Example sentences of "[vb base] my [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 This may all sound very trivial but it has the effect of making me almost hate my body to the extent that I feel ashamed to let John see me naked .
2 Sell my soul to the de devil himself .
3 Since then there have been other men in her life but tonight , the plans I laid all those years ago reach fruition as I proudly introduce my partner for the evening .
4 So , apologies to all concerned and bring my breakfast to the dog house .
5 Bring my acid to the dressing room and do n't be late . ’
6 As a youngster in the 1950s my greatest delight was to run on to the pitch at Murrayfield after the full-time whistle , pat my heroes on the back and not wash my hands for a week , much to the disgust of my mother .
7 Forge my name on the back of the cheque and endorse it to yourself ? ’
8 I put the list away in my file , lock the room and carefully pick my way down the little staircase .
9 I just have to be careful as I pick my way past the grubby piles of snow at the edges of the pavement .
10 And now I really make my jokes on the spot .
11 ‘ I hope they are not going make my trip across the Atlantic a waste of time , ’ said Maloney .
12 The woods crowd in on me as I make my way along the ancient track .
13 Still , I need some fun , and so I make my way to the front , along a narrow arm out onto the sun-baked prow tip .
14 I make my way to the back holding on carefully .
15 At seven on the Saturday night of the prêt-à-porter showings , I make my way up the mirrored staircase in Chanel 's couture house in the rue Cambon .
16 Weakened by laughter , I make my way down the bank .
17 I keep crouched and make my way through the low bushes , heading diagonally through the wood towards the estate .
18 I walk slowly through the tunnel beneath the line , one of a dozen returning commuters , cross over the road with ten of them , make my way through the gnarled little streets beyond the redundant town hall with eight of the ten , and begin to climb the scarp of the South London hills with the remaining five .
19 No , I 'll treat you to them , I make my lot to the nearest bottle with Unicare if I can , how many you 've got ?
20 My turn now and it 's more of the same : a bit of gear her , a skip of the heart there as I scratch my way toward the roof .
21 As the last of the boys arrived I thought that maybe I could just make my way to the back of the queue , or sprint back to the changing room on one pretext or another and conveniently lose my place in the line .
22 But I have n't got a girl , and I push my way among the couples along the narrow gangway like a wandering voyeur .
23 I then if possible send my assistant to the north of the Island and Swan River .
24 I tap my fingers on the table and look at McDunn 's cigarette packet , hoping he 'll get the hint .
25 ‘ That 's the last yer 'll get off me an' do n't forget I want my suit from the pawnshop when I come back ter fetch me other things . ’
26 I believe you can see why , first of it it 's most common , and second to coronary artery disease , I 'm a cardiac surgeon , I want my piece of the action too , so we keep as well .
27 So the recording will not even begin until the patient has reached that point in his memory which he wishes to explore and , should it be necessary to move him forwards or backwards within that regression , I simply place my hand over the microphone so that the technique is not recorded .
28 I place my chair to the left of the swim so that I am hidden behind the wall of rushes and have a good viewpoint of both rods .
29 I could with ease place my arm on the roof as I stood by one of them in the road .
30 I touch my pocket for the reassuring packet of Diocalm .
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