Example sentences of "[conj] my [noun sg] is [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is nothing that the dog could do that could express the difference between the two thoughts : ‘ My master is at the door ’ and ‘ I am thinking that my master is at the door ’ . |
| 2 | He argued that I can not know that my diary is in the ( closed ) bottom drawer of my desk unless I have reason to believe that my experience makes that proposition probable ; we can suppose , perhaps , that my relevant experience is that I remember having put the diary there five minutes ago and that I do not remember having touched the drawer since , together with my general knowledge of the consistent behaviour of the experienced world . |
| 3 | I do know that my sister is in the hands of the only person who can perform this highly skilled operation , and that he is someone who saw fit to increase his patient 's fears at a time when she most needed reassurance . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to assure you that my concern is for the future happiness of your granddaughter and I will do all within my power to provide the necessary support . ’ |
| 5 | I lose track of where I am and all I know is that my baby is on the other side of the world . |
| 6 | Then they said I have to be operated because I am already ready and my name is on the list . |
| 7 | And my bark is on the sea ’ |
| 8 | It is easy to sympathise with a traveller who writes : ‘ I have seen a quantity of things here — churches , palaces , statues , fountains and pictures ; and my brain is at the moment like the portfolio of an architect , or a print-shop , or a common-place book . ’ |
| 9 | I am an accountant , I have been called in by the bank , and my duty is to the bank . |
| 10 | We 've been in touch with Stanford who will accept me if my lymphoma is of the right type . |
| 11 | Smoked turkey ( see p11 ) is produced in many countries , but my preference is for the Belgian variety . |
| 12 | but my house is on the market |
| 13 | ‘ But my spine is at the back . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If the price of ending nuclear power is to close every pit I will pay it because my interest is in the future of the human race , ’ — Arthur Scargill . |