Example sentences of "this be my " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had this been my regular field of action , I too would have made myself hors de combat . |
| 2 | When I go from hence let this be my parting word , that what I have seen is unsurpassable . |
| 3 | I have tasted of the hidden honey of this lotus that expands on the ocean of light , and thus am I blessed — let this be my parting word . |
| 4 | My whole body and my limbs have thrilled with his touch who is beyond touch ; and if the end comes here , let it come — let this be my parting word . |
| 5 | ‘ If this were my life , ’ he says softly , ‘ I 'd be living in a hotel made of chocolate sponge cake and organ music . |
| 6 | ‘ Everyone was passing judgement on this being my big day but I enjoyed it . |
| 7 | And this is my decision . |
| 8 | ‘ OK , ’ said Marina , ‘ this is my version of psychoanalysis . |
| 9 | To loose them off together , scatter-gun fashion : Stavrogin says ‘ I am making this statement , incidentally , to prove I am in full possession of my mental faculties and understand my position ’ ; ‘ I want to forgive myself , this is my chief aim , my whole aim ’ ; ‘ I want everyone to look at me ’ ; ‘ I fall back on this as my last resource ’ ; ‘ The thing about me then was I felt bored with life , sick and tired of it ’ ; ‘ I am seeking boundless suffering ’ ; ‘ I took it into my head to mutilate my life somehow ’ ( not necessarily the same thing as seeking suffering , any more than seeking suffering need entail accepting it ) . |
| 10 | For it was on the night he was betrayed that he took bread and broke it and said : ‘ This is my body for you ’ . |
| 11 | This is my way of memorialising my beloved son 's life . |
| 12 | They stood to the side as I entered then the woman showed me to a chair as the man brought two glasses and placed them on the table in front of me , then said very seriously , ‘ This is my wife . |
| 13 | This is my pivot on which to turn to the last , and I think most important category of what you call the breakdown of law and order , because it leads us to concentrate our attention not on the silent majority but on another point in society . |
| 14 | This is my first visit to the pictures , a treat to take my mind off starting school the following Monday . |
| 15 | ‘ This is my first time . ’ |
| 16 | This is my best fish so far , a 10 oz roach . |
| 17 | ‘ This is my wife , Mr Browne , ’ I say , all proud like . |
| 18 | ‘ This is my mother-in-law , my children , and my brother . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ This is my sort of everyday look — good for rehearsing in . ’ |
| 20 | Like when I used to play a seeded player , I did n't think ‘ OK , I 'm going to lose to a seed ’ but ‘ All right — this is my opportunity to beat a seed ’ . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ This is my ultimate test , ’ Mr Gorbachev told the US President over their long summit lunch on Saturday . |
| 22 | In fact , I remember when I first introduced him to my father and before he 'd said a word , I said , ‘ This is my father ’ who told me afterwards that he had n't realized that it was a boy because I mean … long hair — his hair was really long . |
| 23 | ‘ This is my window , ’ she added and tossed a haughty look to the rest of the room as if to say , ‘ Are foreigners as stupid as shit , or what ? ’ |
| 24 | This is my real concern . |
| 25 | In this sacrament I meet the risen Christ ; I feed on him and rely on his promise that , as the people of God meet to recall him in his death and passion , so we are able to take the elements and say ‘ This is my body … |
| 26 | This is my blood of the new covenant ’ . |
| 27 | ‘ This is my place , ’ said Philip . |
| 28 | ‘ This is my place . |
| 29 | ‘ This is my little brother . |
| 30 | ‘ And this is my son , Philip . ’ |