Example sentences of "my [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the afternoon 's events the Head makes an emotional speech praising my athleticism , my versatility , my stamina and my humility as he kneels at my feet to present me with the ‘ School 's Outstanding Sportsperson of the Decade ’ award . |
| 2 | I was standing mouth wide open afraid of what was going to happen next , but I practically jumped out of my skin when he yelled at me ‘ to stop gorpin' an' fill the kettle ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ In fact it was only by a miracle that my sister and I survived at all : we took shelter with our youngest brother in the Jama Masjid area . |
| 4 | For example , that the images that I now call up in my mind as I look at the front door of my house , this is something quite real , but it 's real in a much more radically different , in a radically different sense , there 's a , somehow a radically difference in the kind of reality which that image enjoys , to the reality that that bottle enjoys . |
| 5 | Images of animals huddled together for warmth , safety and companionship floated into my mind as I stood at the side of this man , watching him examine firearms . |
| 6 | Jo slipped an arm around my waist as we stood at the foot of the stairs . |
| 7 | Ye yes it it does , and I think I made this point in erm in my evidence that it lies at the extreme erm southeastern corner of the paddock erm and if if , This is making an assumption . |
| 8 | My friend and I smiled at each other . |
| 9 | The Wheel Tapper pub behind the railway station in Taunton was my haven when I worked at the art college there in the late 1960s and early 1970s . |
| 10 | I never wanted my Mum so much in my life as I did at that moment . |
| 11 | He reads my novel and I look at his SHE column , and we listen to each other 's comments . |
| 12 | I ca n't believe my memory when I look at her . ’ |
| 13 | I drove twenty yards ahead so that the bus would not be blocking my way when it stopped at the bus stop , then I stopped and looked back . |
| 14 | I played it to my mother and she stared at me in total disbelief . |