Example sentences of "[adv] in my [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If human communication were a simple matter of reciprocally exchanged words , if words had no resonances beyond themselves , I might have been proud to be cast in such a role , and either self-confident enough in my ability to fulfil it , or else realistic enough to modify my directives and declare myself in favour of some more modest role . |
| 2 | One Christmas I was flying over the city of Boston in America it night and I saw the Christmas lights like networks of jewellery flickering through the freezing air ; and hardly ever in my life had I seen anything more dazzling or beautiful . |
| 3 | ‘ He stared straight in my eyes like he was listening to me … as if he was considering things . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The fact that you are here in my office gives me the right to ask questions and demand answers , and you 're going to tell me what I want to know , Lissa . ’ |
| 5 | Nowhere in my diary do I mention this physical discomfort , and even now I ca n't remember it as amounting to pain , although I do remember the school doctor drawing the matron 's attention to the extensive bruising on the softer parts of my body . |
| 6 | never in my life had I done anything like this before . |
| 7 | " Never in my life have I questioned an appointment , " she said , weighing every word . |
| 8 | Never in my life have I seen social security payments abound unless they were for a pound of flesh . |