Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] my [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All that I have done today has gone amiss ’ , he says ( II , 17 ) ; ‘ Since we passed through the Argonath my choices have gone amiss ’ ( II , 28 ) ; ‘ And now may I make a right choice , and change the evil fate of this unhappy day ! ’ |
| 2 | Then out of the hat my parents produced an older sister . |
| 3 | yes , that 's the money supply and measures , the measures of money supply I 'm sure you 'll be okay you should beat what I got anyway , cos I saw it sort of cold I could see you were put into shits of boredom , they go totally over the top most of the time my parents |
| 4 | Throughout the trip my feelings toward him varied from fury at his incompetence to humour and pity . |
| 5 | But Airdrie manager Alex MacDonald said : ‘ Overall I 'm delighted with the way my players performed . |
| 6 | None of this alters the fact that it is possible to use these adjectives with a tense value distinctively different from that of the preceding verb ; see ( 51 ) and the contrast in ( 52 ) : ( 51 ) we all know Cerrutty to have been fortunate ( 52 ) ( a ) in the test my men showed themselves alert ( b ) in the test my men showed themselves to have been alert In ( 52 ) , ( a ) would naturally be suitable when the men respond promptly during the test , and ( b ) when , for instance , they had been alert in paying attention to instructions given at some time before the test . |
| 7 | None of this alters the fact that it is possible to use these adjectives with a tense value distinctively different from that of the preceding verb ; see ( 51 ) and the contrast in ( 52 ) : ( 51 ) we all know Cerrutty to have been fortunate ( 52 ) ( a ) in the test my men showed themselves alert ( b ) in the test my men showed themselves to have been alert In ( 52 ) , ( a ) would naturally be suitable when the men respond promptly during the test , and ( b ) when , for instance , they had been alert in paying attention to instructions given at some time before the test . |
| 8 | In the end my parents agreed that I could go up for one year instead of being at the Royal College of Music . |
| 9 | While these days I am deeply engaged in computer-based research , I hope to continue in the future my interests in English grammar , literary discourse analysis , semantics and pragmatics . |
| 10 | As I dropped down the hill my spirits rose . |
| 11 | When we got to the pub my hands were so swollen and red from picking up the jug and throwing it all day I could barely pick up a pint to drink . ’ |
| 12 | I was lucky to be able to go to school in Parma and not spend all my life in Fontanellato , which was the fate of many ; and on the whole my schooldays were enjoyable . |
| 13 | There have been ups and downs , yes , but on the whole my fortunes have grown . |
| 14 | Once on the slab my boots failed to bite . |
| 15 | Until the English clamped down on the custom my forefathers all used the prefix ‘ ap ’ in front of their names — the last king of South Wales , for instance , was Rhys ap Tewdwr . |
| 16 | Now I am very ashamed of the way I felt but at the time my feelings were very strong . |