’ he said . |
27 | what the fuck am I doing this |
28 | Why am I scribbling all this to myself ? … |
29 | Am I missing any salient events ? ’ |
30 | I mean I 've got your address which is erm is here , am I missing any part of the address ? |