Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am merely rounding my contribution off , by finding or , as I hope , by failing to find — some recorded trace of Summerchild 's work . |
| 2 | His mates nodded and one said , ‘ I agree with George , I 've never known such a feeling of evil and I am not risking my neck for anyone . ’ |
| 3 | I am not getting my money 's worth . |
| 4 | I am not discussing my sex life at a bus stop ! ’ |
| 5 | But the drinks cabinet the expensive desk chair — ‘ A civil servant 's only assets are the strength of his back and backside ; I am not having my career foreshortened by Her Majesty 's fiscal indifference to spinal problems ’ — and the bits and pieces on the desk were George 's imports . |
| 6 | ‘ I have never given the Olympic Games a thought I am just plodding my way through the season , racing here and there , ’ he said . |
| 7 | I am just starting my work . |
| 8 | ‘ I am just doing my job ’ he said afterwards . |
| 9 | The group instinctively rose to their feet , but John said in a firm voice , ‘ You are not taking my wife up the stairs . |
| 10 | In my own case , I think that when the normal clamour and technicolour impressions of the day are not bombarding my system , then other impressions are able to make their presence known . |
| 11 | Tell me you 're only pulling my leg ! ’ |
| 12 | tell us about breathing , no you 're not getting my voice on that thing he says , I , I do n't like hearing me voice and everything , and he threw it on the settee . |
| 13 | Well , you 're not having my photo . |
| 14 | You 're not having my seat ! |
| 15 | She thought , men are always holding my hand these days . |
| 16 | If I owe a client a duty to increase the value of his investment portfolio then if I fail to take action which could enhance its value I am positively harming my client 's interests . |
| 17 | you 're not only hurting me and my present wife and my two children , you are also hurting my ex-wife and my son . |
| 18 | ‘ I found collecting watercolours so rewarding and interesting that I 'm slowly turning my hobby into a part-time business , ’ she says . |
| 19 | I 'm only doing my duty . ’ |
| 20 | They vented their frustrations on him , and he would protest : " I 'm only doing my job . " |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm only doing my job , ’ replied the policewoman , and walked away with the key . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm going to have to leave soon if I 'm not to miss my plane , ’ she said . |
| 23 | I thought I 'm not using my diesel . |
| 24 | And I made locks for lighthouses , I 'm not boasting my lad , and they 'd li locks , locks for lighthouses pretty near all round the world . |
| 25 | I 'm not sticking my neck in a noose for you . ’ |
| 26 | Well they 'll just have to wait cos I 'm not leaving my thingey in here printing ! |
| 27 | They have promised talks , but I 'm not holding my breath . ’ |
| 28 | but I 'm not rushing this time , cos I 'm , if , I 'm putting , I 'm spending two and half thousand pounds on this , I 'm not wasting my money |
| 29 | Right , so I 'm not wasting my time |
| 30 | beside her , and these are twenty five , I said you did n't say that before , oh yes I did he said , I think oh well I 'm not wasting my time here arguing with you |