Example sentences of "be my " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that and more went through my mind , wrote Harsnet , as I sat there in the moonlight in the silence , but it was as if it was the glass which was telling me this , that the glass was my mind as I thought that , or my mind the glass , and that was the reason for the fear and the cold and also for the sense of growing excitement and a fear then , a different kind of fear , that I would not be able to do anything with this excitement , that it would be my failure , my failure to realize what I now saw were the real possibilities of the glass , a failure for which I would never be able to forgive myself , though a part of me would always know or perhaps only believe that it was in the nature of my insight that there could be no realization of it , that it was precisely an insight about non-realization , but by then , wrote Harsnet , it had all become too complicated , too extreme , I did not want to know any of it until it was all over , until I had made my effort , perhaps it had been a mistake to come in and sit there with the glass through the night with the moon shining so brightly , it must have been full , or nearly full , unnaturally bright anyway , something to do with the solstice perhaps , to sit in the room with the glass alone or with the moon alone might have been bearable , in the dark with the glass or in the moonlight in an empty room , but the two together , the glass and the moon , that was perhaps the mistake . |
| 2 | Berkeley did after all turn out to be my last dalliance with the education system . |
| 3 | I would go to Rome ; Rome , where I had spent so many happy days in the past , would be my final resting place . |
| 4 | I was neither Jew nor English nor white , or even a proper Indian or a proper Pakistani ; but my travels through Europe and stay in the USA and my near acceptance there as a living entity capable of suffering pain and enjoying pleasure had temporarily given me a sort of quasi-human status , further aggravated by those willing to be my sexual partners ; I had become spoilt and pampered . |
| 5 | These pointed fingers were adjusted to be my guide and , apart from the very ends of each cut , were quite reliable . |
| 6 | In half an hour she felt a lot better , but I knew now it would be my job to see her safely down to the hut . |
| 7 | The French colt , Machiavellian , now heads the market for the 2,000 Guineas at between 7-1 and 10-1 , with Be My Chief , who has twice beaten Balla Cove , disputing second favouritism with Mukddaam at around 12-1 . |
| 8 | It will be my turn to get them in , I think . |
| 9 | King : Which happens , as you know , to be my age . |
| 10 | As I made my way back to my slit trench I wondered what would be my role now that Lovat had gone ? |
| 11 | ’ Well' , said Macmillan , ‘ he is not going to be my headmaster . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Having been so close to winning the title in the past few years I thought this was going to be my chance but the draws have just dried up and I ca n't seem to get near fish , ’ said Dave from Hednesford , Staffordshire . |
| 13 | In Pakistan they used to be my constant companions . |
| 14 | This therefore will be my last Sunday with you and so I take this opportunity to thank you again for all your kindnesses to me and for the way you made me welcome when I arrived 5 years ago ( does n't time fly ! ) . |
| 15 | In consequence of this move , this month will be my last attendance at the General Synod . |
| 16 | This will be my fourth Christmas without my precious daughter Sandra , who was 11 years old . ’ |
| 17 | David and Angela came along to see it and David said , ‘ I must introduce you to this guy Tony DeFries who is going to be my manager , and I think you should meet him too . ’ |
| 18 | So this will have to be my last letter rill then … . |
| 19 | If I can be serious enough , I hope to find satisfaction in the Church of England : it will be my fault if I do n't . |
| 20 | I have never cared much for men who are all man : they are the ones who smugly believe they must be irresistible to me , and take elaborately cautious steps to protect their priceless male virginity from what they seem to imagine will be my marauding hands . |
| 21 | However , if I have to pick one , then it must be my love of the moment , and that is the showy hibiscus . |
| 22 | It may be my brain is getting fuddled despite my attempts at rejuvenation and I 'm imagining things . ’ |
| 23 | I want us still to go out together , I want him to be my boyfriend , I really need him to confide in , as I do n't seem to have a close girlfriend . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought it was a weakness I had but it was n't — it proved to be my strength . |
| 25 | This visit was to be my last tribute to the Ascendancy . |
| 26 | Gerry offered to be my guide , and show me the sites of the county . |
| 27 | ‘ All I can say though is that whatever happens it will be my decision , ’ she said , revealing the determination and single-mindedness that was later to be turned against her . |
| 28 | London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh Rose , please , please be my friend . |
| 30 | Willsford would be my other suggestion . |