Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't know if it was false alarm or they got my name confused , ’ he said . |
| 2 | He wrote : " I at last scarce ever went out and nothing occupied my thought but how to escape from this bloody country . " |
| 3 | It was a way of escape and I buried my nose in their fragrance . |
| 4 | I used to love riding , but I went over a jump seven years ago and the horse stopped , but I kept on going , and I fractured my back , so I thought , I 'm too old for that . |
| 5 | ‘ But if you got that for this place and I sold my apartment , together we 'd have enough money to get married and buy — ’ He broke off , a flush appearing beneath his tan as he realised he was pushing her too far along the relationship path and could also be sounding mercenary . |
| 6 | The coffee hit the spot , though , and I drank my way through the whole pot and threw in a couple of cigarettes for good measure . |
| 7 | And God was faithful and I passed my exams . |
| 8 | We set off at a rattling rate , presumably to put some distance between us and the dozens of others still ponderously selecting items of clothing from their car boots , and I commenced my belligerence with a few barbed remarks about the pace-setting . |
| 9 | Once the sweeping machinery fell over and I sprained my wrist . |
| 10 | When I got my first job out of training it was at Worthing in a juvenile leading role and I got my Equity card because I had been chosen . |
| 11 | We did all right until we got to the last bit and I got my foot caught in Otley 's pocket when he tried to bend down , he fell and flung me over his head knocking my wig skew-whiff . |
| 12 | I put I had been to the grammar school and I got my O levels . |
| 13 | I opened it , and I got my answer , and it set me thinking afresh and seeing clearly where I had formerly been blind . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , and I got my other hearing-aid , and some notes — ’ |
| 15 | and I got my oh , oh would I , I could n't wait to get my receipt back you know , anyway , I got my receipt back as well |
| 16 | Ah well I got my freezers from Millers , and I got my fridge . |
| 17 | And erm it was like crooked and I got my nail behind there like that right ? |
| 18 | Tony said no , Jamie finished with Neil and I got my flowers |
| 19 | Yeah , and he bought bought bits and that , and I got my little book , you know , my pictures in have n't I ? |
| 20 | The weights moved , tumbling over me like a cold sack of potatoes , and I eased my head round them in order to breathe . |
| 21 | And I chewed my lunchtime sandwich thoroughly , being careful not to get my trachea clogged up with cream cheese . |
| 22 | At the end of summer there were still patches of old snow on the sheltered slopes of the Cirque des Pessons , and I wrote my first poem about Andorra : |
| 23 | And I wrote my section . |
| 24 | He then went downstairs , and I heard my mother join him . |
| 25 | At the hospital I got changed and was in the admittance room and I heard my dad outside saying , " Do you want me to sign for anything ? " |
| 26 | He spoke to her in very precise Greek , and I heard my own name and the name of the school . |
| 27 | And I cursed my weakness , dashing the back of my hand over my traitorous eyes , for I saw the American woman look at me . |
| 28 | With a final burst of furious rain , the sky cleared and I dragged my bag along the road in blinding sunshine . |
| 29 | At breakfast Lili for some reason spoke of fidelity , and I noted my mother as she went in and out with bread and boiling water , looking at her , not with the disapproval she reserved for me but with half-amused incredulity . |
| 30 | Lights began to go on in the dark houses , and I relished my melancholy to the last drop . |