Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] i [vb mod] [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You will speak to me politely or I will split my men here into two football teams with you as the ball . |
| 2 | Abraham makes his request : ‘ Give me land enough among you so that I may bury my dead properly . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm the one who puts the barrels on the carts , and then the shire ‘ orses pulls me round the East End so that I can deliver my wares . |
| 4 | But all I 'm asking for is an all-glass tank four feet long , and around 18″ × 18″ so that I can watch my shoals patrolling its full length . |
| 5 | Can you recommend some manufacturers of baby carriers so that I can bring my son along too ? |
| 6 | so that I can do my exam . |
| 7 | The point is that if these things have to be revealed so that I can find my sister then I 'm afraid that 's the way it 's going to be . |
| 8 | The conductor will say , ‘ So that I can communicate my ideas to the orchestra ’ ; and the orchestra will say , ‘ So that he can learn the repertory at our expense ’ ; and the manager will say , ‘ Because I am paying for all this and I insist you rehearse . ’ |
| 9 | I had a meal out with a friend recently , and now we 've got mother into hospital for a few weeks so that I can take my husband away on holiday . |
| 10 | I need a slow , sedentary number now , just so that I can get my breath back . ’ |
| 11 | Then Goiko 's wife begged the master-mason , " At Least leave a small gap , so that I can see my son Jovo when he passes by . " |
| 12 | I have the clock , so that I know the time , Schedule+ so that I can see my appointments , and Word for Windows for word processing . |
| 13 | We shall have to try and swap seats with someone so that I can put my feet in the aisle . ’ |
| 14 | In September 1938 , when I was sixteen , I went back to my native country for a holiday ; partly because 1 wanted to see my friends in štanjel , and partly so that I could visit my uncles , aunts and cousins on my mother 's side of the family in Mavhinje . |
| 15 | During this time , the King of Lilliput had written to ask the King of Blefuscu to send me back , as a prisoner , so that I could receive my punishment . |
| 16 | At around midnight , the chairman used my pregnancy — I was huge by then — as an excuse to break up the meeting : he said that even if no one else was tired , he thought we ought to disperse so that I could get my rest ! |
| 17 | I will co-operate with and fight alongside my hon. Friend the Member for Rother Valley ( Mr. Barron ) for the interests of coal and do all that I can to assist my party 's energy team in that fight . |
| 18 | I believe that the new generation of " 16 bit " machines ( such as the ACT Sirius 1 ) will prove to be well capable of meeting these demands If I may be permitted one small advertisement , I do not expect it to be long before I can fulfil my objective of promoting the use of micros in personnel through the marketing of systems developed specifically for this field . |
| 19 | He put his hand over the flame of the lamp and said to Stricker : ‘ Let me see her for as long as I can keep my hand in the flame . ’ |
| 20 | Nay , rather than I 'll leave my Cause i' th' Lurch , I 'll — I 'll — I 'll |
| 21 | Mrs Grant , I 'll need to be away or I 'll miss my bus . |
| 22 | ‘ Don Marco drove me over so I could telephone my ‘ Jottings ’ and the house was crawling with carabinieri . |
| 23 | She did n't look up when I said I was sorry I had been unkind , just went on opening drawers and dropping things and muttering ; I had begun to wonder if she had heard me , when she said , ‘ All right , all right , I 'm going just as soon as I can get my things together , I 'm not one to stay where I 'm not wanted . ’ |
| 24 | Send me letters here still and I shall ask my new friend Mr ( wall-eyed ) Wood ( prop. ) to sit on them or speed them to another valley by pigeon post . |
| 25 | Eloise said at last , ‘ I 'm going back home and I 'll contact my lawyers . |
| 26 | The day seemed very long yesterday but I must say my ‘ bonne ’ was very good to me . |
| 27 | it 's erm , please leave your name and number , and the postal area code and I could n't figure out what they meant , your post code , or what , anyway , I sort , I , I left this long pause , shut your face I left this really long pause , and it just like clicked off before I could leave my phone number , so they 've got my , my answer and my names , but they have n't got my phone number , so I thought well , that 's not much good , they ca n't phone you , can they ? |
| 28 | I grabbed the top of the fence and pulled myself up until I could rest my forearms there , keeping myself about a foot off the ground by skidding the toes of my trainers — only cleaned last week as well — into the wet wood . |
| 29 | Treshnish ignored Lachlan , bowed to Eachuinn Odhar with respect and asked , ‘ Duart , will you tell me now where I may find my daughter , who handfasted with Lachlan Cattanach a year ago ? |
| 30 | But he added : ‘ I am not just trying to play now so I can force my way into the Cup final team . |