Example sentences of "am [v-ing] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | — Clearly the words ‘ Now I am seeing this as apex ’ can not so far mean anything to a learner who has only just met the concepts of apex , base and so on — But I do not mean this as empirical proposition . |
| 2 | He explained that his wife was a permanent invalid , unable to come to church , but said he : ‘ Since the day we got married we have shared everything we had and I am bringing this home to give to her . ’ ) |
| 3 | I am enjoying this trip . |
| 4 | I can not recall actually thinking to myself ‘ I am enjoying this . ’ |
| 5 | It 's for him that I am accepting this honour . |
| 6 | If I say one morning while looking out of my window , The sky is blue , then I am using this sentence deictically . |
| 7 | In view of the fact that I am walking this is somewhat academic , but it gives us a point of contact . |
| 8 | I kept my birthday a secret , except that some students wanted me to sign some books , and as I signed them I put the date and I happened to say that ‘ I am signing this on my 44th birthday ’ , and after that the news spread mysteriously and my whole class greeted me with ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in English , and today , when I saw the other class , they sang ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in Portuguese . |
| 9 | P.S. Am expressing this . |
| 10 | I AM writing this some six months later . |
| 11 | I am writing this partly to get it clear in my head and to help me make up my mind . |
| 12 | Although it is unlikely that Members will be asked to vote on conversion until some time in 1989 I am writing this letter to give an early indication of the main reasons for the recommendation . |
| 13 | I am writing this in the mid-summer of 1986 , feeling strong and well and scheduled to make a return visit to my surgeon in just ten days time . |
| 14 | This is one very powerful reason why I am writing this chapter . |
| 15 | I AM WRITING this with the sun beating down on me in Caracas . |
| 16 | Dear Guitarist I am writing this letter in the hope that I may save a lot of Gibson-lovers grief with their pickups . |
| 17 | The reason I am writing this is to give greater understanding to those who want help and hope to those who need it . |
| 18 | By the way , I am writing this with the Edding 1800 pen I recently won in one of your competitions . |
| 19 | I AM writing this foreword to the 1993 Year Book on my very first evening in the diocese after the announcement of my appointment yesterday . |
| 20 | I AM WRITING this with the sun beating down on me in Caracas . |
| 21 | ‘ I am writing this letter while being kept in after school . |
| 22 | I am writing this letter in a personal capacity , but as Chairman of the Education Committee and a member of the Membership & Recruitment Committee , perhaps I am well placed to comment on the debate on entry requirements . |
| 23 | I am writing this evening , I am just going to church . |
| 24 | If Hyde returns while I am writing this confession , he will tear it to pieces to annoy me . |
| 25 | For I am writing this on Saturday evening , and already I have been blooded . |
| 26 | I am writing this on the train to London , carrying me on smooth , oiled wheels away from the pain , the exhaustion , and , above all , the one worth-while thing I ever did — or tried to do — in my life . |
| 27 | I am writing this quickly on my return ( Tuesday evening ) from London , prior to setting off for the European rural conference in Scotland . |
| 28 | It 's 8:15 on Friday morning , and I am writing this letter in Chambers ' car park . |
| 29 | I am writing this PC in the sizzling heat on the verandah of our thatched hut . |
| 30 | Naturally I am addressing this letter particularly to those of you — the majority — who resisted all temptations and ‘ pressure selling ’ techniques to which you were exposed , and stayed with us ! |