Example sentences of "to the [noun sg] of my " in BNC.
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| 1 | internal bleeding , right so the internal bleeding sometimes shows itself externally , for example if I had damage to my lungs or severe damage to the inside of my lungs I 'd cough up blood and that 's in , what do you think ? |
| 2 | My imagination faltered at this point ; but I lingered over it , returning over and over again to the discovery of my heroine 's and my own female body , and the male contemplation of it . |
| 3 | It is very much to the credit of my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for the Environment that they have returned to basics and have not looked at finance in isolation . |
| 4 | I was too busy holding on to the edge of my chair and waiting for him to rise twenty feet in the air . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been telling myself I would n't let this happen , ’ he rasped , ‘ but there 's something about you that drives me to the edge of my control . ’ |
| 6 | Your analogy would be more accurate if you 'd talked of a mechanic saying he was going to the boot of my car to check the battery , having of course meant to say the bonnet . |
| 7 | ( Helen introduced him to The Story of My Heart . ) |
| 8 | To Timothy his dear dad great mercy and peace to you from God the father and Christ Jesus our Lord I give thanks to the God of my forefathers who I worship with a clear conscience when I mention you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day . |
| 9 | It was of no importance to the success of my Superette that I did not know how Spratts Processed Peas were manufactured , therefore when running a football team it can be of no importance if Leslie and I do not know how many players it contains . |
| 10 | May I revert to the question of my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire , South-West ( Sir A. Grant ) ? |
| 11 | Now I feel refreshed , I 've downed a venison pie , a tankard of ale and two cups of claret , and have returned to the centre of my maze to dictate my memoirs . |
| 12 | I went to the door of my room and opened it . |
| 13 | I had made it to the door of my flat . |
| 14 | It had got rid of this , the old order and new power relations had been established and so it should n't be regarded so much as an economic failure but as a profound political and social reform , which is an important step towards the Party 's ultimate aim of communism , and going back to the beginning of my paper that how that they had always seen industrialization as a means to an end and that how that socialism and ultimately communism could only be achieved through stages and so that , although it was an economic failure , it was a sort of a social |
| 15 | I had discovered parties , wine and women , much to the chagrin of my parents and coach . |
| 16 | ‘ A member : I , too , have talked to many airline employees about this matter , and I am not completely clear as to the purport of my Hon. |
| 17 | To the voice of my supplication . |
| 18 | I left school at the age of 17 , anxious to get into the wider world , and without much thought went to the university of my home town , at that time a pretty universal habit . |
| 19 | She would then speak as if talking to herself , but what she said was aimed at me and usually struck to the core of my being , so that I was stunned into silence … |
| 20 | I moved to the back of my trench as Taff stood up to man the gun . |
| 21 | I completed my 100 metre strides after they 'd gone , my heels flicking up the divots on to the back of my head . |
| 22 | Six fish later , I called it a day ; thanked the good Lord for his kindness , strapped the creel to the back of my motor bike , and roared triumphantly home . |
| 23 | Something prickly crawled up my spine to the back of my neck , and my stomach tightened . |
| 24 | Up until the age of 33 , I managed to push this turmoil to the back of my mind , although I 'd always had trouble with relationships because I was so full of self-doubt , and succeeded in destroying any relationship that seemed to be leading anywhere . |
| 25 | I stood up , holding on to the back of my chair , my heart beating like a hammer . |
| 26 | soldering rolled-up eyes to the back of my skull |
| 27 | ‘ I put it to the back of my mind . ’ |
| 28 | And you came , you came and tied his dog to the back of my car . |
| 29 | " In lighting these candles , " he murmured in a reverent voice " we extend an invitation to the spirit of my greatly esteemed father to come among us and bless us . " |
| 30 | Rather to the surprise of my new employers , since I had been so eager to work for them , I told them I should not be able to start for a fortnight ( I needed to recover , being exhausted by my burden of guilt ) . |