Example sentences of "my [noun] i [modal v] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for my part I would reject the undue influence case on the ground that the influence brought to bear by Mr. O'Brien was not , in the context of a normal husband and wife relationship and bearing in mind Mrs. O'Brien 's character and capabilities , sufficiently undue . |
| 2 | For my part I can detect no inconsistency between our domestic law and the Convention . |
| 3 | If it were n't for my sister I 'd turn the whole matter over to the police and let them find Garry . ’ |
| 4 | In my neighbourhood I can hear a sampling of Spanish , Portuguese , Chinese , Urdu , Polish , Italian and West Indian English when I take my children across the street to the park . |
| 5 | Well I think what I 'll do yeah is like when they 're trying to clean my window I 'll open the gu and shoot er open the window yeah and I 'll get out a gun and shoot them . |
| 6 | Up in the mountain , the Bible belt was drenched and from my window I can see the river running strongly as a result . |
| 7 | I was left in bed trying not to show how scared I was — shivering and wondering how long it would be before our own house caught fire , as from my window I could see the flames from the burning laundry , less than three hundred yards away . |
| 8 | Rodriguez was still struggling and out of the corner of my eye I could see the patron watching us uneasily . |
| 9 | At the far end of the street , where the beach curved into an arc — and where the water was far enough away from the slops of Main Street — there on my right I could see a grove of coconut palms behind the beach , almost bending over the sand like a canopy as they leaned against the trade winds . |
| 10 | In my imagination I could feel the monotony of the days in my country , the poverty and the nothingness . |
| 11 | ‘ With you as my guide I could suffer the fires of hell . ’ |
| 12 | But in a stage of my life I used to do the same thing a lot . |
| 13 | When he put his head up to the sound of my voice I could see the mess . |
| 14 | In my mirror I could see a woman in the car as well . |
| 15 | As I regained my composure I could see a wide grin on the Frenchman 's face . |
| 16 | I said I did n't want to buy anything , but if he or one of his colleagues was prepared to dig my garden I would negotiate a price . |
| 17 | When I return to my country I will start a discussion between the two parties . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do not like your arrogance and your questions , and if I had my way I would arrange an accident or have you thrown into some deep dungeon until everyone had forgotten about you ! ’ |
| 19 | Mr Deputy Speaker I I 'm grateful to the honourable gentleman for posing the central question and I hope in the course of my remarks I will satisfy the house , if not all Labour members , that the settlement proposals are at is all to the good and delivered by councils throughout Wales and that they offer enough money er to avoid sacking essential staff , certainly the offer enough money to avoid sacking any teacher who is needed in the classroom . |
| 20 | Through my pain I could see the corporal 's laughing face . |
| 21 | ‘ When my patience runs out with all the mediation and when I exhaust my capabilities I will issue a statement to all Lebanese and apologise . |
| 22 | ‘ When my patience runs out with all the mediation and when I exhaust my capabilities I will issue a statement to all Lebanese and apologise . |
| 23 | Through my binoculars I could see the white wing bars and the slightly bizarre face pattern : two small blobs of white — like false eyes — on his forehead . |
| 24 | However , in presenting the distillation from my note-taking I shall arrange the music categories roughly as they would appear in the record review section of GRAMOPHONE , beginning with orchestral discs . |
| 25 | ‘ Search me , squire , ’ I replied , ‘ But off the top of my bonce I 'll hazard a guess how many have masturbated ! ’ |