Example sentences of "of my [noun pl] on " in BNC.

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1 You have doubtless heard from time to time some little of my movements on this side of the globe and if I have not written more fully and frequently to my friends in England I trust this will be attributed to the very pressing engagements which have fully occupied my time and mind .
2 I HAVE several times told the story of the lady who came up to me at the end of one of my lectures on the relationship between science and music and said , ‘ It 's all very well doing all these scientific tests on musical instruments but can you explain the tingle in the spine that some music produces ? ’
3 One of my friends on an off-day defined school as ‘ the place where everybody is always cross ! ’ .
4 Yes , Mr Chairman , I , erm , I , I , I do appreciate that erm , I 've been invited through Committee er , to go through what I do represent er , the building project erm , on behalf of the economic development , because as you all know , I 'm of course on the economic development before , but er , in the past I 've found that that I have er been , shall we say , relieved of my positions on other er , position , erm , unknownst to myself , and of course I have er , actually turned up on these planning functions and been there , and to me in the past , I have always found that if one is going to be missed one must then , one 's either asked if he wishes to continue , if he 's been doing his job properly , if he does n't do his job properly then it 's only right to replace him .
5 I want one of my teams on it .
6 As a kit I was envious of my cousins on the Pembrokeshire coast who could shoot off after school to get in a spot of sailing before tea .
7 I only want the best of my girls on this job .
8 She turned quickly at the sound of my footsteps on the gravel .
9 I 've never seen any of my clothes on a professional model .
10 You praised two of my members on Friday , another one today , you after them or something ?
11 I am in receipt of your letter dated 27 October , received by fax , and by now you are no doubt aware of my views on yhe decidion to sell David Batty .
12 wan na get one of my shoes on my way out .
13 Because temper tantrums , aggression and verbal abuse often feature in children 's reactions to being thwarted , they will be the subject of my discussions on how to cope more effectively .
14 I gave him an account of my adventures on Winter Marsh .
15 Not to fly home from any of my tournaments on Friday night ( Saturday morning will do ) .
16 This one here has really dropped the whole of my particulars on her own !
17 I 've had a few of my heroes on the show — Elizabeth Taylor , Lauren Bacall , Deborah Kerr , and Daniel J. Travanti from Hill Street Blues , but I 've still got a hit list .
18 I DID N'T sleep too well on the night before our last Inter-Continental Cup match against Cuba in Poznan — I woke up at six o'clock in the morning thinking about the future of the Irish hockey team and began to put down some of my ideas on paper .
19 three of my frets on the bottom string that you ca n't bend up , I do n't know what 's wrong .
20 As a regular broadcaster on local radio I went along to Radio Nottingham for one of my phone-ins on slimming .
21 On Gordon Durie : ‘ I was n't surprised when he was substituted because he was already crying after one of my tackles on him . ’
22 I have simply reported the reactions of various past and present TDC officials with whom I spoke , and of some of my colleagues on the faculty of the Criminal justice Center .
23 Before I accept the Secretary of State 's olive branch and damn my political career in front of my colleagues on the Opposition Front Bench , will he clarify at an early stage in the Standing Committee the position about nurses in Wales , England , Scotland and Northern Ireland who take courses and then return to their own districts ?
24 Most of my companions on this field trip to the mines are from the Third World .
25 ‘ A ship 's overdue with one of my men on board .
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