Example sentences of "[verb] i [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I quickly discovered that in her view it did n't have one , and that the only reason she had agreed to see me was to get this across once and for all . |
| 2 | I do n't think I am taking this line merely because I have been corrupted by a philosophical training and can not come off the fence . |
| 3 | I do n't think I 'm eating enough to actually make myself go . |
| 4 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau has got a pro forma which if a person goes in and says I think I ought to be getting , I think I , I do n't think I 'm getting sufficient income support or I 'm going to apply for income support . |
| 5 | ‘ What do you think I 'm doing all this for ? |
| 6 | What the hell do you think I 'm doing all this for ? |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't think I 'm doing this out of pity for you , ’ he called . |
| 8 | Now if I were to suggest to you that in some gay bars the ‘ lads ’ pop off to the toilets that number of times to indulge themselves , then you might think I was repeating lurid propaganda put about by the puritan league . |
| 9 | ‘ Why should I force myself to pretend I 'm enjoying this ? ’ |
| 10 | Then two years ago I realised I was going broke . |
| 11 | I realised I was missing half the jokes , so I mugged up from a textbook — and here I am , ready for more ! ’ |
| 12 | Erm I thought that erm I , I mean I was getting some things that John has n't , has n't mentioned , erm when you mentioned the wife being there erm when you , when you were introducing the C C Q you then assumed that you would be coming back with recommendations |
| 13 | I think that would do the trick but preparing handou I mean I was doing those till two , this lot for you this mor I 'm absolutely y'know it 's quite hard work when you 're concurrently teaching all the time . |
| 14 | I mean I 'm finding that you know through it because I 'm sort of straining all the time I 'm getting terrible headaches and all of the |
| 15 | You mean I 'm to eat more ? ’ |
| 16 | Oh yeah I mean I 'm saying two a day , but erm if you can get three a day , I 'd prefer it because |
| 17 | The Stephen They 're not all I mean I 'm saying that 's right but that some of them there are more than one answer to . |
| 18 | Well I 'm I 'm not some I would n't I would n't say that I mean I 'm saying that erm |
| 19 | And of course what defeated me was knows this fellow that is an ambulance driver and he 's classed as working class . |
| 20 | ‘ How did you know I was imagining that ? |
| 21 | Do you know I was thinking this the other day , do you think , say there was some girl like , let's just take Flick no , somebody , who do , who do , who do the people think 's real , who do the blokes always , yeah Flick they think is a real frump do n't they ? |
| 22 | He just looked at me as if to say ‘ how did you know I was doing that ? ’ |
| 23 | You say how do you know I was doing forty miles an hour ? |
| 24 | He does n't know I 'm doing this . |
| 25 | Like I say I 'm getting some erm |
| 26 | Out drinking with a couple of female journalists ( in what was supposedly Hemingway 's favourite bar in Havana , if you must know ) , I mentioned I was writing this article and we all launched into our favourite New Age stories , like the one about the Immortalists , a group who take to its logical end the New Age philosophy of positive thinking and creating your own reality , and have decided they are going to live forever . |
| 27 | Please God let me be doing real work . |
| 28 | My dealer says I am doing all the right things and that it 's fairly usual to lose fish with a new tank . |
| 29 | Oh you mean if you , , I says I was getting that for years Berty . |
| 30 | He says I 'm writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray . |