Example sentences of "am [verb] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I am expected to maintain the image of an angling guru , and all too frequently this uncomfortable mask slips ; generally leaving me red-faced with embarrassment , furiously attempting to devise some semi-acceptable excuse for rampant stupidity or lack of skill . |
| 2 | I am writing to support the proposals , by Central Regional Council , for a shift in transport policy towards public transport , traffic calming , and better facilities for cyclists and pedestrians . |
| 3 | I am writing to echo the thoughts of Mrs Surridge ( Readers ' Letters April ‘ 92 issue ) . |
| 4 | I am writing to confirm the arrangements for filming inside the Big Ben Clock Tower next Wednesday , June 7th . |
| 5 | I am writing to confirm the arrangements surrounding your preparation of scripts for the components for the Central News I and II videos . |
| 6 | I am writing to confirm the arrangements surrounding your preparation of the script for the video of — . |
| 7 | I am going to destroy the seducer Malik and his friend Wilson , ’ hissed Hasan . |
| 8 | Of course I accept that ruling entirely Mr Deputy Speaker but the point I was trying to make , I am going to give the speech very briefly indeed I do assure you , is that if you 're trying to assess the numbers er and the correctness of the numbers that are being er er going to vote for and indeed the boundaries associated with those numbers , it 's a perfectly I would have thought , fair question to ask oneself as they go off er from us as to what they are going off in to er and I I do assure you Mr Deputy Speake , I do n't plan to speak more than two minutes , two to three minutes on this matter , I do hope that you will allow me just to make a very brief point on this . |
| 9 | ‘ I am going to save the business , Joey , I do n't know how I 'm going to do it but somehow I will . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Right , ’ he said , threateningly , ‘ I am going to call the register . ’ |
| 11 | He says ; I am going to take the matter up with the company to try to save the jobs for Worcester . |
| 12 | ‘ I am going to take the tape from your mouth . |
| 13 | ‘ I am going to see The King And I tonight , ’ said one of the committee to him unctuously , ‘ and I will appreciate it much more . ’ |
| 14 | He said : ‘ I am going to force the Government to tell us the truth about the real threats behind the public spending review to thousands of sick and disabled people . ’ |
| 15 | Before driving in a drunken rage to her house , he is said to have told a friend : ‘ If she is there I am going to burn the house down and burn her down too . |
| 16 | On this subject , I am going to jump the gun and name my 12th man , who is not really a genuine reserve , but simply England 's best-ever allround fielder : A. P. F. Chapman . |
| 17 | ‘ How I am going to face the girls at the ball tomorrow ? |
| 18 | At the end of three days he went to his grandfather , and said , " Grandfather , I am going to climb the mountain and find a place where I can get some peace and quiet . |
| 19 | Mr Ismet Sezgin , Turkish Interior Minister , who is visiting Damascus next week , said : ‘ I am going to warn the Syrians once and for all against their support for terrorism . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I am going to make the climb downwards , ’ the Finn called to them . |
| 21 | I am going to make the scones now . |
| 22 | Just this once I am going to break the habits of a lifetime and take your IOU . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Every purse has its limits , ’ he wrote , ‘ and I am beginning to see the bottom of my own . ’ |
| 24 | I am beginning to count the days since the landing and to reflect on all that has happened . |
| 25 | For nobody , back at base , can now argue that I am failing to complete the contract with panache and style . |
| 26 | I am driven to seek the man who sired that dear child . |
| 27 | In each case , if I am to claim that this revelation or experience is of ‘ God ’ , and is not simply an expression of some form of mental delusion which should be referred to a psychoanalyst , then I am forced to debate the interpretation that I am giving . |
| 28 | I am tempted to accept the Minister 's explanation of his motivation , but those in my constituency , one of the poorest in the country , who made claims at the time of the reforms found it more difficult to obtain any decent benefits from the system . |
| 29 | But suppose I am trying to use the machine , and I try coin after coin unsuccessfully , and I utter ( 23 ) ; I might then very well communicate : ( 24 ) Some , and perhaps all , ten cent pieces are rejected by this vending machine and indeed I could say this without contradiction . |
| 30 | ‘ I am trying to take the Lord Mayoralty out to the people , reach out to as many as I can . |