Example sentences of "[subord] i be [v-ing] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | and are both on holiday at the moment so I am writing in their absence about a recent print job Req No 239886 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | I felt as if I were drowning in sleep . |
| 5 | Yes , I should know if I were falling in love , she thought . |
| 6 | My feet almost disappeared in it ; it looked as if I were paddling in muddy water . |
| 7 | But I read in an article this morning ( 'Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition . |
| 8 | If I was living in Mauritius , the time I could spend in jeans would be restricted , as young women seldom wear trousers ; the punjabi dress , with its tight-fitting trousers , is acceptable , though . |
| 9 | We well ye yes I can but er obviously er I , I , I sha n't be doing because erm I 've got too many er hopefully too ma d it 's much better , it would have been much better if I was living in a home , you see where , where we can |
| 10 | Eight weeks later Dad went home to Hull , took one look at the nice convalescent home we 'd booked for him and said , ‘ I 'm buggered if I 'm staying in here . |
| 11 | Sometimes if I 'm sitting in a bar , I 'm teased by strangers , who think I 'm a homosexual . |
| 12 | Well fuck you , if I 'm travelling in this car there is no way I 'm taking this . |
| 13 | I think they spoke to each other but I did n't get a good look until I was sitting in Armstrong with the engine running . |
| 14 | Cos I was reading in Hugh 's book that the very first sort of work was in surveys done in thirty seven . |
| 15 | Yeah cos I was staying in her room and I was ill and |
| 16 | No because I , I decided I would n't put a coat on cos I was coming in the car . |
| 17 | Another simple , but effective way is to say " I will be playing a part in this drama unless I 'm sitting in this chair . |
| 18 | I have felt troubled because I am lacking in regard to ‘ The Romans ’ prosecution the same sense of identification with Jesus that I felt in the blasphemy case . |
| 19 | no good for me because I 'm working in the evening but Minster F M has a a list of What 's On that night every night . |
| 20 | I have to be honest and admit that I accepted the invitation to dinner to try to find out once and for all if you were involved with Martin , but that was because I needed to know , needed to prove your innocence , because I was falling in love with you . |
| 21 | And nobody could get out of the cupboard , because I was standing in the doorway . |
| 22 | Well , oh because I was standing in line |
| 23 | If a car suddenly swerves round the corner while I am standing in the middle of the road , the right thing for me to do is to jump for the pavement as spontaneously as a cat . |
| 24 | He wrote in his Testament not long before he died : " While I was living in sin , it seemed a very bitter thing to look at lepers ; but the Lord Himself led me among them , and I had compassion on them . |
| 25 | Craig was able to say his thanks in church while I was languishing in bed with tonsillitis . |
| 26 | While I was teaching in London and Surrey , from 1954 to 1959 , I completed a thesis for the degree of Ph.D . |
| 27 | Unbeknown to me , she made some enquiries , and then one Friday , while I was sitting in the coffee shop having a quiet read of a newspaper someone had left , she appeared by my side . |
| 28 | ‘ I had some time off while I was working in Los Angeles and I was down by the hotel pool . |
| 29 | there 's no slow start on the reverse I got it while I was working in Leicestershire so I could n't really take it back it 'll cost me more in petrol |
| 30 | While I was waiting in the car ( I thought the men would only be a few moments ) , Alan suddenly appeared at the window . |