Example sentences of "[vb past] my [noun sg] [pron] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told my father I was trying to get them over to the far side , to the mainland , and that the ones I had to bury , the ones which fell short , were victims of scientific research , but I doubt I really needed this excuse , my father never seemed bothered about the suffering of lower forms of life , despite having been a hippy , and perhaps because of his medical training . |
| 2 | Mainly to get me out of the house , probably , but when I told my father I was going to be an actor he immediately thought I 'd turned gay . |
| 3 | I told my grandfather I was going to prove him wrong . ’ |
| 4 | He brought a girl home and told my mother she was going to stay with us . |
| 5 | I told my mother I was bringing you . |
| 6 | I jumped down off the wall and joined my sister who was standing behind them listening . |
| 7 | I broke my nail I was biting it last night . |
| 8 | But that was where the trouble came when I lost my sight he was left with both the practical side and the er bookkeeping as well which he did n't understand at all . |
| 9 | It completely slipped my mind I was going to be accused of theft ! |
| 10 | ‘ From the moment Bertha married my father I was dominated by her . |
| 11 | And then after I had my daughter I was going to go back in there but at the time it was just like a junior 's position , |