Example sentences of "i [am/are] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I ca n't think why I am telling you all this , ’ she said , embarrassed . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know why I am telling you all this . ’ |
| 3 | I am telling you that last night I wanted you . |
| 4 | The blood , the gaping holes , the bone sticking out of flesh , the stench of burst intestines — I am telling you this only because the effect on me , a boy who had never seen even a peacefully dead body before that day , was one I should never have predicted . |
| 5 | ‘ That also is why I am telling you this . |
| 6 | From what you said , I did n't think that you were very settled , so I am sending you this note via Mum — I suppose you may go home to see the new baby , anyway ? |
| 7 | But I I 'm wearing them all a little bit longer , except in the the winter cos I ca n't ca n't alter my coat I have got a longer summer coat to wear but the the one I had last year erm all the skirt showed beneath , I could n't walk about like that . |
| 8 | Do you see I 'm wearing it all . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ So I 'm to credit them all with this attempt on me , am I ? |
| 10 | ‘ No , I 've been all over the North , so I 'm leaving it this time . ’ |
| 11 | I 'm telling him all about it now , Emma said she does n't need it |
| 12 | The reason I 'm telling you all this is that not so long ago the PD scene seemed to be in decline . |
| 13 | I ca n't believe I 'm telling you all this . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 15 | I do n't know why I 'm telling you all this . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm telling you that was a great party really great … ’ |
| 17 | Cos without the head man a trainer ca n't train horse , and I 'm telling you that for nothing ! |
| 18 | It 's a woman , I 'm telling you that is a woman . |
| 19 | I 'm telling you this with authority because he 's made me typing monitor in the matter . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm telling you this in the strictest confidence of course . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But my conscience is the only reason I 'm telling you this , all the same . |
| 22 | I made four locks for the gates on Lord 's cricket ground er and when I 'm telling you this , and practically without exception , they must 've er got to know me and they come for what they wanted . |
| 23 | But I do n't know why I 'm telling you this , because you 're going to do exactly what you want to anyway . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm telling you this in confidence , but you 'd find out about it when you go through the books . |
| 25 | Erm , well it 's just a seminar about planning at the moment , I shall get further information about it on nearer the time , erm , a change in who would pay our , or get our VAT repayment claim from , does n't change an address basically , and er a request from Sam Stewart , whose erm a Counc , er a County Councillor , er something which I really ca n't actually erm help him with , he wants to know the whole of our Parish Council meetings date for nineteen ninety four , but I mean this is something we fix as we go along , so I really do n't think that I can help him by that , and I 'm sending him that , erm |
| 26 | And she said well , I 'm see that I 've twenty second er I 'm sending him that , mum , to do my reference cos they 've got ta they 've got ta have that . |
| 27 | I 'm using it all the time . |
| 28 | I 'm kicking it all the while . |
| 29 | Well , I 'm happy to do that ; in fact I 'm seeing her this afternoon , and I 'll mention it . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm giving us each a chance , ’ he said coldly , getting up . |