Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] i [vb past] my " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Luckily , I 'm a big fan so I knew my stuff and , gradually , Madonna softened . ’
2 , I 'm on antibiotics cos I got my .
3 Once we 'd established that nothing had been left behind Emily went off to catch a bus and I decided that no one would mind if I popped my head round the doors of the suite of rooms which George had occupied .
4 However , it was not for me to tell him how to treat his advisers , and half an hour later three civil servants arrived with their notebooks whereupon I dictated my suggestions to them .
5 ‘ I have n't slept under a roof since I started my journey . ’
6 Well I feel erm really that we should have a little bit more compassion amongst ourselves as women and when I had my first child I had a very good friend who went through the pregnancy with me who is waiting for a child to arrive by adoption , and she had the baby a couple of months after I had my baby .
7 I looked at her card as I did my hair .
8 He was petrified with fear as I held my knife in front of him .
9 I was rather disappointed with slip stitch when I bought my first machine .
10 I was enjoying Oxford so much that I sometimes forgot that moment in Clare 's bedroom when I made my decision about my future vocation .
11 Thirty pairs of eyes stared with unwavering concentration as I dipped my hand into the all-too-familiar breakfast of slightly sour rice and salted fish .
12 I 'd sworn at my thick sweater when I packed my bag in the Laura Ashley room , but I 'd be needing it soon .
13 Prices ( including flights ) based on the Taj Holiday Village where I stayed my first week start at £566 per person for seven days ' bed and breakfast ( £738 for fourteen days ) .
14 My hands are real cold cos I lost my gloves and my fingers wo n't work proper — they 're all sort of numb .
15 May if I changed my name to The Pierce Turner or Pierce And The Turners I might get played .
16 Might just be one room wonder if I got my on my er B T shares ? foods cold by the time you get
17 For a while though , I had a psychological block to sailing in fresher winds because I thought my weight and strength was not up to it .
18 Partly , I was n't doing the work because I thought my tutor had decided I was a poof but , more importantly , I was dragging my feet because I was n't keen on the work itself .
19 I had n't even dared go near Furnival Gardens since I saw my old man for the second rime .
20 It was their own idea , started without help before I began my work as an adviser and I want to try and help them make it a success .
21 Even today , decades after I saw my first such microscope slide , I still think them extravagantly beautiful and can easily get lost in contemplation of the cellular thicket the microscope reveals , made the more intriguing by the curious , almost three-dimensional effect the stain gives ; as it brings into vision only a few of the total population of the neurons present , the cells seem to stand out like trees in a winter mist ( Figure 10.6 ) .
22 The problem with my files would have been solved if I had been using an IBM machine — but they were way beyond my price range when I bought my first computer .
23 ‘ I suppose I really understood what was at stake when I got my first glimpse of the castle , ’ she admitted , unable to disguise a rather wry smile .
24 ‘ I was given a hero 's welcome when I visited my local pub , ’ says dockworker Jimmy , 38 .
25 ‘ You 've changed a great deal , Angharad , ’ he said , ‘ you were just a little girl when I finished my apprenticeship and now look at you . ’
26 In this way , I amused myself for some minutes until I turned my head a fraction and discovered that the old lady was watching me .
27 He 's a thief , a criminal , he nicked my bag and I had to sift through every shit-bin in Bristol till I found my dreams and found out what I ought to 've known all along if you had n't …
28 Pushing myself up off the wet ground , I brushed the twigs and earth off my trousers while I checked my pockets .
29 It is now 4 years since I gave my first remedy in an LM potency and it has become my preferred method of prescribing for a number of reasons 1 ) No decision has to be made on potency level i.e. whether 6 , 30 , 200 , etc is indicated .
30 It is years since I risked my neck .
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