Example sentences of "i [be] [v-ing] a [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My brother and I are having a few people in for a drink before lunch on Sunday . |
| 2 | ‘ Obviously I 'm pleased that I 'm getting a few winners , ’ he told me , ‘ but I would still like to have more mounts . |
| 3 | I 'm seeing a few bright smiles here , which is , er , interesting . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm having a little rest after all the hard work . |
| 5 | But if you can tolerate company , I 'm having a few people , mostly colleagues of Alex from the power station , to dinner on Thursday night . |
| 6 | Just say , ‘ I 'm having a few friends round to dinner . |
| 7 | I 'm having a few friends in on Saturday evening , along with some new acquaintances , and I 'd like you all to come . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , I was using a few of them . |
| 9 | I might enjoy sampling what I was touching a few minutes ago . ’ |
| 10 | Well I 'm sorry like but I was getting a few interruptions on the landing |
| 11 | However , to illustrate my belief that nothing has really changed , while I was taking a few notes from a caddie in Montpellier in the south of France — he was telling me how ‘ we 'd hit a great pitch in at the last ’ — I happened to notice the sign above the caddie shack . |
| 12 | I phoned and the man that I needed to speak to was not there , he 'd been seconded to the Himalayas or something , he was only coming back erm , in the middle of January , I was in , erm , November or whatever it was , I was giving a few days ' grace , and then I was going to call . |
| 13 | Now I know as I was saying a few moments ago , I travelled to the continent just recently , and I know we had to pay a surcharge on the flight . |