Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When I was ten years old I was taken by my parents to see my first play at the Royal Theatre . |
| 32 | ‘ I was only a small child when my parents sent my brother and me to an orphanage . |
| 33 | Most of my guests enjoy their fame , but they have discovered that , enjoyable though the trappings of celebrity may be , there is a price to be paid |
| 34 | Sadly , one of my constituents lost his life in that tragic explosion . |
| 35 | I entirely reject it because I want to be able to help my constituents to achieve their natural and legitimate aspirations . |
| 36 | ‘ Why — because , though at any other time I could perhaps let my feelings have their head , this time , for a reason I simply was n't seeing then , I just knew that it could not be like that with you . ’ |
| 37 | for my metals to go their separate ways … |
| 38 | I just hope one of my customers pinches his orrery , that 's all . |
| 39 | ‘ For you my Pigs resign their Morning Due : |
| 40 | I sat numbly by the open window , with my legs pressed together , my arms hugging my sides and my hands gripping each other , to combat the sensation that I was going to shake myself to pieces . |
| 41 | It was both strange and terrible to see the ghosts of each of my friends leave their bodies , then to watch those bodies rise and run into the nightwoods , in pursuit of their souls . ’ |
| 42 | Pistachio nut , but my friends call me peanut for short . |
| 43 | My friends shook their heads , and chided me for not telling them a story with a happy ending . |
| 44 | I felt betrayed ; I had never thought of all my friends noticing my weight , and that they had all been thinking of me as a fat person . |
| 45 | I could not bear to be in France a moment longer : my friends confirmed my impulse . |
| 46 | To take a trivial example , it is a cost rather than a benefit for me to pay my children to clean my car rather than to take it to the automatic car wash , even if the car wash charges more than my children . |
| 47 | I 'll even withdraw my men to assure your so-called sister that I do n't want her brother 's castle . |
| 48 | ‘ I heard one of my men calling my name . |
| 49 | I had to practically bite my knuckles to keep my hands off you for the last three weeks , and I did it because of your innocence ! |
| 50 | When I was left on my own after the death of Uncle , my beasts became my family , I suppose . |
| 51 | Time after time my boots lost their grip and the load pushed me backwards down the scree . |
| 52 | ‘ For a short time one of my agents took his place . ’ |
| 53 | My hosts shuffled their feet and the meal was unusually silent but , when darkness had fallen and the candles on the table threw huge , black shadows against the wall , Ralemberg filled my glass to the brim , went back to his own chair and nodded at his wife . |
| 54 | That is not to say that I shall select my facts to fit my theory , I shall rather select those general impressions that I have gathered in the course of my geological wanderings . |
| 55 | My daughters love their aquarium and the fish in it . |
| 56 | I expect my employees to keep their minds on the job ! |
| 57 | On the following weekend circumstances prevented me from getting out , but my companions made their way to the site on their own . |
| 58 | Unfortunately his failing health meant he could n't visit much in recent years , and my folks spent their holidays elsewhere , so the house had become neglected . |
| 59 | ‘ It is difficult to ask my colleagues to risk their lives if nobody cares about the lives of the people , ’ Mr Mendiluce told reporters in Sarajevo . |
| 60 | ‘ 239 , dad , ’ I says , reverend-like. 'E smiles and I folds 'is 'ands acrorst 'is stomich . ’ |