Example sentences of "my [adj] [noun sg] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Working Group co-operated very well together , and we enjoyed our weekly meetings . |
| 2 | I was pleased that the supplementary guidance for the terms of reference for my Working Group mentioned both information technology ( IT ) and media studies : ‘ English teaching will provide one appropriate context … for developing information handling skills , … and for media studies … |
| 3 | Is it another sleepless night and I 'll get my bloody ear plugs out |
| 4 | My Scots chin shot out and , spotting the familiar defiance in my eyes , he changed his tune . |
| 5 | My private office helped out on the baby-sitting very effectively but I am sure quite improperly . |
| 6 | While my right hand spooned up the sweet pulp and hefted my glass of Alsace riesling , my left explored the contours of my neighbour 's inner calf and the hollow behind her knee . |
| 7 | My right hand went instinctively to my sword , thus to force a way through the crowd and take my rightful place . |
| 8 | If my right hand had n't felt as if somebody had grafted a bunch of bananas on to it and then dipped it in acid , it would have been a pleasant experience . |
| 9 | My right cheek has certainly been placed with admirable exactness under the focus of some invisible burning-glass , which concentrated all the rays of a Tartarean sun . |
| 10 | That is , if my dear boss does n't find me something to do on Saturday . |
| 11 | ‘ And then my dear husband came home to me … |
| 12 | ( ‘ … As my dear brother said only last week , evenings spent with actresses … ’ ) |
| 13 | Well , I say that , but of course me and my sore back got up to all kinds of stuff . |
| 14 | Too low , too late ; my alpine judgement seemed awry . |
| 15 | At 1.15 a.m. , however , the bite alarm on my flake-baited rod shrills out its sudden warning , the silver foil smacks the rod and at the same time I grasp the cork butt and drive the hook into a lip . |
| 16 | My old gran did n't bother with recipes and if anybody asked her for one she 'd say ‘ Oh , I do n't bother wi' them things . |
| 17 | My old dad got really wild if you said he was working-class . |
| 18 | Because erm the er the purpose of these regulations which er my old friend has just eluded to and I s I I and I have myself , is to extend to the citizens of other member states of the European union who are resident here , the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in the elections to the European parliament . |
| 19 | to do these at home I said well it had been twenty hours or nothing cos me and my old man do n't speak ! |
| 20 | My dog is often ‘ caught short ’ , how can I keep my lively cat amused indoors ? |
| 21 | My favourite subject has always been English , and I hope to study this at university . |
| 22 | Then I need to think about all the strangeness that happened to you as a child ; my firstborn son has already told me something of your life , and of the questions you have for me . ’ |
| 23 | My hon. Friend does well to remind the House of what happens under a Labour Government . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend does well to remind us that when the Labour party was last in office its idea of luxuries included petrol as well as televisions and caravans . |
| 25 | My hon. Friend does not raise the matter just for the fun of it ; he raises it because of its serious nature . |
| 26 | Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago . |
| 27 | My hon. Friend does not , I think , dissent from that , but he has questioned local planning authorities ' deciding planning proposals that they themselves have originated and in particular the position of the county council in relation to the district council . |
| 28 | My hon. Friend identifies why it is difficult separately to identify the sums of money . |
| 29 | My hon. Friend identifies precisely the problem with which we have been landed by the Government and British Rail . |
| 30 | I urge my hon. Friend to examine more carefully the health arrangements in many European Community countries , because Britain is one of the few in which a patient may visit a general practitioner and receive hospital treatment free of charge . |