Example sentences of "time [prep] my [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well at various times in my life I 've come back to Kingston and I first of all used to see peo girls who were at school with me . |
| 2 | At the time of my visits there had already been considerable changes in terms of staffing and resources in line with advisers ' recommendations . |
| 3 | Had he been around at the time of my capture I do n't believe I 'd have made it very far . |
| 4 | At this time of my life I was eagerly reading books of travel and adventure such as Luigi Barzini 's Peking to Paris by Motor Car , but my favourite writer was Salgari , who was a sort of Italian Jules Verne . |
| 5 | At the time of my infarct I was three stone overweight , smoked 60 cigarettes a day , hated health food ; my idea of a perfect dinner was a plateful of greasy cholesterol . |
| 6 | Wasting his time like my spending my time on doors ! |
| 7 | But , having said that , as I got older and spent more time with my father I began to learn more about him . |
| 8 | That I 've done for the first time in my life something original . |
| 9 | For the first time in my life I was having breakfast in my dressing-gown . |
| 10 | For the first time in my life I found the real Shakespeare . |
| 11 | For the first time in my life I had a weight problem . |
| 12 | I pursued the howling dog , hands clawed and teeth bared , stopping only when my rage was replaced by the realisation that for the first time in my life I 'd put another human being before myself . |
| 13 | It was the first time in my life I wanted to carry myself as a woman , not like a weird , kinda little ragamuffin girl . ’ |
| 14 | For the first time in my life I found myself surrounded by friends — friends whom I found interesting , and friends who appeared to find me interesting , bright and witty , despite my all-too-evident disadvantages . |
| 15 | It was the only time in my life I 've been a pain to my family . |
| 16 | It was the first time in my life I ever thought of Diana as beautiful . |
| 17 | It was the first time in my life I had acted like a complete sod to other people , and I felt that my behaviour was worse because I had loads of advantages the lesser recruits did n't : I could speak French ; I was basically healthier and therefore found fitness much easier ; I was a north European Caucasian which endeared me to some of the more racist instructors . |
| 18 | For the first time in my life I had a lover who was a companion . |
| 19 | For the first time in my life I was made conscious of not being able to control my own situation . |
| 20 | For the first time in my life I have friends , and interests , shared interests like baseball and opera and partying , and I gleam and bobble with privilege . |
| 21 | Do n't you understand , for the first time in my life I 'm afraid of her … |
| 22 | For the first and last time in my life I saw my father in tears . |
| 23 | For the first time in my life I could not confess all my sins to the priest . |
| 24 | As I was permanently hungry , he used to make enormous treacle puddings — it was the first time in my life I had heard of such a dish — and always made sure I got a big helping . |
| 25 | It was the first time in my life I had experienced anything like this and was nervous but deeply honoured . |
| 26 | It was the one time in my life I 've gone to pieces — lost my mind , I suppose . |
| 27 | I spent the day riding , or rather bucking , at anchor , the only time in my life I really wanted to die . |
| 28 | And for the first time in my life I found myself appreciating the statuesque Gallic appearance of my hooter . |
| 29 | For the first time in my life I tasted champagne and I did not care for it very much because I was a complete and absolute non-drinker at the time , I would like to warn anybody that this was something which did not last for very long : I have since acquired an insatiable thirst and desire for champagne . |
| 30 | ‘ Fear that you might leave Czechoslovakia without first returning to your hotel , ’ he replied , then grinned wryly as he added , ‘ For the first time in my life I find that I ca n't think logically — for why would you take a train to Mariánské Láznë to leave Czechoslovakia , when you could more easily take a plane from Prague ? |