Example sentences of "on my [noun sg] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I consider this a monstrous libel and gross slur on my reputation and it has caused grave distress and embarrassment to me and is of course highly defamatory . |
2 | The thing is , if they always give you and you , your , nine times out of ten what they do is like , is either , they either put a can over there or a beer or something , they put it over the end of the , the weapon pull the trigger and that , even with a flash that can go like that , and then they show you one with the , the erm flashes right which have more powerful than the and they 've actually got same again same charge as a life grenade in , but it just plain cardboard so , obviously no trap , but if you lay on them ooh er , you get or something you do n't throw what they do now is they put one they light one , put the helmet over the top of it and make it lit , it runs like buggery and it 'll go a hundred , a hundred and fifty foot up in the air and inside it looks like its been and where its been in the thing it 'll be like er , six seventy foot off the ground , I mean I laid on one once and I , landed about two foot too my left so I 've rolled over , rolled , rolled , and rolled , as I 've rolled I 've rolled over on my back and I 've had all loads of over , like the , I had a roll there its like the er |
3 | They took another twenty people to hospital and I had the dairy roof down on my back and it took them two hours to dig me out . |
4 | I could hear the rain tapping on my window and I felt very glad that I was in my dry , warm bed . |
5 | My mum washed mine at the weekend and they 're in a pile on my floor and I have n't been arsed so I 'm just sleeping on the mattress with the bare duvet . |
6 | But ha I remember I was on my test and I pulled round er it was very , very busy and there were two rows of cars and I pulled up and I thought right there 's a gap down there and I want to go straight on and all these others were turning le turning right so I squeezed down through the gap and then I thought right I 'm gon na be here a little while shall I put it in neutral , blow no I wo n't . |
7 | wants two more miles on my clock and I 've done a thousand mile on my . |
8 | I 've now got them on my desk and I do n't know where to put them . |
9 | Just cos I play on my computer and you do n't |
10 | A strong finger was on my gum and I felt the needle going in . |
11 | Well , you see , the trouble is Marg I go out on my bike and I think , ooh it 's cold I 'll and then I forget going in the |
12 | Well the parrot he sort of came in the Boar War he did he sort of flitted on my shoulder and I 've been lumbered with him ever since and nobody seems to want him . |
13 | And so he leaned his weight on my shoulder and I helped him walk to his horse . |
14 | Well you know where Penny 's old desk were , where she sat looking up towards the , and Jenny sat there and Joan sat there , this Janet was sitting there and on that Friday morning when the phone had rung , well I got up and I went to go upstairs to take something or a fax coming for me or something , and as I went past Lynnette hit me on my shoulder and she said it 's me Pat , Pat she said it 's me , oh Pat I said what 's , what 's going on ? |
15 | I watched tv for a couple of hours with this steak on my tummy and nothing happened . |
16 | This was , I thought , the letter — the letter which had brought me on my journey and which seemed about to change my life . |
17 | ‘ I sat on my bed and he sat by the door and we talked and I tried to persuade him to use his money to educate himself and he said he would but I did n't feel convinced . ’ |
18 | Two inches on my hair and I look as if I 've had my face thinned and people start speaking in hushed voices in my presence . |
19 | when , in the hairdresser they put it on my hair and it went in my eye . |
20 | White , the No 3 seed , said : ‘ I put a new tip on my cue and I 've got a lot more to offer . |
21 | They were really bad mistakes on my part and they cost us dear . |
22 | I mean , I only had that one on my neck and I thought and like I was I was ! |
23 | I am very grateful for all those who worked so hard on my behalf and I feel more sorry for them than for myself , ’ he said . |
24 | ‘ I could see how dark it was and it was on my mind and I thought she rushed a little bit but it worked in my favour , ’ said McNeil . |
25 | Now as I was picking the ivy for this , I 've got a cherry a standard cherry tree and the starlings get on my fence and they queue up to get on that cherry tree , you know you can hear them chattering away . |
26 | There were people on my side and I made it . |
27 | ‘ It wo n't be long before I set out on my expedition and I do n't think he 'll be fit to run away from me . ’ |
28 | All business is taken , so that particular , those particular items that you 've referred to I am already seeking to schedule that business for tomorrow , but I do n't want to preempt the situation and chance my arm any further than what it is , because I could end up falling on my face and I want to try and avoid that . |
29 | My garden wall collapsed in a storm ; a tyre was slashed on my car and I received several ‘ wrong number ’ phone calls . |
30 | By then large drops were falling all around me , another landing on my wig and one splashing on my shoulder , making me jump as if I 'd been prodded with a therm-knife . |