Example sentences of "[v-ing] my [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I 'm going senile + reliving my second childhood , I have been trying to keep Gav 's fabulous tex fixture list up to date . |
| 2 | My God , I 'd even told my grandfather that I was coming home — and bringing my future bride . ’ |
| 3 | I was bringing my own but I put it in the wrong pocket of my coat and it fell through the lining and smashed . " |
| 4 | She ran off breakin' my poor cousin 's heart . ’ |
| 5 | And Anne Marie Kelly ( Mrs Braun ) writes : ‘ It 's hard to describe the joy of seeing my six foot son playing lego with Emma Kirkby 's little Nicholas ! ’ |
| 6 | Seeing my stricken face the producer tried to offer some comfort and advice as he propelled me through the studio door . |
| 7 | Seeing my disappointed expression , she said that if I did n't want the watch she would keep it herself and give my mother money instead to buy something I would really like . |
| 8 | I thought you might be interested in seeing my adorable mutt , Bubbles , pictured ( below ) with her superior companion our Yorkshire Terrier , Boswell . |
| 9 | ‘ It has been a bit painful , but I thought it would probably go away if I ignored it , so I did n't bother seeing my own doctor before we sailed . ’ |
| 10 | Scared of seeing my unclothed body ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll make me stop seeing my oldest friend , but you wo n't let your mistress go ! ’ |
| 12 | Frejji grinned , seeing my bruised face . |
| 13 | As long as I do n't miss seeing my beautiful Miguel . ’ |
| 14 | I realised that I get far more excitement than my heart and head can stand just from seeing my favourite sportsmen or women or teams fight their good fights and win magnificently , or lose unluckily ( always unluckily ) and my blood pressure would be much better off without even that vicarious sort of excitement . |
| 15 | The soldier , seeing my uninteresting-looking machine , asked me again if I would not prefer to choose a new one , but I refused . |
| 16 | I said , completing my unfinished enquiry . |
| 17 | So after completing my National Service , I did all the things that everybody does when they 're trying to break into show business , urged on by my father 's insistence that I found employment of some sort — ‘ Get a job , any job , just get one ! |
| 18 | After qualifying in medicine and completing my house-officer training , I was employed as a research assistant in a university department of medicine investigating various aspects of lead poisoning . |
| 19 | At intervals I wandered round the camp , flashing my powerful torch into the darkness . |
| 20 | Flashing my blue minnow |
| 21 | I was really enjoying my new status as a mother and being at home and caring for Danielle and watching her grow and learn was all I wanted to do for the rest of my life . |
| 22 | ‘ Some day , perhaps , ’ she said , ‘ but at the moment I 'm far too busy enjoying my single life . ’ |
| 23 | I am enjoying my own attention ; a carpenter in a large mustard sweater , and a sweet-faced young lad with glasses . |
| 24 | When we take breaks — when I 'm at home or on vacation — my chops go down drastically because I 'm enjoying my free time and doing things I do n't usually have time to do . |
| 25 | When I was a TV newscaster , I was enjoying my new-found fame , and signing some autographs up in Manchester , when an old lady said , ‘ Who 's he ? ’ 'He reads the news , ’ someone told her . |
| 26 | I sat on the pew sucking my sore thumb , staring at the glowing valves , waiting for my father and the hard questions I knew — whatever he said — were coming . |
| 27 | And that 's where I came to : sitting on a pew in the choirstalls of this dark and deserted Cathedral , sucking my poorly thumb … |
| 28 | sucking my heavy mother 's breast |
| 29 | I felt faint as I remembered all the things that mouth had done , and I sat down quickly , touching my burning face . |
| 30 | Thus , I may consent to my daughter 's marriage , to be governed by the decisions of the majority , or to my friend 's handling my financial affairs . |