Example sentences of "[to-vb] my [noun] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I enjoyed Niall Dickson 's article ‘ Capital punishment ’ ( Body Politic , October 28 ) and was especially pleased to see my views accurately represented . |
| 2 | By the time Aunt Harriet had served a second round of muffins I was n't at all surprised to see my mother happily nodding her approval . |
| 3 | I 've got to find my keys now to get in . |
| 4 | It was nicely presented , moreover , and since I had n't taken any eating irons with me I am pleased to report that nobody asked me to cup my hands together to take my Cottage Pie a la Toulon ? |
| 5 | I pretended to be very foreign , ashamed to hear my country so misrepresented by an Englishman . |
| 6 | without asking , it comes up on the er have er , I 'll ask her first hello it 's the G P G engineer love , yeah , er my pager 's just gone off , is it okay to use my telephone just to answer it please ? |
| 7 | ‘ I have to use my pension just to pay for food but it 's not enough to cover the bills or if you need a new coat or linen . |
| 8 | Partly for Clare 's sake , but mostly for my own satisfaction , I decided to do my level best to break that man . |
| 9 | I have to bend my head forward to squeeze in . |
| 10 | Quite apart from whatever Blenkinsop comes up with , I 'm going to get my chaps tomorrow to get going on a major investigation into the backgrounds of all these people . |
| 11 | I had said morning Mass , gone across to the house to break my fast then went back to clear the altar . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , I know you wo n't believe me when I tell you that he doctored that fuel blend to make me look a fool , but one of the boys back in London knows ; he 's going to have my work independently checked before Jason gets home ! ’ |
| 13 | just to make my day just to make my day yeah well , I was n't sure what those you see , hang on a minute mum so er she said she 'll either get the twelve or the one so I went down to see if she was on the twelve o'clock bus , and she was n't so I thought well I 'll try again |
| 14 | My monthly insurance payment worked out at £18.20 , but I could n't qualify for the Denplan scheme until the necessary work had been carried out to make my mouth dentally fit . |
| 15 | I have to sign my life away to get these yellow forms . |