Example sentences of "to my [noun] that i " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a means of persuading her , the prince suggested to my chagrin that I should accompany him . |
| 2 | I ran along the stony path to Sam 's large shed in my socks and hardly felt the discomfort , and found to my relief that I could get inside easily enough — no lock on the door . |
| 3 | In fact , although there was a cloud hanging over my future , I found to my surprise that I was enjoying life in the present more than I had before . |
| 4 | Calling in at Lowestoft I found to my surprise that I was on the promotion list and viewed the prospect with mixed feelings as at the time this meant that I would no longer be eligible to crew on the cutters . |
| 5 | And although much of this was , by the record that he gives , painful , at the very end of it he says , quote , ‘ I found to my surprise that I was quite glad to be done with the whole subject ’ . |
| 6 | The first of these statements was such an insult to my intelligence that I wanted to punch Mr Kinnock on the nose , and the second so downright outrageous that I wanted to do something worse . |
| 7 | The sea-mail letter arrived this afternoon , and my hands shook so much when I retired to my tent that I could hardly open it … |
| 8 | I find it an insult to my bottom that I was forced to sit on it while playing this badly designed excuse for a game . |
| 9 | It 's presenting to my superiors that I find really scary . |
| 10 | While driving my car I am able to say to my passengers that I am about to turn right before I have actually done so . |
| 11 | ‘ I know that 's what you imagine , and I guess I 've let you believe that because I had become so accustomed to my privacy that I did n't care for your intrusion into it , but you 're wrong . |
| 12 | I rang my friends at Radio Leicester and Peter Crankshaw , the producer of the ‘ phone-in programme Cross Talk said ‘ Yes ’ to my suggestion that I mention my exhibition . |
| 13 | While in hospital I had mentioned to my surgeon that I intended to go to the Bristol Cancer Help Centre , although at that time I had not actually made up my mind . |
| 14 | So much to that I made it clear to my club that I would like to be selected as a tighthead ’ . |
| 15 | He can make you believe you are the only woman on earth for him , and only a Frenchman out of all the men in the world could look at me and tell me to my face that I am beautiful . |
| 16 | The fact that I had never seen my aunt looking so elegant added to my impression that I was imagining this . |