Example sentences of "[subord] i be [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I have n't taken the accommodation provided here because my godmother lives in Wakefield , a village only five miles away , so I 'm staying with her . |
| 32 | He wo n't have so much time for the horses , so I 'm going to be useful at least . " |
| 33 | I have to be at the airport before six tomorrow , so I 'm going to bed early . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ So I 'm asking for another week , Hilary . |
| 35 | Well this year has been a placement year in the middle of my Computer Studies Degree so I 'm returning to Derby Uni at the end of September for my final year . |
| 36 | ‘ Once I was driving up High Street East in Sunderland with a local priest when I saw a furniture van ahead with its ramp down . |
| 37 | Once I was lying on the bed I noticed that with the appearance of Aids , there is so much more precaution — every needle , tube , cotton wool swab etc is carefully disposed of . |
| 38 | If I am writing on this side of the paper I can not at the same moment be writing on the other side . |
| 39 | ‘ If I am struggling around the 15 miles mark then my determination will be just to finish , but it is my ambition to break 2hr 25min . ’ |
| 40 | I get to the border , and I am questioned for hours , endless interrogation , and if I am travelling in a car , they open it up and they search it . |
| 41 | Neighbours and friends tell me that when I am racing you can hear the noise right down the street ; it is as if I am running in Dad 's front room ! |
| 42 | I thought if I am going to be out of work , I might as well make some cash out of it . |
| 43 | I should be feeling disloyal to Fergus , I should certainly be wondering if what I am doing is right , and if I am going to be hurt . |
| 44 | But I could tell there was no real wish on her part to renew any old ties of love and friendship and if I am going to be honest no real wish on my part either . |
| 45 | And he has realised that he had nothing to lose even if I am spying for Carlotta . |
| 46 | If I am working on pupil autonomy , then I have to find some way to remind pupils that it often helps to talk out loud to someone , and to establish an atmosphere in which they readily approach each other and me for this purpose . |
| 47 | Then why do I always feel as if I am falling off the edge of a cliff ? |
| 48 | When I returned to Moose Jaw about mid-August I had a long talk with Fred Workman , who told me he had noticed a certain restlessness in me as if I were hoping for a change of scene . |
| 49 | If I were looking for a record deal , I would be pursuing individual A&R people , getting them to come and see my band . |
| 50 | If I were looking for a fault with the conception of the series , it could only be that it lacks a single volume overview of the whole of the development of quantum theory , a volume concentrating on the broad sweep of ideas and leaving out the mathematical detail . |
| 51 | I felt as if I were drowning in sleep . |
| 52 | Running in a half-mile race with little pains tearing at my chest and my knees sinking lower and lower as if I were running across quick-sands . |
| 53 | As Anwar and I had these conversations Jamila liked to open the door to the store-room and just point the black barrel-ends of her eyes at me as if I were sitting with Eichmann . |
| 54 | Terry er sorry Roger if , if I were interviewing for posts , I would appoint , and you know full well I would , the people that I thought were best for that job . |
| 55 | So Shitvolumes started preparing his next show as if I were going to be in it , until one day , just before The Jungle Book was about to go up , he came into the dressing room . |
| 56 | My heart was behaving as if I were going before a judge . |
| 57 | If I 'd a , if I were walking down the street going Nigger ! sorry ! |
| 58 | I 'm about to invest in a brand new , superduper , anti-obsolescence computer and I feel as confident as if I were shopping for a pair of skis . |
| 59 | I dropped my right wing suddenly as if I were turning into the cloud and immediately swung over into a steep left hand turn . |
| 60 | ‘ I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst . |