Example sentences of "[pron] were in my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish I were in my bed at Wuthering Heights , with the wind howling through the trees . |
| 2 | My master said : for my dear mother 's sake I will be a friend to you and you shall take care of my linen — God bless him — and gave me four golden guineas which were in my old lady 's pocket when she died . |
| 3 | ‘ There are things and people here who were in my books — whom I created , in a manner of speaking . |
| 4 | ‘ Would n't you , if you were in my position ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You were in my comic , ’ I said . |
| 6 | ‘ What would you do if you were in my position ? ’ , |
| 7 | While you were in my class you had nothing to do , nothing to make you struggle . |
| 8 | It took a long time , but at last you were in my arms , James , my son . |
| 9 | ’ Perhaps if you were in my shoes you would n't think like that . ’ |
| 10 | If you were in my ward , the first thing you 'd get would be a jolly good haircut . |
| 11 | We were in my room . |
| 12 | Then , somehow , we were in my caravan . |
| 13 | One evening he said jokingly , " I do n't suppose you get beaten at school nowadays , not like we were in my time . " |
| 14 | There were in my fantasies no moments of tenderness or anger , accommodations , reconciliations , no traffic , no shoppers , no birds , no intrusions . |
| 15 | Skools are not wot they were in my day . |
| 16 | I should happily give way — if it were in my power to do so — to give them the opportunity to dissociate themselves from that appalling motion . |
| 17 | ‘ I wish it were in my power to give you a faithful picture of this famed city of two years standing . |