Example sentences of "[vb pp] my [noun] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would have seen me the week before ; and this time , have heard my arrival and tried to catch a glimpse of me — that explained the old man 's quick looks past me , and perhaps some of his nervous strangeness . |
| 2 | But then , if I had waited until you had your full wits about you , you might have realised my intention and signed the house over to your daughter and her bastard . ’ |
| 3 | This expedition began this morning almost an hour later than I had planned , despite my having completed my packing and loaded the ford with all necessary items well before eight o'clock . |
| 4 | I had forgotten my way and had to look all round me slowly until I recognized the street which I had used a hundred times before . |
| 5 | Stuart must have rung my boudoir and learned how the telephone is answered in about fifteen languages so far . |
| 6 | I should have modified my responses and learned to be more in control of my thoughts and tongue . |
| 7 | It was extremely effective , did n't pull any punches , but had caught my eye and made me think . |
| 8 | Before I moved to Sheffield in 1970 I had done my homework and knew that for a first visit to this corner of the Peak the venue had to be the last of these three crags . |
| 9 | I could not have turned my head nor moved my hands from where they hung on the straps of the rucksack . |
| 10 | He wrote : ‘ The gods seem to have possessed my soul and turned it inside out … so that it was impossible for me to stay idle at home . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Unfortunately my wife could n't come because she teaches , but I expect that has curtailed my sightseeing and increased my output . ’ |
| 12 | Nor have I washed my linen and hung it out to dry . " |
| 13 | Perhaps I should have reordered my remarks and said ’ inconvenient , embarrassing or damaging ’ — sometimes deeply damaging . |
| 14 | blunted my edges and did my head in . |
| 15 | I 'd got my shoes on and I were , I just went flung my shoes and flung my handbag , I went oh ! like that to Linda . |
| 16 | This must have infuriated my father and undermined his authority . |
| 17 | When I had recovered my equilibrium and picked the rod up , there was a fish on the end . |
| 18 | Then she took me to the centre by saying that she had asked my husband and had given permission . |
| 19 | Having pressed all the component parts to make up a wedding picture for the bride , there may be some pieces left over ( if you have followed my advice and pressed additional flowers and foliage in case of accident ) . |
| 20 | Left to my own devices I think I might have shrugged my shoulders and accepted it . |
| 21 | I think that people would be justified in rebuking me for deceiving them as to my whereabouts , but that I would no more have actually lied than if I had thrown my voice and said ‘ Cooee ‘ . |
| 22 | She had also taken my advice and acquired a poodle puppy . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've learned my lesson and changed my ways . |
| 24 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 25 | ‘ Just as soon as I 've finished my tea and had a bath . ’ |
| 26 | If I had kept my wits and remained coherent I would probably have realised the manager 's job was third prize . |
| 27 | He then staggered uphill to a courting couple and pleaded : ‘ Help me , I think they have murdered my girlfriend and burned her alive . ’ |
| 28 | But he got married my sister and lived in house down there and er that 's how I got a job there . |
| 29 | Oh " my Lord , I toil too much I go out at break of day , driving oxen to the field , and I yoke them to the plough , there is no winter so sharp that I dare keep at home , for fear of my Master , but having yoked my oxen and fastened my share and coulter I am bound to plough every day a full acre . |
| 30 | I said goodnight and went to my own room where I found the sleeping-car attendant had duly lowered my bed and laid a chocolate truffle on the pillow . |