Example sentences of "and [verb] my [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes it 's like a sort of spell , and I have to put my tongue out and wrinkle my nose to break it . |
| 2 | So it was the likes of that and these things that got me to know my staff and got my staff to know me . |
| 3 | He jumped out of his boat and caught my arm to steady me . |
| 4 | Cook the din-dins , put the cat out , clear up the junk on the great man 's desk , and hope my lord throws me a kind word from time to time . |
| 5 | No I do n't , but nevertheless nobody knew only people like us and the neighbours , how that kid was every day when her mother to the T S B and her mother according to Julia had her because it was the done thing her mother , her own mother would n't have her , Kerry to look after her and I know that for a fact because one time when Ross was ill , Julia said I ca n't have her and she said oh god I suppose I 've got to go and beg my mother to have her now she did , but the woman said to Julia , I mean she would n't give up her job , they had a four bedroomed house , two bloody great cars , eleven cats |
| 6 | ‘ I was thinking about what you were saying , ’ I told her , while memories of Nour flooded my being so that I felt I could n't bear it but must instantly take that gleaming knife and open my body to let him out . |
| 7 | Rolling my sleeves up and getting my hands dirty it 's what life is all about . |
| 8 | I put the bracelet on and waved my arm to show them . |
| 9 | ‘ In Andernesse I saw it , and sent my Women to fetch it for me . |
| 10 | He greeted his brother nose to nose , welcomed the Omanis and took my hand to lead me up the steps of the family bungalow . |
| 11 | ‘ As long as we do n't miss the mosque , ’ Adam said , and took my hand to hurry me on , like a character out of Alice . |
| 12 | I think I 'm gon na try and persuade my Mum to let me bring my camera in for the last day of term , I 'm gon na get a bottle of from the shop that 's on . |
| 13 | But I intend to drive the strategy that is already in place and leave my successor to drive it even further . ’ |
| 14 | I do n't want them to ask me any more questions , so what I do is I lie back in the sofa and shut my eyes like I 'm asleep . |