Example sentences of "my [noun sg] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've lost my buyer 's guide . |
2 | And I can go fishing to my heart 's content . |
3 | Doubtless the authorities would not heed my plea , but here in County Fermanagh I could feast my eyes on red pillar boxes to my heart 's content . |
4 | As it was he was still asleep upstairs and never saw his dad bury him … and I could bawl unseen to my heart 's content . |
5 | Oh , Mary of my heart 's delight , |
6 | A hundred pictures for my heart 's delight . |
7 | The song ‘ You are my Heart 's Delight ’ from Lehár 's operetta The Land of Smiles ( 1929 ) was one of his most famous , and it was in this work that he first came to England in 1931 . |
8 | I shall ravish you to my heart 's delight . |
9 | Then , ‘ The light that lies in woman 's eyes has been my heart 's undoing ’ . ’ |
10 | My heart 's pounding and that 's bad ! . |
11 | But now at last I had one , and she was my heart 's desire . |
12 | Then when I 'd proved I could do that really well , horrible and moronic as it was , I let myself off and got a better job nearer my heart 's desire . " |
13 | ‘ You 're truly my heart 's desire — honest , loving and giving … åd so very , very beautiful . ’ |
14 | I also loved making gadgets out of wood , and my heart 's desire was a chemistry set . |
15 | I would be content To drudge in earth , easing my heart 's disgrace … |
16 | On you go , now , and my heart 's blessing go with you always . |
17 | Seeing the look of pain on my driver 's face , I asked him what had become of Eileen , ‘ The Girl from County Donegal ’ , possessor of one of the purest ballad voices I know , with a hint of Irish mischief . |
18 | it 's , or , or my driver 's capability that worry me |
19 | On my driver 's seat was a Telegraph with front page headed and devoted to the ‘ Kuwait Crisis ’ . |
20 | So I left Mala to it , went back to my cabin 's screens and terminals , and set back to probing the data banks for something about phetam . |
21 | ‘ The Mogadon hangovers were appalling , so my GP 's partner told me I needed Noctamid , another sleeper but shorter acting . ’ |
22 | I had kept my side of the bargain , my teetotaller 's pledge . |
23 | My er my adam 's apple gets cold but that 's about it . |
24 | If my beginner 's guide ( Issue 88 ) left you hungry for more , check out Dave Havard 's brilliant book , A Beginner 's Guide to Adventures . |
25 | ‘ My mistress 's niece , that 's her on top of the furniture , is not going to pay you the extra twopence , ’ said the driver . |
26 | I confess I was a little shaken by my playmate 's tone . |
27 | I did n't give up ; I wanted to get my money 's worth . |
28 | I got on top of her and as usual I did n't last very long , which annoyed me a bit because I did n't feel I was getting my money 's worth . |
29 | I 'm glad it was one of my second-hand buys ; it only cost £10 so I suppose I 've had my money 's worth out of it a few times in the garden . |
30 | I am not getting my money 's worth . |