Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] of my [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pity for myself , for the dislocation of my words , of the edifice carefully constructed to bury pain . |
| 2 | I recently set up a new tank , and used a large piece of bogwood , for the benefit of my plecs . |
| 3 | This meant I had to get hay from the top barn for the rest of my cattle , which were still outside . |
| 4 | I would be ‘ sent to Coventry ’ ; and be considered as a coward for the rest of my school-days . |
| 5 | THEY WILL INFLUENCE ME FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS . |
| 6 | They will influence me for the rest of my days . |
| 7 | I 'll have to live with the notoriety for the rest of my days . |
| 8 | I do n't want to do housework for the rest of my days — working in other people 's houses — but I have to do it until something better comes along . ’ |
| 9 | What my Commander-in-Chief had to say to me is something that I will treasure for the rest of my days — and has only been shared with one other . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman has no ideas and is desperate for the advice of my officials . |
| 11 | For the sake of my parents , for the sake of their loved ones , for the sake of justice , and for the sake of a civilised society , please come forward to the police with your information . |
| 12 | I ca n't afford to fight this in the American courts and I genuinely fear for the safety of my children . ’ |
| 13 | I enjoyed this day , felt I had done something worthwhile and was grateful for the generosity of my sponsors who contributed to such worthy cause . |
| 14 | I am reminded of Letterman 's tennis because as I stroll through the grounds of the club , waiting for the arrival of my transcripts , I come upon a red earth tennis court . |
| 15 | It was impossible to get any indication since my instructions from the Foreign Office were to negotiate only with Mr Smith and his people and not to have any contact with the black population during the period of my negotiations . |
| 16 | When I was a teenager there were rows of a sort — mainly about the behaviour of my sisters — but during the whole of my childhood I can only remember one . |
| 17 | It is wiping sick from the carpet , worrying about the size of my thighs , being woken in the night by a crying baby and meeting my children from school that I want to remember , laugh at and celebrate . |
| 18 | While I was pregnant a young security guard used to enquire solicitously about the state of my ankles . |
| 19 | You are wrong about the accuracy of my copies . |
| 20 | After the jump , no doubt I might simply regret not having died , but only if it no longer matters to me how I die , only if I am past caring about the value of my acts . |
| 21 | I felt it through the seat of my pants , and grinned . |
| 22 | I 'll scribble Robina Marquis off the front of my dream-books and put Suzanne Brown next to the Strictly Private . |
| 23 | My nightmare began after the birth of my children . |
| 24 | Dead nonchalant , I leapt from the fence in one graceful bound to check the garden out : business must go on even in the face of the queen of my dreams . |
| 25 | My hon. Friend will be aware of the concern of my constituents who work at the Royal Navy workshop at Almondbank because of the present review of helicopter servicing . |
| 26 | You 're frightened of the feel of my arms about you . |
| 27 | I left him in charge of the whole of my affairs during my absence from England , with a perfect conviction that he would zealously exert himself for my interest , and the confidence I reposed in him has been fully realised , not only during my absence , but during the long period of eighteen years . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't care what you do — I do n't suppose the little blighters will go off to sleep — but keep them there and out of the way of my men right ? |
| 29 | But if anybody refuses to believe that about 270 B.C. Lycophron could say about the Romans : " And the fame of the race of my ancestors shall thereafter be exalted to the highest by their descendants who shall with their spears win the foremost crown of glory , obtaining the sceptre and monarchy of earth and sea " ( transl . |
| 30 | As your co-trustee I have not been inattentive to my duty … and I in no shape deserve to be the object of the prosecution of my co-trustees . |