Example sentences of "[prep] my [noun sg] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ During my visit I told them I would be extremely surprised if they were not granted asylum and offered my help if they have any problems . ’ |
| 2 | To get somewhere for my caddying I felt I had to travel , and I left home for my first tournament in 1951 at St Andrews for the Amateur Championship . |
| 3 | About eighteen months after my mastectomy I had my hysterectomy , an even more painful operation . |
| 4 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |
| 5 | To the best of my recollection I mentioned their existence as soon as you had expressed dissatisfaction with Northumberland Avenue . |
| 6 | Historical metaphors can never do justice to the complexity of a country 's past , but at this early stage of my trip I felt I was beginning to discern a snake 's energy and inertia in Peru 's past . |
| 7 | Right get out of my class I told you to stop interrupting . |
| 8 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone running to a car then it was driven off at speed , and they did n't seem to care about the traffic |
| 9 | Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a white butterfly — but it was the white pattern on the tail of an adult , checking up on the brood . |
| 10 | Out of the corner of my eye I watched him wipe himself with Kleenex tissues and drop them on the floor , indifferent to the smears of blood on them . |
| 11 | In the middle of my glacier I lost my nerve . |
| 12 | Throughout my journey I found myself saying , " they 're different countries , North and South " . |
| 13 | With my accent I thought I 'd be smashed to pieces or fucked in half after five minutes in here . |
| 14 | Before getting into my sleeping-bag I made myself a cup of cocoa , without milk , which I do n't much like , and with a generous lacing of whisky , which I do . |
| 15 | From my pack I offered her an apple , the only food I had . |
| 16 | ‘ In my invitation I told him that in Chester we have everything to offer that is best in Britain . |
| 17 | Upstairs in my apartment I bought myself a drink . |
| 18 | In my diary I recognised it almost from the beginning , probably because I made no connection between it and non-eating , but seemed to have ascribed it to being overworked academically or being hounded into sporting activities which I resented for their profound pointlessness . |
| 19 | In my message I told them that I was going to fly close to the control tower to see if they could tell me what was wrong with my port wheel , but again no reply from control . |
| 20 | ‘ It was done by experts and in my heart I knew it was wrong . ’ |
| 21 | In my heart I knew he was dead , but I wanted to hear what she would say … |
| 22 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ I agreed but in my heart I doubted it . |
| 23 | For the first and last time in my life I saw my father in tears . |
| 24 | For the first time in my life I found myself surrounded by friends — friends whom I found interesting , and friends who appeared to find me interesting , bright and witty , despite my all-too-evident disadvantages . |
| 25 | And for the first time in my life I found myself appreciating the statuesque Gallic appearance of my hooter . |
| 26 | In my turn I shook my head . |
| 27 | Placing the bagpipes in my rucksack I made my way back across the green to the orchard , expecting a summons at any moment to appear before Shimi Lovat . |
| 28 | I 'd read of automatic writing so in my grief I tried it , spending many hours holding a felt-tip pen over paper . |
| 29 | As I blundered on in my explanation I realised he had forgotten all about it and if I had kept my mouth shut the problem need never have arisen . |
| 30 | And in my mind I saw them reaching between their legs to clutch their precious bags . |