Example sentences of "i 'm [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But now I 'm finally getting to that burner . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm nearly fainting with the heat in here . " |
| 3 | Yet it is not too hard to imagine how a computer parsing program might achieve some such effect : if we ask an English speaker how he does it , we may well get some reply like ‘ Well , I 'm simply looking for a sense of the word related to drinking , are n't I ? ’ |
| 4 | Common sense should tell you I 'm simply reacting in the most intelligent way . |
| 5 | I 'm simply dying of thirst . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm simply going to bed , ’ Jenna said breathlessly , facing him with anxiety . |
| 7 | have to be careful because I 'm not an investment advisor , I 'm simply talking about the benefits of the tax exemption . |
| 8 | Er I 'm simply talking about a level playing field . |
| 9 | I 'm also working with the kids at the local YMCA , linking their activities to the church . |
| 10 | I said I 'm also gon na be che cheeky and see if I can use your toi he said oh yes he said , go and help yourself he said there 's a kettle down there , make yourself a drink , make yourself at home . |
| 11 | I 'm also gon na open this up a bit . |
| 12 | No , I 'm just joking for the tape . |
| 13 | Well I 'm just joking by saying you 've come round to see me have n't you ? |
| 14 | Hello , good afternoon erm I 'm just ringing in response to the previous caller you had on actually . |
| 15 | I 'm just reporting to you er I mean I do n't think it 's worth |
| 16 | I 'm just pretending to be . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm just thinking about the future . |
| 18 | I mean it could work on that basis then , that if , for example , I 'm just thinking about , well just from my point of view , when i was arranging that date in Stirling with the Oxford people , I could of said well , Thursday 's okay with me is it okay with you until I 've checked with |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , I 'm just thinking about yesterday in the Springall mansion . |
| 20 | Sorry , er , sorry , Mr Chairman , I 'm just thinking about it . |
| 21 | Well I 'm just thinking about what 's round the windows anyway . |
| 22 | No I 'm just thinking about erm next Tuesday , I 'm supposed to working , it turns out but I shall try and work it so that I can still come shopping with you , but I shall have to leave |
| 23 | I 'm just thinking about getting it getting it in the drive . |
| 24 | I 'm just thinking about them . |
| 25 | I 'm just thinking for this meeting if we could photocopy some |
| 26 | I never think of er you know , commercial things , I 'm just thinking of we , well providing a service , but then |
| 27 | At the end we er , of the day I had to opt out because it was n't possible for me to fit in and someone else a , I 'm just thinking of the time taken for er , er housing manager or one of his er , staff to erm er , you know , to do that practical thing that 's all |
| 28 | That 's what you want , a decent endowment , it takes out all the fluctuations , and er the they 've big reserves , and of course the minute the endowment starts to look a bit poorer , it 's switch back to P E Ps , course I 've always said that P E Ps were a good idea , and the charges are much better now than they were , and I 'm just thinking of the poor chap that 's read the paper two years ago , over his tea and toast on a Sunday and thought mhm good idea , I 'll take an endowment , and two years later it 's the same person saying aha , no , pretty bad news an endowment . |
| 29 | No I 'm just thinking of using the , of using Laplink first , no , we 'll do that tomorrow . |
| 30 | I 'm just thinking of myself really . |