Example sentences of "i be [v-ing] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good gracious , ’ she breathed , ‘ if you really do believe that Rob and I are conducting some sultry little affair , do you think that either of us would be fool enough to use an office which adjoins yours ? ’ |
| 2 | In doing so I am not suggesting that I am delineating some objective essence of classicism . |
| 3 | I am doing some part-time and short-term work for a charity — difficult on lots of scores ( ! ) . |
| 4 | I am doing some special strengthening work that has been recommended and that hopefully will bring about recovery and will make surgery unnecessary . |
| 5 | It can be frustrating when I 'm pursuing some grand design such as building a shed or planting a hedge ; but I suppose it teaches that life is a process of becoming . |
| 6 | Why am I sad when I 'm getting some new trainers ? |
| 7 | I 'm taking some gentle exercise . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm having some new treatment for my migraine attacks , ’ she told them , accepting a second cup of tea . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm having some funny pains . ’ |
| 10 | That group progressed quite a lot that year , from being almost unteachable in the beginning , to being at least teachable , and I was getting some fair work out of them … but it was very time consuming . |
| 11 | I knew I was taking some rare old stick mentally , though . |
| 12 | Late one afternoon as I was packing some old boots I had begged with wet slack and tea leaves to use as fuel on the fire the door was flung open and Dad stumbled in . |
| 13 | I was doing some mental arithmetic , counting up what was in my wire basket , when I got a great dig in the backside . |
| 14 | I was doing some swift mental arithmetic , and the result was so crazy that I paused to rework the sums in my head . |