Example sentences of "my [noun pl] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They do n't speak English , ’ he informed her , ‘ and despite my attempts to persuade them differently they just all trooped in and sat down . |
| 2 | Letters inviting parents to join the parent — teacher association , visit the ‘ Spring Fayre ’ , to volunteer for ‘ parent-governor elections ’ , or attend a ‘ Maths Workshop ’ were put in the bin after my attempts to explain them . |
| 3 | He broke two of my teeth extracting them but he says they 're out clean , when I told him to take another X-ray of it . |
| 4 | The smoke blows in my eyes making them water and sting , so I get up , move and freeze my ass off sitting beyond the smoke in the wind up the valley . |
| 5 | I put my bags between my feet to feel them with my legs , and took out my flight ticket . |
| 6 | I stamp my feet to warm them up . |
| 7 | Neither of my parents wore them . |
| 8 | Neither of my parents wore them . |
| 9 | ‘ My parents managed them — they were a very successful partnership for many years . |
| 10 | I used to wear jeans and jackets and shirts but my parents burned them on the same day my dad beat me up , and after that I had to wear saris . |
| 11 | It goes to my muscles to make them strong . |
| 12 | My friends loaned them to me , my friend Tom erm I 've got |
| 13 | This particular girl , a model , is putting Patrick in his place by going on about cars : ‘ Most of my friends have them on the firm , ’ she said , with the sort of lift of the old proud head that he could hardly believe had not accompanied a limiting judgment on Villiers de l'Isle Adam . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ My creatures stoke them and work the treadmills , and so the Silver Looms are never allowed to still . ’ |
| 15 | I called my men to drive them back . |
| 16 | It could equally be that they had spotted my men following them and were attempting to shake them off . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm keeping my wages to buy them some myself . ’ |
| 18 | I shall be flying round there with my boxes to collect them . |
| 19 | My colleagues have them — four men , day and night . |