Example sentences of "[coord] my [noun sg] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had read Taruffi and my day had come . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've entered every year for the past 15 years and my bike has covered the distance every time — with a few minor running repairs sometimes . |
| 3 | There are lines round my eyes and my hair has become a hag 's rope . |
| 4 | The polytechnic handbook which I used was not much help and my tutor has told me to ask the librarian for help . |
| 5 | Yes , my granda this was my second grandfather because my gra my own grandfather had died , before I was born , and my grandmother had married again and he was a he was the arm-setter at Colliery . |
| 6 | I had had a whole afternoon spent upon me , been the centre of attention , cost the State a fortune and my wife had given up a whole day of precious work to be with me . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh — it 's my son — he 's got cystic fibrosis , and my wife 's gone away for a few days with a friend for a break . |
| 8 | In the past I have had to search far and wide for opportunities to fly this wonderful big radial-engined workhorse , and my quest had taken me to Australia , Canada and various parts of the USA ; but now , at last , 45 years after its first flight , we have a floatplane Beaver here in the UK . |
| 9 | And he went on just across the road to Road Co-op and he bought a small loaf of bread which at that time would be about tuppence , and gave the old lady this small loaf about ten days afterwards he called again , he said , he said I 've come to see you again , now are you alright and so on , he said I 've done a foolish thing this morning , he said I 'm responsible for the flowers , altar flowers , he said and I 've left my wallet at my lodgings , and my landlady has gone down to for the day . |
| 10 | My Mum 's gone to see my Uncle Walter in hospital and my Dad 's got a coaching session at the swimming baths . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Now I have been working hard on my fitness and my ankle has improved . ’ |
| 12 | And my Mum 's had a letter . |
| 13 | ‘ Would it be enough , ’ he whispered , ‘ if I told you I will love you for all time , that my heart has found its resting place , and my soul has found its mate ? |
| 14 | One hour later I had recovered consciousness , was lying drugged and bloodless in my bed , and my father had gone out with the shotgun he owned then to look for Old Saul . |
| 15 | The train was substantially made of strong timber and my father had painted it green — the livery colour of the London and South Western Railway . |
| 16 | This man and my father had joined up on the same day , they went to the same school , played football together , both courted my mother and both fell in love with her — and she ended up marrying them both . |
| 17 | Miss Kenton and my father had arrived at the house at more or less the same time — that is to say , the spring of 1922 — as a consequence of my losing at one stroke the previous housekeeper and under-butler . |
| 18 | Now this is not strictly a soul food recipe , but since Philadelphia is my home town and my family has eaten its way through tons of this , I always think of it as northern soul food . |
| 19 | He got nothing but I and my family have suffered . ’ |
| 20 | For me , however , circumstances have changed somewhat since my first love affair with the States and my fascination has taken on a maturity that matches my years and experiences on the North American continent . |
| 21 | It was an hour later that they came back and by then the Jewish family had let me know exactly what was happening in Germany , and my game had become rather more serious . |
| 22 | I had invited any of the hospital staff who had cared to come , and my ‘ Dawes Road ’ friend Miss Dorrie Pierce told me that church folk had organized a little wedding tea , and my husband-to-be had ordered and paid for a wedding cake . |
| 23 | I had had the surgery and my surgeon had taken out ‘ all he could see ’ . |
| 24 | My new mother-in-law , Martha , has worked long and hard for many months to prepare this wonderful occasion , all the little details such as these beautiful flower/cake decorations were planned by her , and my father-in-law has taken on his second mortgage without complaint , like the good-natured man he is . |
| 25 | Oh , but honestly when I 'm in love , my face just lights up , just beams with joy , oh , oh no let there be light and my match has gone out but |
| 26 | Oh , but honestly when I 'm in love , my face just lights up , just beams with joy , oh , oh no let there be light and my match has gone out but |
| 27 | She wo n't have anything to do with the boy and my husband has said she used to mistreat him . |
| 28 | My legs are still shaky and my mouth has gone very dry . |
| 29 | I have found great relief from back pain , my tension and worry is very much reduced , and my doctor has given up even taking my blood pressure . |
| 30 | I hate stupid games , and my doctor has forbidden me to eat sugar . ’ |