Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think they 'll settle for five eventually , but you never know with these situations — they may call my bluff . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If students wish to have a meeting or party which includes more than 10 people they must have my permission , ’ she said . |
| 3 | They 'll see my car coming here and they know no one 's ill and you know what they 'll think . ’ |
| 4 | And they 'll sell my house . ’ |
| 5 | If they could shoot my child what would stop them doing it to someone else ? |
| 6 | People often asked me the time just to hear my voice so they could proclaim my gender to their friends . |
| 7 | Mostly I hate chimneys , but I knew they 'd rest my finger tendons and Sue Grimley needed a partner from Milenecka . |
| 8 | They 'd run my life . |
| 9 | I wondered how they would arrange my visa for Riga , but I did n't ask . |
| 10 | And the Shelley party were near at hand — though the fluctuations of the time scale made it hard to determine whether they would recognize my name if they heard it . |
| 11 | There 's no way they would fit my record player . |
| 12 | And they would take my pride , my rocket |
| 13 | I felt revolted by them and began to sleep in the hall , dragging a pillow and a wool blanket off the bed and leaving the room to them , in the hope that they would understand my anger , that they would no longer stay till the early hours of the morning , stepping over me as I lay asleep , leaving overflowing ashtrays and empty glasses and cans and bottles strewn about the floor . |
| 14 | I was hoping they would find my curling stone , the one that I lost that night that Stewart Candless 's Metalurjic or whatever it was went into the loch . |
| 15 | These points are not exhaustive , but they will serve my purpose . |
| 16 | At least they will have my testimony when the time comes . |
| 17 | The doctors are appalled by the press , everybody is appalled ; the nurse is freaking out and saying she will not take me to the operating theatre because they will take my picture and harass me ; she is terrified somebody is going to hit her , so in the end my lawyer wheels me because nobody else dares . |
| 18 | I want to leave by about ten tomorrow so I 'll get on to a garage first thing in the morning and hope they can fix my car straight away . ’ |
| 19 | Once they 've got it , they can do my layout and I do n't have to be there . |
| 20 | I will no longer give power over me to anyone else , so they can sabotage my life . |
| 21 | At the end of the day , they can say what they like , and after they 've said what they like , they can suck my dick . ’ |
| 22 | But if either of them imagines they can force my hand , they much mistake the matter ! |
| 23 | So so if they can assess my partner on . |
| 24 | I 'll be afraid that they can see my tummy . |