Example sentences of "my [noun] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally though I do n't mind hefty boots and would prefer to feel the greater support around my ankles offered by other boots in the High Country range . |
| 2 | There was a sickening lurch as my chute opened and my harness tightened round me so that I could hardly breathe . |
| 3 | At 8.45 I arrived at school my heart filled with delight as I stood amongst pupils in school uniform while I stood in my usual scruffy manner . |
| 4 | I can not tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth . |
| 5 | But my heart dipped at the thought . |
| 6 | I had my heart set on a soft-top — preferably a Corvette or a Mustang — and I was n't going to let a spot of bracing weather stand in my way . |
| 7 | But I had my heart set on training a bird . |
| 8 | And my heart returned to a human being 's heart beat rate in — oh , just a few days , give or take a month or two . |
| 9 | ‘ When I walked away from the Great Rebellion , my heart bled with the pity and the waste and the anguish of it . |
| 10 | My heart bled for you when I watched it . |
| 11 | Welfare Assistant with Infants class gave me her telephone number so that I can arrange to have my hair highlighted by her daughter . |
| 12 | ‘ I have n't had my hair cut for about a year and neither has Meera so I thought it was time for a change . ’ |
| 13 | I was awful , in those days I was into acid green sleeks and I had my hair cut in a triangle When I saw Auntie Muriel I thought , if that 's the way you end up , working on a farm , I 'll stay at home and become an underresourced juvenile But it was n't up to me . |
| 14 | Q I am getting married in the spring and am planning to have my hair permed nearer the time when it is longer . |
| 15 | A bath was quickly prepared and , after being thoroughly scrubbed , had to suffer the indignity of having my hair cleaned with a nit comb — a most painful operation . |
| 16 | My skin was brown and my hair streaked with nature 's own blond from the salt and sun : my very bones seemed to have absorbed the heat and now gave it back in the form of a glowing sense of confidence and well-being . |
| 17 | I strongly resent having my views sought in such an underhand way . |
| 18 | I will make my views known to the world community and to UNESCO ’ . |
| 19 | There the air rises hotly and on it an eagle may soar further south to where Slorne 's kind live , and where my kind come from too . ’ |
| 20 | My case packed for an emergency is in that cupboard over there . |
| 21 | I remember that my chest swelled with pride the day Mrs Smelley , who owned a boarding house in the Commercial Road , told me that I was a chip off the old block and that in her opinion one day I might even be as good as my Granpa . |
| 22 | We did all right until we got to the last bit and I got my foot caught in Otley 's pocket when he tried to bend down , he fell and flung me over his head knocking my wig skew-whiff . |
| 23 | On the way down I had my camera tied to my waist and it started to drop ; in trying to grab it I lost my balance , got my foot caught in the tree root , took a tumble and twisted my ankle . |
| 24 | I 've got my foot trapped under a lump of concrete ! ’ |
| 25 | They were having an intense and appropriately heated discussion on the problems of cold-spots ( as evinced by the fact that their first attempts came out looking like braille roundels ) , and on the unfortunate instability of three poppadoms balanced together — caused not so much by the jerk they received when the turntable started up as by their movements while they cooked and swelled — but eventually my flatmates settled on the concept of standing the things up individually on the glass turntable , and so instigated what they termed a ‘ brainstorming session ’ in an attempt to find a suitable support mechanism . |
| 26 | Personally , I prefer the heads on my woods made from seasoned wood . |
| 27 | FOR EXAMPLE , LAST WEEK I WAS LISTENING to my favourite recorded of Paganini 's First Violin Concerto , which I have treasured for many years , largely due to the soloists extraordinary playing . |
| 28 | The last thing I wanted when I was so worried about what was happening with my own daughter was to spend my sentence surrounded by pregnant women . |
| 29 | my skin painted for war-dancing : |
| 30 | But in this reeking cavern with my hands , face , hair and every pore of my skin impregnated with cottage pie and chips , those birdies seemed far away . |