Example sentences of "[conj] my [noun] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | or my sister gives it Sam ! |
| 2 | If I am warned that my weight makes it highly likely that I will suffer health problems in hot climates , the probability of my being ill is reduced if I do either one of two things — lose weight and/or avoid the tropics , Thus , I have some choice about my life . |
| 3 | I 'm shocked that my children heard it . ’ |
| 4 | My husband was here and he was a great friend of my uncle so my uncle arranged it all . |
| 5 | Yet we felt we should give this fellow a chance , so my wife put it in a box and set it on top of the Aga . |
| 6 | Except my mum does it now though . |
| 7 | I was very pleased with the result and my friend thought it looked like fashion lace . |
| 8 | Thus , the JanSport backpacks which were once Lo Life standard issue are now widely derided , as Moet and his friends turn to more sophisticated techniques : ‘ The way me and my friends do it now is to wear a suit and tie like we was just comin' from work , and carry a travel bag to carry another suit . |
| 9 | My great-grandmother taught it to her daughter , my grandmother , and my grandmother taught it to me . |
| 10 | I had a guid record , and my wife had it all planned out . |
| 11 | Well well I I as I er as both myself and my wife understood it , everything had been paid and then obviously when we got the letter saying we owed this amount of money it did n't come to light till Mr and Mrs came to see you |
| 12 | Because er my mother was fair and she must have carried it or something and then I I 'd just started I think a week of two or three weeks and my sister got it and the boys never got it . |
| 13 | All I can remember is having a pickled onion and my sister stabbed it with a fork and the middle shot across the room . |
| 14 | The thing is it 's skin-tight , and my dad thought it was obscene . |
| 15 | It 's well organised and nice and my daughter likes it . |
| 16 | Well I I was in the east end and of course where my mum and my aunt worked it was mostly sort of cleaning and scrubbing and charring and turning mangles in the back garden and all sorts of things . |
| 17 | I 'm happy with my body because my husband loves it and my children cuddle it and I feel great about it . |
| 18 | Maybe it wo n't , and my father says it 'll be over in six months anyway , so none of them will have to go . ’ |
| 19 | My parents still live there and my father loves it and shares its faintly ridiculous pride . |
| 20 | There 's a girl my elder brother wants to marry , and my family want it , too , but she likes me better , and I like her , and her parents wo n't force her . |
| 21 | I did n't , of course see , and my face showed it . |
| 22 | I did n't introduce him to either of those things , his father Albert paints and my husband took it from him . |
| 23 | I mean I did n't take a lot with me , I mean I took too much as it was and my arm carrying it across the Underground . |
| 24 | I really cried out for God 's help , and my baby answered it . |
| 25 | Dr Hendron said : ‘ I and my colleagues made it very clear to the Minister that we should start talking immediately without pre-conditions . ’ |
| 26 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 27 | A week before the wedding the sickness stopped and my mother said it had been psychological , she said that ‘ deep down inside ’ — I 'm quoting her-I longed for marriage and once I knew I was really going to get married I stopped worrying . ’ |
| 28 | The dress lay on the floor and my mother picked it up tenderly , as though it was a child . |
| 29 | He and my mother bought it when it was nothing — a run-down place with a shabby décor and an even shabbier reputation . |
| 30 | Cos my Mum made it so |