Example sentences of "and [noun sg] for my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone was so sweet and warm and natural with me , and I felt a deep glow of affection and thankfulness for my friends . |
| 2 | At this time , when I was thirteen years old , I was about average in height and weight for my age and so would most likely be a C. This aspect of the annual weighing and measuring routine — the actual result — did n't really bother me much . |
| 3 | She asked , ’ What is the NHS coming to , that I should have to wait in pain , discomfort and distress for my operation ? ’ |
| 4 | Bedelia gave me some aspirins and a cloth soaked in cold water and vinegar for my forehead . |
| 5 | The pact between Hitler and Chamberlain at Munich in September 1938 had confirmed Eliot 's sense that the civilization of which he was a part was a worthless and immoral one : " I felt a deep personal guilt and shame for my country and for myself as part of that country , " he wrote a few months later . |
| 6 | The people 's radio started to work immediately : in no time friends began bringing us gifts of food and wine for my father . |
| 7 | Marie helps me with my money , and every week she gives me some so I can buy plants and stuff for my room . |
| 8 | I am prepared — delighted even — to indulge in a little D-I-Y ( having just built a cabinet and hood for my 36″ × 18″ × 18″ and got the taste for it … ) . |
| 9 | And when it was all over , I had formed a great attachment and respect for my penis . |
| 10 | ‘ I realise that I come into the picture as a relative , and I do feel natural interest and concern for my great-uncle . |
| 11 | I and other girls and women , we 'd work the Dhenki , husking the rice , or sometimes we 'd go to the fields carrying tobacco and food for my brothers-in-law and cousins who were working there . |
| 12 | In the ‘ midsummer month ’ of June , as pond and stream burst into life , I have chosen to feature the water-lily , dragonfly and bulrush for my design . |
| 13 | Most of this was spent on a cup and saucer for my brother Stanley Basil , two years younger , the cup bearing the inscription ‘ A Present from Weymouth ’ . |