Example sentences of "my [noun sg] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | But long ago , in 1946 , the questing and the questioning had become almost unbearable , and I knew that to keep my sanity I must force myself to an arbitrary conclusion : I would believe the least terrible of terrible possibilities — that the plane had been shot down over the Channel by enemy action . |
| 2 | For my sanity I had to put my foot down , even though my husband , a very conventional Greek , could n't understand why . |
| 3 | From the unsafe distance of my perversion I could , at last , allow my real reactions to emerge . |
| 4 | But if we now recall the alternative definition of democracy as popular power , or popular sovereignty , then it becomes clear that it can not be a democratic act for the people to vote away their own power and their own rights ; any more than if I freely renounce my freedom I can remain free because the renunciation was a free act . |
| 5 | Whenever I picked up my guitar I played the same basic scalar and arpeggiated patterns . |
| 6 | The mechanism was somewhat as follows ( I have used it since ) : to every charge brought against me , unjust though it be , from the bottom of my heart I shall answer yes . |
| 7 | With all my heart I hope for the failure of that first book — no , volume , of mine , from beginning to end not trash , but heartless pretence . |
| 8 | I wish with all my heart I could believe what you say . |
| 9 | With all my heart I mean that . |
| 10 | But in my heart I still know I 'm innocent ’ . |
| 11 | In my heart I can not put down what happened to our family that day to anything else . |
| 12 | I knew that I had to protect myself from another pounding — if I let him into my heart I would be done for . |
| 13 | ‘ It was done by experts and in my heart I knew it was wrong . ’ |
| 14 | In my heart I can not accept it . ’ |
| 15 | But in my heart I was frantic . |
| 16 | In my heart I know she is mine but the uncertainty over all this is agonising . |
| 17 | ‘ It is indeed , my lord — with all my heart I say it is . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ I agreed but in my heart I doubted it . |
| 19 | I was scolded for an hour by Bessie as the most ungrateful child in the world , and indeed with so much hate in my heart I did feel wicked . |
| 20 | In the struggle and confusion that was going on in my heart I knew that he loved me and I loved him , but I also knew that I must leave him ! |
| 21 | However , in my heart I also knew I was right to leave . |
| 22 | From the bottom of my heart I thank you . ’ |
| 23 | But in my heart I knew that another man could . |
| 24 | No matter how realistic and cautious I tried to be about changes at home , in my heart I only wanted reassurance that things would be as before . |
| 25 | ‘ In the depths of my heart I ca n't help being convinced that my dear fellow-men , with a few exceptions , are worthless . ’ |
| 26 | In my heart I knew he was dead , but I wanted to hear what she would say … |
| 27 | With all my heart I hated the malais . |
| 28 | With all my heart I will go to your lady . ’ |
| 29 | And , of course , in my heart I 'm glad it did n't ! |
| 30 | So out of the kindness of my heart I agreed to come in . ’ |