Example sentences of "i [verb] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosemary , playing safe , refused to go out with him unless I came too so in the end we used to make up a foursome with Henry 's pilot , Jimmy , and with me sticking to my policy of not getting involved . |
| 2 | ‘ One ca n't give cast-iron guarantees , just as you ca n't give me guarantees about my safety if I was to go to Birmingham , ’ Mr Thomas replied . |
| 3 | But working on that film made me think about my life . |
| 4 | It made me think of my convict 's travelling companion . |
| 5 | That made me think of my convict . |
| 6 | Suffer me to go to my infamy ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Madam my mother , pray permit me to go to my brother , ’ the prince pleaded , still at his mother 's elbow as she moved away . |
| 8 | I mean I 've never needed a new licence for the last three and a half years but Nicholas erm prior to this in the countdown to me appearing for my drink drive which is in a matter of about ten weeks I believe in the countdown to that , Nick said on several o two occasions anyway while other members of staff were present , Well this is a way of getting rid of him without having to pay him redundancy money . |
| 9 | As the time approached for me to concentrate on my matriculation , I decided to offer Charlie the opportunity to buy out my share of the partnership and even arranged for a qualified accountant to replace me in order that they could take over the book-keeping . |
| 10 | And he had seen me walking from my hotel apartment with Dana — Americano , he said disdainfully . |
| 11 | He did n't want me to worry about my health . |
| 12 | In this way , the hypnotist is not making me attack against my will , he is conjuring up a set of circumstances in which to attack seems the lesser of two evil courses . |
| 13 | Ironically , because having shown me what he termed ‘ retroscendence ’ , The Fat Controller was content to let me stew in my own juice for a while . |
| 14 | I used to try and act in straight plays but I was so bad they made me act with my back to the audience . |
| 15 | I made a great nuisance of myself and , in the end , they resorted to the traditional method of dealing with trouble-makers : they asked me to stand for my own ward at the next local government elections . |
| 16 | I asked for my ham-and-tomato sandwich . |
| 17 | " I believe I asked for my papers , please ! |
| 18 | I asked for my question to be translated into Bengali . |
| 19 | I asked for my husband to be returned from the Gulf but this was not possible due to the ground war beginning . |
| 20 | I asked for my Mother to be brought from the UK to give me comfort in my husband 's place , it took 3 weeks for this to happen . |
| 21 | So I applied for my discharge and it was granted . |
| 22 | May I expound on my answer ? |
| 23 | I gazed at my father for a moment , touched his forehead slightly , then withdrew my hand . |
| 24 | Every time I do a stall I I quake in my boots up until I do it and then I feel great when we 're doing it and afterwards realize that it 's been productive and we we 've had a good lot a good response from the public . |
| 25 | and I fumbling for my key . |
| 26 | And why should n't I do as I please with my own body ? |
| 27 | However , whilst searching through various books in my library , I chanced upon my copy of Folklore , Myths and Legends of Britain and wondered if there were anything mentioned about the Silbury Hill area that I had been writing about . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's my boat that I made with my two hands , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ And she has made the same promise to me that I made to my mum and dad . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ What are you grinning at , Cambridge ? ’ he demanded — he 'd given me the nickname after some reference I made to my own past ; it was an affectionate pan of coals for my head — ‘ It 's perfectly true . |