Example sentences of "my [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In my mind the whole time there is the simple question , ‘ What is it the music is supposed to say ? ’ |
| 32 | Did you take my pound the other day ? |
| 33 | I remember feeling sad one minute and shoving a giant cookie in my mouth the next . ’ |
| 34 | But you must think my displeasure the heaviest thing that can befall you . |
| 35 | Sepp was really Septimus , the seventh , and I called one of my calves the same name . |
| 36 | There is little doubt in my mind that the case was Nitric Acid from the very beginning but nevertheless given the imperfectness of my prescriptions the gentle stimulation of the vitality by the 50 millesimal potencies uncovered the necessary clues in the end . |
| 37 | I brought in from my car the gastric lavage outfit I loved so well and which has so sadly disappeared from my life . |
| 38 | To my eyes the new pair of partridges were indistinguishable from any of the other birds I had seen that day , but the rest of the audience clearly thought otherwise . |
| 39 | ‘ I Galileo Galilei , being in my seventieth year having before my eyes the Holy Gospel , which I touch with my hands , abjure , curse and detest the error and heresy of the movement of the Earth . ’ |
| 40 | Lifting one Pelton ‘ can ’ off my ears the ambient cabin noise was well below even some modern designs . |
| 41 | ‘ I had a letter from the 21st Squadron of the Royal Corps of Transport based in Tomislavgrad , Bosnia , voting my legs the sexiest in the world , ’ Miss Irving says . |
| 42 | erm from my recollection the main problem with it is for the most part , I think , these self-build projects , where they 've been erm pursued in other places , have used land which was not otherwise utilizable , and that 's the way that they 've actually reduced the price of the finished house . |
| 43 | The best I can do as a manager is a combination of threatening , cajoling and being nice to everyone who can help to give my act the best possible shot . |
| 44 | As soon as I loosened my grip the tiniest fraction — say to alter the angle of insertion from one that caused grievous bodily harm to one that was only very uncomfortable — the damned thing sprang into a new incarnation as a frisbee and shot across the room . |
| 45 | Twenty children were flown to Croydon , and ‘ They were all cheerfully sick , enticed by the little paper bags , except a baby of one who slept peacefully in my lap the whole time . ’ |
| 46 | She 's forgiven me for being such an ass with my ultimatum the other day , ’ he added , then sighed , ‘ I do wish she was coming back to her flat . ’ |
| 47 | But things turned out as they were bound to do and not as I expected ; there was a typically whole gastrula on my dish the next morning , differing only by its small size from a normal one ; and this small but whole gastrula developed into a whole and typical larva … |
| 48 | But then they suddenly listen to what you say and they think , well that 's funny , I was thinking about that when I was saying my prayers the other day . |
| 49 | AUGUST 1991 , and Arsenal , my team the reigning champions , take the field against QPR for the first game of the new season . |
| 50 | He even produced the document I had signed to that effect , bringing to my attention the relevant clause . |
| 51 | In my opinion the best law change alongside the tackle law . |
| 52 | But in my opinion the best way to recover your memory is to stay close to the place where you lost it . ’ |
| 53 | In my opinion the European Parliament is very expensive and will get worse . |
| 54 | There are many continuing themes in this novel and in my opinion the main theme is that of contentment . |
| 55 | ‘ In my opinion the communicative activities suggested by the Teacher 's Extras for Departures and Connections are most interesting . |
| 56 | IN my opinion the loveliest of all the dales , Dentdale is also the most secluded , cut off both by the hills which hem its stern and western ends and by the narrowness of the roads that lead in and out of it . |
| 57 | In my opinion the true rule is that the definition applies only where there is an element of bounty . |
| 58 | In my opinion the true themes of religion are being lost in all the disputes surrounding it and the fact the religion is a force for the good needs to promoted . |
| 59 | In my opinion the Italian Federation should even now refund substantial sums of money to all the countries that attended for the dreadful food and facilities . |
| 60 | In my opinion the hardest task on the holding is to overcome inertia , to make a start on the daunting task . |