Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I been having a little think , ’ said Ron Paget .
2 He was pleased with his performance and said : ‘ I am playing well but I am lacking a little bit of killer instinct . ’
3 ‘ I find I am learning a great deal . ’
4 Jackie is wearing a red tee-shirt and I am wearing a blue one .
5 ‘ If I am wearing a pure white carnation I am best avoided on that day because it means I am in a bad mood , ’ he said , adding that he always warns new acquaintances of this fact but has as yet not lived up to the threat .
6 I am wearing a shiny souwester ;
7 The cook 's latest masterpiece languishes in my stomach , and I am drinking a river-cooled beer .
8 I am building a new pond in an L shape .
9 In fact I am developing a revealing , but ultimately frustrating line of correspondence with the Welsh Office and I would be grateful if you could take a look at the enclosed letter copies .
10 And it is still if , not when though in this article I am assuming a working Tory majority in the Commons rather than a hung Parliament , which would change everything .
11 Corden said : ‘ I do n't want people to think I am deserting a sinking ship .
12 ‘ You know my nightmare — that I am seeing a dead boy ( whom I never recognize ) on the ground at my feet .
13 But by the summer I am writing a homosexual love-story which I preface with the following remark :
14 I am attaching a complete list of the personnel in the film unit .
15 Actually , I am trying a new strategy .
16 We were talking about your career , in which I am taking a fatherly interest .
17 I have stressed that I am taking a particular linguistic phenomenon , deixis , and examining its occurrences and behaviour in a specific genre .
18 These parties of mine have become something of an institution , and I am expecting a large number of people to come in and give their comments on the results in various constituencies .
19 Putting it more generally , I am suggesting a major difference in ‘ compromisability ’ between different kinds of goals .
20 It is a matter for the individual conscience of every hon. Member , which is precisely why I am allowing a free vote by my Ministers on the Bill .
21 I can hardly believe I am addressing a married lady !
22 Moods also do that to me , and I am fighting a dark one .
23 But also I am suffering a pleasurable and painful feeling , a feeling so often made banal by film , of time reprieved and relived .
24 At the moment I am examining a large number of detailed proposals that have been put to me .
25 Furthermore , in view of the late start and the number of hon. Members who wish to participate , I am putting a precautionary limit of 10 minutes on speeches between 7 o'clock and 9 o'clock .
26 Tension can be created either by the sponsor 's subtle , superior position of detachment : ‘ I am only here to describe the problems ; you are the ones who will have to face them ’ , or , quite differently , a hint of ‘ I know more than I am going to tell ’ , or its cruder version : ‘ I am doing a good salesman 's job and you are going to fall for it ’ .
27 Before I call the Secretary of State for Employment , I must tell the House that because of the numbers of right hon. and hon. Members who wish to participate in today 's debate , I am placing a precautionary limit of 10 minutes on speeches between 7 and 9 pm .
28 I am presenting a supposed ‘ hidden ’ disability and the marks of struggle against the medical or cultural discourses .
29 I am presenting a supposed ‘ hidden ’ disability and the marks of struggle against the medical or cultural discourses .
30 Believe me , I am presenting a true picture of Sam .
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