Example sentences of "your mind " in BNC.

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1 It 's always on your mind
2 Things are always on your mind .
3 The whole world changes but your mind does not , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg typed ) .
4 Though there is a good deal there which I found deeply offensive , he wrote , as you must have realized when you sent me the stuff , though , knowing you as I do , I suspect it may not even have crossed your mind , anyway , to be brief , I have , of course , put my feelings to one side and decided to honour the integrity of .
5 If you do n't make up your mind soon I might just break it up .
6 Flying demands all your concentration and it is not wise to risk flying if you have business worries or some other mental stress on your mind .
7 At this point it is a good idea to say out loud to yourself , ‘ Now I am going to land ’ , and from then on not to change your mind .
8 What 's made you change your mind ? said Jay ungraciously , I wo n't take hand-outs from you !
9 If you 're not using your mind , then finally you 're stupid .
10 You know the way it is — someone dies whose example was meaningful to you , who was significant in your mind 's evolution , though you may have had only the most fleeting personal acquaintance with them .
11 But the sunrise of impending suicide bathes him and others in fiery metaphysical comedy ; , ‘ be as free as you like , ’ Peter Verkhovensky tells him , ‘ so long as you do n't change your mind ’ — that is ‘ so long as your entirely free intention is carried out ’ .
12 Not as wild boar running free and doing untold damage to the countryside , as in Italy , France and Germany ; but as farmed wild boar which should ease your mind , even if it causes the farmers untold headaches .
13 Think of executive cars and your mind turns to Ford , Vauxhall , Rover , BMW and perhaps Alfa and Lancia .
14 He said : ‘ It 's lonely being a long way ahead so you have to get youself into a cocoon to protect yourself from the thoughts that can trouble your mind . ’
15 It 's awful , but that 's the way your mind works …
16 ‘ Well , Piper , if you can not make up your mind , you are welcome to spend the night at the Police Station ; I have two empty cells at the moment .
17 What caused you to change your mind ?
18 Having done that you have to make up your mind and the great sin , it seems to me , is to put decisions off .
19 I think there 's got to be determination , consistency , the ability to listen to other people and then make your mind up and stick to it .
20 You must concentrate , wipe out everything from your mind but the leap ; everything .
21 I see that you are not afraid to speak your mind , ’ Karl said .
22 Of course I never doubted that your excellent police force would catch the real culprit , but it must have cleared your mind .
23 What was comfort only a roof over your head , a full belly , a fire , books to read and nothing on your mind ?
24 Mercifully , these days , it 's easier to avoid costly mistakes by splashing out on a large bottle of something which is transformed into ‘ Eau de Old Socks ’ by your skin 's individual chemistry : if you ask politely in department stores , many perfume houses gladly hand out miniature sample vials of their wares , enabling you to make up your mind away from the high-pressure squirtings of over-zealous tester-bottle-wielders .
25 Because growing up involves making your mind up , making up an identity for yourself .
26 Pass all through the mill of your mind and do n't use forms unmeaningly , like buttons on the back of a coat … although house building is very much a practical art the practical elements may be met gracefully and pleasantly , there is scope for dignity , humour and even romance .
27 Please , Chief Inspector , put that out of your mind .
28 ‘ That 's what happens , something ticks away in your mind and you suddenly realize there 's a connection .
29 Many of the meats in this category may not immediately be labelled as sausages in your mind , but this is where they fit in the standard delicatessen classification .
30 The practical aftermath of death seems to stimulate his curiosity these days ; nothing urgent , mind you , just something that begins to get in your mind when you 're watching blood move in and out of your body for half the day .
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