Example sentences of "[pers pn] was my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was my hair every other day and usually only go to my hairdresser before a party . |
| 2 | As he recorded in the letters , he carried from his earliest years one overriding impression , which was quickly summarized : ‘ My Father was very fond of me , and I was my mother 's darling — in consequence , I was very miserable . ’ |
| 3 | He called me Louise , and seemed to think I was my sister . |
| 4 | I was in my own world , my wild crazy chosen world — I was my wild crazy chosen me . |
| 5 | I was my very own would-be killer . |
| 6 | I was my own man and played the way I believed because we lacked talent in certain areas . |
| 7 | Says Murray : ‘ I was my room with a pal and after several drinks I started doing conjuring tricks — making cigarettes and bottle tops disappear . |
| 8 | I was my own boss for a start — the man I worked for left after about seven months , and the man who took over did n't know anything about it : I knew more about the job than he did , so I had to tell him what to do for the first six months … in fact he tried to get the job upgraded anyway . |
| 9 | I was the black sheep , you see , and Aunt Pamela did n't want the neighbours suspecting I was my father 's son . ’ |
| 10 | I was my mother 's daughter . |
| 11 | I was my own mistress — and so on . |
| 12 | I knew he was Greek , that he loved me because I was my mother 's child , and that a Greek will put family above every other consideration . |
| 13 | I was my own company er does management training and I wo n't touch the TECs |
| 14 | My conscience over that headache of an interview you 'd promised Cara — and me making believe I was my sister — was really getting to me . ’ |
| 15 | I was my Barclaycard |
| 16 | all of a sudden were going back on , on to it , are n't they ? , so when I was my eldest he was , he was |
| 17 | That made me real sad , cos she was my best girlfriend . |
| 18 | I thought she was my girlfriend . |
| 19 | ‘ She was my only sister and we loved each other so . ’ ’ |
| 20 | My mum had always been very open , but I had problems talking to her simply because she was my mum . |
| 21 | The American Mary Vorse published her remarkable Autobiography of an Elderly Woman in 1911 , which reflects at length on the reversal of roles that left her ‘ contriving to get my own way , for all the world like a naughty , elderly child , while my daughter was worrying about my headstrong ways as if she was my mother instead of my being hers . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm descended from her — she was my great-great-grandmother , which makes me Christabel 's great-great-great-niece . |
| 23 | She was a very simple heroine who did nothing spectacular , never rowed out to a shattered vessel in a Force 10 gale nor carried a lamp amongst the cholera , but she was my inspiration at a very low moment . |
| 24 | In fact , for some years I had my own dog , first Bess and then Judith , and she was my responsibility to feed , groom and exercise . |
| 25 | Whether it was because she knew she was my baby and did not like being with ward Sister , I shall not know , but she only gained two ounces the first week . |
| 26 | People later thought that she was my manager , but we were just good friends . |
| 27 | ‘ She was my sister all right . ’ |
| 28 | She was my first love , my first experience of that wonderful thing called sex . |
| 29 | I remember ructions once when she was my houseman . |
| 30 | He thought : She was my mistress once . |