Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] my [noun sg] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 A little bit sarcastically my boss said er to the owners There 's nothing else that we have n't seen is there ?
2 This is of course only my opinion on this particular offering from the author and many book type programs available are worth every penny .
3 And er we had a wooden shed it blew down in a gale so my Nana , she bought us a shed
4 If proof were ever needed that I had a gift for spotting talent then my signing of Royston Marley was it .
5 The the trust has actually approached several Council 's in the area not just Harlow Council obviously but many many other Councils and I think there was only one other Council that provided some funding and that was something like two hundred and fifty pounds was offered at one time I think that 's ceased now so there is no other Council although although it 'd be interesting tonight although fifty per cent of the people who actually use this facility actually come from outside the town but there 's no funding directly or indirectly from any other Council so my knowledge would be if you exclude B P exclude General Portfolio perhaps I 'm doing other companies a disservice I ca n't think of any other major company in town that 's actually provided but Gordon can you think of .
6 At this very moment perhaps my father was fighting the monster , with Ernest dead at his feet .
7 mother 's house in because my father was in in the first world war so my mum had to go to live with my grandmother and er I was born there and er then when my father came home we came back to my mum came back to she ha got a little house somewhere I forget where it was street , does n't s it 's not there any more .
8 As I reached the changing room again my heart was thumping inside my chest .
9 And then a bit later my father . ’
10 My answer was no , and about an hour later my boss called me into his office to put the pressure on .
11 The night before my friend 's birthday , she bumped into her four-year-old son as she was going upstairs .
12 ‘ I have a dress rehearsal the day before my match , walking into an empty arena .
13 Then a week later my wife told me that she 'd been abused by her brother .
14 A month later my mother took me to task :
15 I must admit to being worried the week before my flight , as one local farmer had already started cutting great swathes through his fields with his combine , and I was afraid some of the other growers might follow suit .
16 A month ago my bank informed me that it had been obliged to arrest £250 of my money to satisfy a court order obtained by sheriff officers .
17 that 's right , and when you do get the thunder storm well my family get into their bathing costumes and go out and stand in it because it 's so lovely to have the rain .
18 On making a very despondent journey home my wife greeted me at the door with the astounding statement that the property had been found and handed into a branch of a building society and the member of the staff had telephoned to inform my wife that it was there to collect .
19 And if you 're imagining I pine for the delights of the conjugal bed now my wife 's left me , you 're a bit off-beam there , too .
20 He 's got a daughter almost my age , but I shall like working with him . ’
21 However , if you 're just starting your Empire army then my advice is to try and purchase one that suits your style of play .
22 You must keep this letter secret otherwise my life will be in danger .
23 Without such pressure even my execution at the hands of the Khad was a possibility … your efforts and support greatly encouraged me and my family , for when I came to know of them I was indeed strengthened by them . ’
24 Yeah , the sort of thing Lucy and I were talking about earlier is , it was just before I went on holiday so my memory is kind of hazy , it 's one where I was going to see the Arts Council and see if they were interested in the idea if they work
25 And yet with each succeeding year both my guilt and inferiority somehow diminish as I witness the old country ways vanish .
26 A year later my life changed radically .
27 The first issue of the NI devoted to women came out in 1977 , the year before my sojourn in Botswana .
28 ‘ In the year before my vision went , I did n't let it get me down , ’ Andrew said .
29 My er , circumstances are entirely different , I am the person who 's being cared for and my husband died in nineteen eighty seven , and my son in nineteen eighty eight and I was left with my young son , and he looked after me on his own , and then my daughter who li , I was living in Ireland , my daughter lived in England , and she decided it was n't good enough that it should all be left to him , so we had a long talk and we discussed it at length for two weeks at Christmas , and then they all moved Sou , over here , we got a house in Scotland , and I 'm looked after by my young son and my daughter , and since then a year ago my daughter got married , her husband moved in and he looks after me as well , so I 'm looked after by three young adults .
30 erm which should be , you know , enough , but again if there 's a problem then my phone number is on your collection card which is there and I 'll come out and re-stock you as it were
  Next page