Example sentences of "[subord] my [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you any idea where my boots are , Mrs Lang ? " |
| 2 | ‘ What happens is that maybe I 'll just see the shape of some chords , or where my fingers should be on the frets . |
| 3 | He used to run ceilidhs in Toonagh — that 's a village near where my parents come from — every Friday night and we used to all go over there — ‘ t was the thing we most looked forward to all week . ’ |
| 4 | I had told him that I was going to Bulith Wells , near where my parents lived , and he had agreed to drop me there . |
| 5 | It was that inner voice that made me cringe as I lay sleepless on my lumpy mattress listening to the pogoing of the bedstead against the wall next door , where my co-tenants were pursuing their nightly quest for the elusive grail of Trish 's orgasm . |
| 6 | Monday , 22nd : 11.00 : I gave a lecture on ‘ Grammar and Rhetoric : Two Aspects of Communication ’ at Jawaharlal Nehru University , where my hosts were the two . |
| 7 | I release my safety belt to hold you , dangerous ground , ground where my feet have wings of flame . |
| 8 | However , my sense of superiority was soon punctured when I gave a paper on semantics at the Philological Society , where my views met with scepticism and some hostility . |
| 9 | I 'd been in and out of hospitals , where my veins had been pumped full of glucose because I 'd refused to eat . |
| 10 | ‘ Now I can speak of Callanish , ’ Minch continued more slowly , ‘ where my ancestors flew and where once so long ago I cast my shadow down . ’ |
| 11 | If I could get a home where my kids could grow up with daily fear and where I could also help my father , I could push this hell out of my mind and start afresh with my family . |
| 12 | During the past seven years I 've worn fabric and plastic boots so my feet needed some encouragement to weather leather again . |
| 13 | She said : ‘ He wanted me over his lap , so my feet were off the ground . |
| 14 | He played violin , so my interests were much the same as his , having only played classical music all my life . |
| 15 | And on the whole , I 've been fairly lucky with them , so my views are n't formed because they 've been absolutely horrible to me . |
| 16 | Peter Holland Tyne Tees reporter : ‘ I 've been with TTTV in Middlesbrough for 18 years so my feelings are the merger should sort out the wasteful nonsense we 've had there doubling up on news stories . ’ |
| 17 | Eventually , I ended up a rather poor student , so my games were very limited . |
| 18 | But as I aged , so my powers of concentration dwindled . |
| 19 | I was very fond of her when I was a child , and used to spend most of my holidays up here with her — my father was in the Consular Service , so my parents spent a lot of their time abroad . |
| 20 | I can not devote a whole book to the subject , so my descriptions of the numerous cheeses available will be rather brief . |
| 21 | I have cited the work of Olson , Hildyard and Greenfield as representative of the ‘ strong ’ version of the ‘ autonomous , model , although other writers could have served the purpose equally well so my criticisms are not intended as specific to them . |
| 22 | I live close to the Union Canal and use its towpath for cycling , so my comments will relate to this and to the neighbouring Forth-Clyde Canal . |
| 23 | Sometimes I feel angry so my songs might come out aggressive . ’ |
| 24 | Once my men are fully briefed we move out on task . |
| 25 | You see actually I started , once my kiddies got to school , |
| 26 | That was not a criticism of the redecoration scheme , any more than my remarks are a criticism of some of the Government initiatives . |
| 27 | The joy of the Christian life is that God recognizes and accepts my uniqueness , much more than my parents could ever have done . |
| 28 | When I 'm at school in England , I miss the place rather than my parents . |
| 29 | Gillian ( 4.6 ) was one of three children playing in the large paddling pool in the garden , when she commented ( whilst gently stirring the water with her feet ) , ‘ Oh , the water 's heavier than my feet . ’ |
| 30 | However , as one speechreader said to me , ‘ By using my eyes , I often find my way around large terminals and airports much more easily than my friends who can hear and who are automatically inclined to rely on announcements . ’ |