Example sentences of "my [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will now release me : the resulting implication being that I bought my freedom at the expense of his . |
| 2 | ‘ We all read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee . |
| 3 | ‘ There was a transitional moment of delicious uneasiness and then — instantaneously — the long inhibition was over , the dry desert lay behind , I was off once more into the land of longing , my heart at once broken and exalted as it had never been since the old days at Bookham . ’ |
| 4 | Jack Berry 's colt , backed from 6–4 to 13–8 on before finishing third to Touch Silver in the Brocklesby Stakes at Doncaster , then ruined his chance with a slow start when going under by half a length to Key To My Heart at Hamilton Park last time . |
| 5 | SO WROTE Stephen Vincent Benet , who also penned the immortal line ‘ Bury my heart at Wounded Knee . ’ |
| 6 | It is n't my story at all , his family are completely different from mine , his background is completely different … ’ |
| 7 | Erm I started losing my hair at twenty nine |
| 8 | ‘ Maybe it 's my prince at last ! ’ |
| 9 | I was sitting in front of my easel at about quarter to nine , doing preliminary tests on a little panel-picture of a City church ; Radio 3 in the background was churning out something by one of those Bachs who were n't Bach . |
| 10 | I could have vomited with fear and had difficulty controlling my breathing at the silent horrors my master described . |
| 11 | In the event , we had to return at separate times and as the friend , Mr. Robin Townsend , was to cross first , he took the plastic ticket and we agreed he would arrange to have the ticket divided , and leave my part at your Ostend office . |
| 12 | In my case at least , therefore , thought , belief or knowledge concerning the world can not be analysed simply in terms of dispositions to behave . |
| 13 | And she did n't give me a chance to explain my case at all . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And then at 18 , or in my case at 17 , they take you away from everything you know and stick you in some broom cupboard of a bedsit . |
| 15 | In fact there was not much of a feeling that anyone was on my case at all . |
| 16 | If I had my case at home without a doctor . |
| 17 | My income at that time was mainly from prints . |
| 18 | It seemed only a matter of days before I was standing astride my bike at the gates of Sonning Common , together with my good friend Richard Smith ( who I think was twice as mad as me as he did n't have to do it ! ) |
| 19 | Towards the end of my sojourn at Kinloss , and after I became the assistant to the chief ground instructor under a squadron leader , I was also seconded to the engineering wing . |
| 20 | I went , reinforced by my experience at the long X-ray session and the fact that nearly a month had transpired since the photos were taken . |
| 21 | My experience at the Fiesta Club had led me to the conclusion that , on average , a ‘ star ’ lasts about three years before fading to a nonentity and I intended to earn as much as possible in that time and retire — unhurt — with enough capital for a business . |
| 22 | And the man whose glory days at Goodison included League championship , FA Cup and European Cup-Winners ' Cup medals insisted : ‘ This situation is even bigger than my experience at Everton . |
| 23 | But I thought about my experience at Wilhelmshaven , and the fascination of the task there , despite the appalling environment . |
| 24 | I did not mention my own strange adventure on Winter Marsh , but I did describe Seddon 's and my experience at the flat in Yardarm Square . |
| 25 | ‘ An my experience at Imperial had shown me the growing need in this country to find free-standing sites on the outskirts of towns , away from parking problems and inner city violence . |
| 26 | ‘ My experience at The Dorchester and what I know from the Four Seasons Inn on the Park ( Four Seasons recently acquired the Regent Group ) , shows me that there is a market which appreciates the best service and is prepared to pay £200 a night and more for it . ’ |
| 27 | I discharged my responsibility at the court , and that is that . |
| 28 | wrote in my apartment at the Hotel España in Salamanca , just before I |
| 29 | Well , it should be no problem at all but , on my Spectrum at least , the aluminium heatsink prevented the plug from being properly inserted . |
| 30 | It is because of that commitment and my understanding of the values and decent opinions of the Province that I have placed my resignation at the Prime Minister 's disposal . |