Example sentences of "my [noun pl] and [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then I spoke to one of my contacts and he said it was on the money . |
| 2 | Mr Bell was dismissive of the criticisms , commenting : ‘ I have managed to get through campaigns without knowing the names of my opponents and I think I will be reasonably successful this time , too . ’ |
| 3 | I 've done my exams and I think I 've done well in them . |
| 4 | A nurse came in and asked for my X-rays and I remembered I had forgotten them . |
| 5 | Ireland spoke through you , and your mother , and a whole history of sexual repression ; the kneejerk of an oppressed peasantry rose up in you when Jed 's fingers tweaked my nipples and you hit him , comrade in Marx though he was . |
| 6 | In 1975 , my engineers and I realised we should enter a new area of application — robots for arc welding . |
| 7 | My parents and I saw her in the school play and they thought she was so wonderful that they invited her to lunch — to make me see what I could be if I did it right . |
| 8 | Extract 2 oh listen I wanted to tell you one of the girls in my supply class we 'll hoover when we come back wo n't we she said to me she looked at my shoes and she said you 've got flashy shoes or something I said I got them in Spain she said Miss are you Spanish I thought it was really funny |
| 9 | Nicky loves it when Squeak cleans her , right , my rats and she gives it and Nicky 's getting all and there 's Squeak going |
| 10 | As for Andropulos , several of my officers and I think he 's a leery customer and a suspicious one . |
| 11 | Back then I think my girlfriends and I took it for granted that washing regularly was an exclusively feminine pursuit . |
| 12 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 13 | You have that choice , that chance to do that for my patients and I tell you , to be with you , to be part of you , I 'm as a , I learn for you , I think of you , and I can just tell you , I wish you all the best , but I wo n't forget your responsibility to help the medical profession to make , with the work they do for a better tomorrow possible , due to your work , your hard attempts to give that financial ability through the best insurance policies on the market today . |
| 14 | Come and clean my windows and I owed him from the last time . |
| 15 | My friends and I use it quite a lot . ’ |
| 16 | I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love . |
| 17 | Since I retired I 've had more time on my hands and I pass it , you might say , in reading and reflection on my area of interest . |
| 18 | The boot blacking came off on my hands and I wiped it off on the side of the bed . |
| 19 | Well I went outside and I shut my gates and they saw I mean , er I was looking at them as I was shutting the gate , there 's only three of them ! |
| 20 | Hastings said : ‘ I am very proud of my boys and I thought we played very well , especially the forwards . |
| 21 | The Secretary of State for Scotland will recall that , when my colleagues and I met him and the Secretary of State for the Environment during the consultation period on local government funding , we argued our case on local income tax and pursued the issue of costing . |