Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [am/are] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rain pours down the window panes of my London flat and I am reading the letters of black political prisoners in the country I was born in . |
| 2 | Instead we are now saying , ‘ I know this diet and exercise plan is working for me ’ , ‘ this time I am going to reach my weight and inch goal ’ , ‘ because I never feel hungry and I am eating the foods I enjoy , I do n't even feel as though I 'm dieting ’ . |
| 3 | And Petrarch lived quite near here in Avignon , and I am seeing the same cypresses and oleanders … |
| 4 | And I am disturbing the veils , she thought . |
| 5 | This production is set in 1951 and I am playing the mistress the way Coward intended when he wrote the comedy . ’ |
| 6 | Eyes sparkling , Vicky told me : ‘ Laurence and I are to spend the whole day together . ’ |
| 7 | The Jamaican stays blank , and I 'm hoping the corpse do n't stir . |
| 8 | Erm my name 's Derek , and I 'm taping the meeting as most of you know so far . |
| 9 | The rounds are scattered on the kitchen table , and I 'm moving the pistol from hand to hand like I was kneading a blob of putty . |
| 10 | and I 'm born the last day in April . |
| 11 | Erm yeah , tomorrow 's basically horrendously busy and I 'm temping the next two days , but I 'm free in the evenings . |
| 12 | And I 'm getting the fucking easy life . |
| 13 | Jackie phoned me up to say , she phoned me up today for a chat , we were chatting away and she said erm , I heard Brenda , Brenda , so I knew it was girl , and er , I was saying she walked straight into the kitchen and I was sort of still on the phone , I was saying yeah , yeah , ok and erm , I said I 'm going out shopping and I 'm taking the dog with me , I said ok fair enough , she said well you 'll probably be gone when I get back , I said oh might be but she said but I do n't know and erm you know and I just put the phone down cos she wanted to see the pictures , my little girl asked put all the pictures up for him and er were looking at all the pictures and I 'd forgotten about Jack on the phone you know , so she s all of a sudden I got back she said oh your phone call she said who you talking too ? |
| 14 | And I 'm hearing the word ‘ groom ’ one too many times for it to be coincidence . |
| 15 | and I 'm seeing the surgeon today and erm and I met somebody the other day who 'd had it done and his fingers were n't affected , you know , so I mean it 's just the luck of the draw I think . |
| 16 | I know one should n't bite the hand that feeds but sometimes I feel that the roles are reversed : that I 'm really William Darcy , and I 'm playing the part of James Salperton . ’ |
| 17 | Yes , they do n't know cos they 're both Daily Mail readers and I 'm cutting the majority of these out . |
| 18 | My Mandy is dead and I 'm upping the ante . |
| 19 | ‘ Some swine stole her and ran her on to a coral reef , ’ I said , ‘ and I 'm spending the next two months mending her . ’ |
| 20 | And I 'm having the , I 'm er I having the |
| 21 | Yeah , what I thought see , if you come out and I 'm covering the door and this light on you 'll be able to see straight away . |
| 22 | So this boy is looking at the irises and I 'm doing the VAT on a multiple despatch but I 'm also looking out of the corner of my eye and thinking , ‘ You 're a Monday to Friday . ’ |
| 23 | It 's once you try and when you think , Well they must be real and I 'm missing the point . |
| 24 | We 're sitting in the train , knocking back gin , and I 'm continuing the same line of thought , aloud . |
| 25 | er but if you are actually swimming and you are using the different strokes and so forth , it does use power-wise all the main muscles of the body . |
| 26 | You or your partner are aged 60 or over , and you are getting the pensioner or higher pensioner premium |
| 27 | You or your partner are long-term sick or disabled , and you are getting the disability or severe disability premium . |
| 28 | The implication was clear : vote Liberal Democrat and you are opening the door to hordes of squabbling Flemings and Walloons . |
| 29 | ‘ And you 're evading the question . ’ |
| 30 | Camel Toe : ‘ if your pants are too tight and you 're reaching the double yo-yo ’ . |