Example sentences of "my [noun pl] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I have my doubts about the latter vision since archivists , librarians and museum creators deal with materials which are differentiated by the type of activities which created them , rather than simply by the physical form of those artefacts .
2 I know it sounds stupid , but I was trying to do all my sessions at the same speed I was used to at home .
3 At least the manager did n't pounce on me just because I shut my eyes for a few moments . ’
4 My thanks also are due to Miss Mary Burkett and her staff at Abbot Hall , from whom I have had help and co-operation since the start of the survey in 1975 ; to Mr B. C. Jones and Miss S. J. MacPherson , County Archivists , of the County Records Office , who have given generous help and advice ; ; to Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby , whose book first aroused my interest in the stocking trade ; to my fellow members of the Lancashire and Lakes Guild of Spinners , Weavers and Dyers for encouragement and support ; to my granddaughter , Anne Allen , who took the photographs , ( except where otherwise stated ) ; to my daughter , Jan Hare , who typed the manuscript ; to my friends , Penelope Porter , Kathryn Allen and Mary Sutherland , who gave technical advice , reviewed text and read proofs ; Elizabeth Edwards and Kathleen Drummond for advice and information , and above all my thanks to the many kind people who live where there are galleries , and who have put up with my enquiries with such patience and kindness .
5 The difference was that , having applied my colours in the same direct way , drawing from the end and edge of the pastel stick .
6 I have no wish to intrude my feelings upon the many bereaved people who insert such notices , but I ask myself — why do they invite me to intrude upon their private grief by inserting the notice in that most public of places , the newspaper ?
7 I would be grateful if you could try to protect my interests in the same way .
8 This is a game I invented to allow me to get some exercise and amuse my children at the same time .
9 I picked up the file and stood with it in my hands for a few minutes before deciding whether to examine its contents .
10 My Lords in a few minutes the House will have to vote on this issue .
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