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Example sentences of "'m [adv] [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ I 'm only looking for a taxi . ’
2	Well I 'm only gon na a month ago they did actually er officially announce the launch of a product there it 's the pen writing pad personal organizer there .
3	Cos you ca n't go and say well I 'm only going for a couple of weeks !
4	I 'm not getting into a fight over some silly little first-year whether she 's your sister or not , and if you 'll excuse me , this porridge is bad enough hot , but cold it 's inedible and there 's a long way to go till lunchtime . ’
5	‘ I 'm not trying for a wedding-ring or anything else ; I 'll put it down to experience , so you have no need to be afraid of my intentions , or to reproach yourself . ’
6	I 'm not hoping for a shell-casing , you know , but if he 'd just get a fucking nose-bleed or something , I 'd be a happy man . ’
7	This is , I , I 'm not looking for a
8	So I 'm not looking for a response to what he says at this stage .
9	not well enough to do that , so I 'm not looking for a job yet , she said your nerves are all
10	I 'm not looking for a Jag !
11	No I 'm not , I 'm not looking for a new penknife at all boy
12	I 'm not suggesting for a moment it does n't cross my mind nor has Mr suggested that there has been any er deliberate failures to disclose something which was thought was , which you 've got and was thought relevant , but it , things do turn out to be potentially relevant in the course of the court appearance
13	I 'm not suggesting for a moment that university people are n't as integrated as anyone else .
14	‘ I 'll be very disappointed if I 'm not competing for a place in the first one-day international on January 16 .
15	I mean I 'm speaking as a political animal because I watch all the television , I mean I take my wireless to bed and listen to the actually I was listening to the wireless at erm half past eleven when they started it , so I 'm not speaking as a person that sort of does n't watch or listen to the Gulf business , but I think it 's erm on too much .
16	I 'm not asking for a few soothing words to calm my conscience ; if I can , I want to help .
17	I 'm not asking for a vote on it I 'm simply giving you my opinion .
18	I 'm not asking for a lesson on highway modelling particularly at half past four in the afternoon but what 's your reaction to what Mr said about the way in which your model would perform in other words on an all or nothing basis , when it 's shorter it all goes that way ?
19	I said I understand your busy , I said if you ca n't turn him say , then I will turn him in an hour I ca n't do it before , fine , I said at least I 'm not sitting like a prat telling him a load of rubbish
20	Eh I 'm not going into a library , fuck that
21	Oh ’ — he looked into the basket — ‘ I 'm not going for a week ; I just wanted a sandwich or two .
22	I saved up for us to have a holiday , I booked a caravan and paid the coach fares and then on the morning we were due to go he said , " I 'm not going without a penny in my pocket , I ca n't , I ca n't . "
23	It may very well be that I 'm not playing with a full deck .
24	Now I 'm not talking about a loud , wild time or a side-splitting , back-slapping drunken knees-up .
25	‘ I 'm not talking about a police amnesty , where the lads are asked to drop their knives in a bin , ’ he said .
26	I 'm not doing without a holiday because I 'm feeling hard up though , but because I do n't particularly want one . ’
27	Without thinking , I said , ‘ No thanks , I 'm just looking for a man . ’
28	No , it 's okay er , just carry on cos I 'm just looking for a piece of paper to write it on .
29	But it 's also a personal thing : I do n't want to look as if I 'm just jumping on a green bandwagon .
30	Yes , they 're referring to the fact I 'm just going for a , it 's a hernia operation actually , so er everybody says , oh you , no problem at all .