Example sentences of "my mind [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt there was something comic in the situation and I suppose that was what set my mind wandering in the direction of Farmer Bailes ' dog , Shep . |
| 2 | When I first came across this text my mind went to the Athanasian Creed which describes the Godhead as uncreated , infinite , eternal and incomprehensible . |
| 3 | With my mind working with the speed of desperation , it seemed I would be safest where I was till I could break away in the direction of the bus station . |
| 4 | And then my mind shimmers in the great heat and all things appear to me as through coloured veils . |
| 5 | They released me for the day and I sat in a cab desperately trying to keep calm whilst my mind raced through the practicalities of getting Mum back — cancelling the filming , getting the kids looked after for a while if … |
| 6 | A trade union to my mind stands in the same position . |
| 7 | The erm help available is in many ways decreasing erm I 'm afraid we have to drag politics into it sooner or later , but central government funding , or lack of it , erm to my mind lies at the bottom of many of these problems . |
| 8 | The courts decided readily enough that in this instance the offence is one requiring proof of mens rea ; ‘ the gist of the offence to my mind lies in the intention with which the thing is done , ’ as Darling J. put it . |
| 9 | MY MIND returned to the man with the starched cuffs . |
| 10 | Her kiss at the cottage gate left my mind occupied during the long walk back to the farm . |
| 11 | Furthermore , although I recognise that the powers of the Director are circumscribed by section 1(3) and the opening words of section 2(1) , so as to relate only to the investigation of suspected offences , it remains true that the powers which I have summarised are concerned with ‘ the affairs ’ of the suspect , and these must to my mind extend beyond the matters which have caused the charge to be laid . |
| 12 | I found myself staring at her , my mind devolving from the content of the short and impersonal crematorium service . |
| 13 | Most of the rock has bolted routes and my mind boggled at the potential . |
| 14 | Well my mind boggled with the iceberg and that . |