Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I gently prised my wrist free . |
| 32 | My main subsequent regret is that I only knew my father from the perspective of parent to child and not from that of adult ( parent ) to adult ( son ) whence different qualities and traits of personality come to be appreciated . |
| 33 | I only knew my mother and grandmother and life was not easy — we often went hungry . |
| 34 | I think that is a lot of infection about and I know what brought on my cold , it was going out with Mark to Lathenham , and instead of wearing my anorak I only wore my lambs wool throw over , and I got jolly chilled coming out of the car and going into Lathenham church . |
| 35 | Whilst I was in prison I only saw my daughter twice . |
| 36 | Actually I 've rather hurried through that objective part of our I only had my time to bring before you one other very important issue and two other pieces of information . |
| 37 | I only need my money now before I go |
| 38 | I only used my cape at home . |
| 39 | I suddenly heard my father 's voice telling me that all acting is mere imitation . |
| 40 | As I started to speak to him , I suddenly brought my knee up , as hard as possible , into his crutch . |
| 41 | I sat like a Hector until I suddenly remembered my stomach and began noisily to vomit . |
| 42 | If I suddenly transfer my attention to an object or some aspect of the physical environment ( after all , inanimate things are much easier to deal with , are n't they — they do n't have emotions ) when you 're revealing thoughts and feelings , then once again I 've dodged your agenda . |
| 43 | I constantly compare my body to other women 's bodies , whether it 's on television , or amongst my friends — I ca n't help myself . |
| 44 | I thus made my way as quietly as possible to a position from which I could execute such a march , and clutching my implements firmly about me , succeeded in propelling myself through the doorway and several paces down the corridor before a somewhat astonished Miss Kenton could recover her wits . |
| 45 | Of him therefore … the hymned and reviled , the loved and loathed , spendthrift and miser , king and beggar … of King Richard Yea-and-Nay , so made , so called , I thus prepare my account . |
| 46 | If , for instance , I volunteered to give up some of my bone marrow to save a person suffering from leukaemia , then , so long as my own health was not in danger , there would seem to be nothing wrong with my momentarily relinquishing my autonomy . |
| 47 | At this point there is no particular plan in my mind , I just know my head will explode unless I immediately kick , bite or scream . |
| 48 | I 've tried most of the guitar synths and stuff , but I just prefer my instrument : it 's very human and it makes the right noise . |
| 49 | Since I refused to acknowledge that I understood a word of Czech or German , I just shrugged my shoulders as they droned on . |
| 50 | I never saw anything , I just heard my father telling my mother — ’ She broke off abruptly , one hand rising guiltily to her mouth . |
| 51 | But mostly I just felt my power ! |
| 52 | I just felt my mind rebelling against it all the time . |
| 53 | But erm I felt as though , I felt exactly the same , I felt I 'd just been asleep I just had my eyes shut and I felt opening one eye to have a look out and see what people were doing . |
| 54 | I 'd give it a pat if I had the strength , cos I really like dogs , but I just turn my head and look at it instead . |
| 55 | ‘ Umm , I just turn my guitar up as far as it will go , ’ explains the puzzled axe hero . |
| 56 | Can I just finish my sentence please , |
| 57 | after my second week he said I 'd got the gift of the gab or something and I always manage to wind people round my finger and always always get what I want and everything and I always took my way out of shit and I heard this from Matt , you can imagine how upset I was like on my I tell you er I heard about it on the field weekend cos I was here and Matt was here as well and , and I just thought my God I 've been friends with this bloke , we were having baths together when we were like two years old and , and I 've known him all my life and if you ca n't trust him well where does the , where , well you know , who can you trust ? |
| 58 | It certainly shook me when you came downstairs , but then I just thought my people might be away , and have let the cottage . |
| 59 | But I just thought my mother wanted to be specially nice to me . |
| 60 | I just took my napkin , filled it with all the coins I had won and tied the corners into a knot . |