Example sentences of "[noun sg] of my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My private teenage retreat from the cultural isolation of my homeland ; being pissed on by babies in the East End of London |
| 2 | Because of a vague feeling of loyalty , a need to repay someone or something who had seemed to walk with me through the burning fiery furnace of my husband 's last illness , I had started now and then to go to church . |
| 3 | So out of the kindness of my heart I agreed to come in . ’ |
| 4 | The kindness of my Kildalton friends in thinking of me for their minister is encouraging as showing that no truly earnest , honest . |
| 5 | ‘ I desire first to go to the palace of Westminster , my lord , there to greet the queen my mother and tender my condolences — and to share the grief of my family . ’ |
| 6 | I stand with my feet about eighteen inches apart , with my left foot forward of my right so that I can easily swivel from the hips from looking parallel to the bank through to facing my ‘ target ’ . |
| 7 | You joked that as you kissed me deeply you could taste the tang of my lunchtime Cumberland sausage . |
| 8 | ‘ Even diluted like I use it , ’ the mother told him , ‘ it makes a good deal of my hair fall out , so goodness knows what 's going to happen to you . |
| 9 | I spend a great deal of my time in the Community ; Brussels and Luxembourg for the most part . |
| 10 | I am also a musician and music occupies a great deal of my time . |
| 11 | ‘ A good deal of my time is naturally devoted to such a big client — ‘ |
| 12 | During the subsequent exploration of New Zealand and Australia , Green was , in Cook 's words , ‘ indefatigable in making and calculating these observations [ for latitude and longitude ] which otherwise must have taken up a great deal of my time … |
| 13 | What the sponsor wants we try to see he gets , and that 's why a great deal of my time is spent being seen where they want me to be seen , like tonight 's cocktail party . |
| 14 | But my work absorbs a great deal of my time . |
| 15 | I prayed to every saint I knew and , when I reached Harfleur , spent a great deal of my time resting in a seaside tavern . |
| 16 | A great deal of my collection , of the jewellery that is , was bought for Lady Firth . ’ |
| 17 | A great deal of my audience enjoyed them immensely even though they 'd never heard them before . |
| 18 | When I awoke , without having parted in my sleep with the perception of my wretchedness , the clocks of the Eastward churches were striking five , the candles were wasted out , the fire was dead , and the wind and rain intensified the thick black darkness . |
| 19 | I LEARNED it from my elder sister , the Indian scout of my life . |
| 20 | ‘ I have earned a comfortable living from Party Planners but I lost the bulk of my money as a Lloyd 's Name , ’ she said . |
| 21 | A child takes an awful lot of work , and I 'd want to make sure I was through the bulk of my career stuff . |
| 22 | But these were only peripheral apprehensions , for the bulk of my attention was occupied by The Fat Controller 's mesmerising amoral discourse . |
| 23 | ‘ I understand from your colleague that the bulk of my workload will be employment and management medicals with a smattering of daily casualties and a fair degree of stress counselling . ’ |
| 24 | I ca n't wait until I 'm out of here and then she 'll feel the full force of my wrath … |
| 25 | It is silent and inert but I feel the full force of my personality and even the voice of the " I " within me , apart from it . |
| 26 | He told the Echo today : ‘ I 've been doing really well over the last month , playing probably the best football of my life . |
| 27 | He told the Echo today : ‘ I 've been doing really well over the last month , playing probably the best football of my life . |
| 28 | I can only suspect that the speed of my progress through the Division Lobby , as I was the second Member out that night , may have caused confusion . |
| 29 | The Prince of Wales is president of my organisation , Scottish Business in the Community , and ever since he agreed to take on that role he as dedicated a large amount of time to helping us , and in turn , helping communities , not because it 's it 's fashionable because he really believes in it and he wants to do hard work on our behalf and on the countrys ' behalf . |
| 30 | So if the president of my company calls from Allentown and says Ricky I 'd like to see you in my office on the thirtieth , I do n't say I 'm sorry Steve , it 's catch up day , I say what time would be convenient for you Sir , because you know , otherwise I , I 'd be looking for a job . |