Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] i " in BNC.

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1 But long ago , in 1946 , the questing and the questioning had become almost unbearable , and I knew that to keep my sanity I must force myself to an arbitrary conclusion : I would believe the least terrible of terrible possibilities — that the plane had been shot down over the Channel by enemy action .
2 For my sanity I had to put my foot down , even though my husband , a very conventional Greek , could n't understand why .
3 From the unsafe distance of my perversion I could , at last , allow my real reactions to emerge .
4 But if we now recall the alternative definition of democracy as popular power , or popular sovereignty , then it becomes clear that it can not be a democratic act for the people to vote away their own power and their own rights ; any more than if I freely renounce my freedom I can remain free because the renunciation was a free act .
5 This was strapped so tightly around my ankles I think it stopped the circulation in my feet .
6 Whenever I picked up my guitar I played the same basic scalar and arpeggiated patterns .
7 The mechanism was somewhat as follows ( I have used it since ) : to every charge brought against me , unjust though it be , from the bottom of my heart I shall answer yes .
8 With all my heart I hope for the failure of that first book — no , volume , of mine , from beginning to end not trash , but heartless pretence .
9 I wish with all my heart I could believe what you say .
10 With all my heart I mean that .
11 But in my heart I still know I 'm innocent ’ .
12 In my heart I can not put down what happened to our family that day to anything else .
13 I knew that I had to protect myself from another pounding — if I let him into my heart I would be done for .
14 ‘ It was done by experts and in my heart I knew it was wrong . ’
15 In my heart I can not accept it . ’
16 But in my heart I was frantic .
17 In my heart I know she is mine but the uncertainty over all this is agonising .
18 ‘ It is indeed , my lord — with all my heart I say it is . ’
19 ‘ Perhaps , ’ I agreed but in my heart I doubted it .
20 I was scolded for an hour by Bessie as the most ungrateful child in the world , and indeed with so much hate in my heart I did feel wicked .
21 In the struggle and confusion that was going on in my heart I knew that he loved me and I loved him , but I also knew that I must leave him !
22 However , in my heart I also knew I was right to leave .
23 From the bottom of my heart I thank you . ’
24 But in my heart I knew that another man could .
25 No matter how realistic and cautious I tried to be about changes at home , in my heart I only wanted reassurance that things would be as before .
26 ‘ In the depths of my heart I ca n't help being convinced that my dear fellow-men , with a few exceptions , are worthless . ’
27 In my heart I knew he was dead , but I wanted to hear what she would say …
28 With all my heart I hated the malais .
29 With all my heart I will go to your lady . ’
30 And , of course , in my heart I 'm glad it did n't !
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