Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 61 | I 'd rather exercise my brain a bit with something creative . ’ |
| 62 | I 'd rather exercise my brain a bit with something creative . ’ |
| 63 | I think I 'd rather have my Tagamet because of that |
| 64 | I 'd rather keep my dignity . " |
| 65 | I 'd rather cut my throat than go into an institution ’ . |
| 66 | After all , a guitar tech 's job has to depend on such accuracy , and if it were my job then I 'd rather put my faith in the R450 than a box-load of pocket tuners . |
| 67 | ‘ I do n't know about you , ’ the reporter was saying as they walked across the cool marble-floored lobby of the large office building and out into the hot , brilliant midday sunshine of Fenchurch Street , ‘ but I 'd practically sell my soul for a really icy cold vodka and tonic . |
| 68 | If somebody does that to me they 're right up my arse and something came like that , or even just on a single carriage road , or anything I 'd just touch my brake slightly |
| 69 | I 'd already put my life on the line by marrying you when I thought you were in love with Radcliffe . |
| 70 | My duvet : I 'd really miss my duvet , it 's my friend . |
| 71 | And then I thought I 'd really put my foot in it and embarrassed both of us |
| 72 | I 'd never tell my mum that ! |
| 73 | I had got my back almost round to the steps by this time but I knew I 'd never get my parka open and the front door key out unless I had an edge . |
| 74 | Later he confessed to me that he had been feeling a certain unease in the region of the colon ; when I asked him why on earth he had n't told me , he answered , ‘ I 'd never discuss my plumbing with ladies ! ’ |
| 75 | ‘ But if you could give me some minutes of your time , I 'd happily delay my visit , ’ she suggested — and silently added , or not go to Prague at all . |
| 76 | But I would sooner have my journal and fight against Tig than die , frozen , wolfmeat , without anything to remind me of the pure pleasure I 've had during my life . |
| 77 | ‘ Because my family were lawyers and self-employed , I 've always had the feeling that I would rather hold my future in my own hands than have it in somebody else 's . |
| 78 | I would rather lose my self than share it with Syl . |
| 79 | If he were mine , I would rather sell my soul . |
| 80 | By the spring of 1964 I had persuaded myself that as it was nearly nine years since I joined AIB as a Senior Inspector and I was still a Senior Inspector , I would probably draw my pension as status of the engineering investigators to that of the operational investigators . |
| 81 | At any other time I would probably telephone my agent and discuss this point for twenty minutes or so , for it is the kind of marginal detail which intrigues me and has never appeared to bore him . |
| 82 | ‘ Whenever I used to feel on top of the world , I would just open my mouth and sing , and not care too much about what came out , ’ remembered Kylie . |
| 83 | ‘ I would also state my belief that in relation to Class AA , our parent company has behaved entirely properly ; the process of applying for a patent necessarily entails wide publication and ample opportunity for opposition . |
| 84 | ‘ I 'm a fashion type , ’ he reflects , ‘ but I would never raise my kid wearing any brand names . |
| 85 | ‘ I 'm a fashion type , but I would never raise my kid wearing any brand names . |
| 86 | However I could not become a sperm donor ( Letters NI 189 ) , especially if this would mean I would never know my child or the woman who bore it . |
| 87 | ‘ I would never put my career before love , it 's not worth it , ’ she says . |
| 88 | As a veterinary surgeon I would never turn my back on a sick or injured animal . |
| 89 | He did say before he went that I would never see my son again . |
| 90 | I would then pitch my tent and have the night to weigh up the situation . |