Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] i [verb] [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I just wanted to let you know that I intend to resign my post at the District . ’ |
| 2 | Bainbridge has a lovely village green which was the setting for nothing more remarkable than the fact that I arrived there one day to walk over from Bainbridge to Cam Houses with Tony and Eddie , the landlord from my local pub , only to discover that I 'd left my walking boots back at home in Dentdale and had to do the entire walk in a pair of fur-lined cowboy boots , which earned me the nickname of Roy Rogers for the rest of the week . |
| 3 | And say that I 've busted my bra strap ! |
| 4 | It came as a relief at this stage to find that I had got my sums right , and everything met where it ought ! |
| 5 | When I regained consciousness it was to find that I 'd injured my spine and the doctor had ordered that I was to stay put , otherwise there was the possibility that I 'd end up a cripple . |
| 6 | I do n't consider that I 've reached my prime . |
| 7 | Voting for Maastricht and hoping that the Tories can be beaten at a later date on the Social Chapter was a decision I found difficult to accept and I have done my homework on this issue . |
| 8 | As a practising manager scanning and trying to make sense of the environment surrounding my particular enterprise , I came , too , to experience a high degree of frustration with , and scepticism about , the very notion of scanning ; and great concern as to the bias that I might introduce if I tried to communicate my conclusions to others ! |
| 9 | I 've come and I 've took my boots off and poured the bloody rain out . |
| 10 | Well , like I say if I want to bring my family , I 've got to pay five pound which |
| 11 | The dried blood from my nose was smeared all over the front of my mouth and it cracked when I tried to move my lips . |
| 12 | It was becoming dark and I realized that I had lost my way . |
| 13 | I felt a strong feeling of nausea as I realised that I had put my hand through the chest of a dead British soldier that could have been lying in the ditch for several days . |
| 14 | It was Jo who first got me to see that I had done my best . |
| 15 | The magazine America had already written about this ; it had published an interview in which I announced that I wanted to hand my collection over to the Tretyakov Gallery as a gift , and saying that I intended to make Lilya curator of the collection . |
| 16 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 17 | I would not like it to be said that I had had my mother put away . ’ |
| 18 | What happens if I fail to meet my goals ? |
| 19 | Of course it is easy to look back now and say , well , would anyone have noticed if I had left my shoes lying around the changing room instead of buckling them up inside my satchel when I changed into my gym kit for classes with the Butcher ? |
| 20 | ‘ What might I not have done if I 'd had my own clubs for the first two rounds ? ’ |
| 21 | They 'll feel like I 've taken my ball back and spoilt their game . |
| 22 | So he s , I said to him is it alright , says am I in danger of coasting if I 've got my foot on the if , if I 'm taking the corner in first and I 'm slipping and I got the clutch , I 'm using the engine but I 've , not much |
| 23 | I wan na plant a maze actually in my garden , that 's what I want , you 'll be amazed Mark wait till I start digging my pond cos Marcus is coming over to help me , yeah he is |
| 24 | He says : ‘ I 'm not motivated by money , otherwise I would have quit after I 'd made my first eight million dollars , which was enough for me . |
| 25 | What should I do when I have reached my target weight ? |
| 26 | And I 'll , and I passed and I need to get my medals and all that . |
| 27 | There is no evidence that I 've finished , I 've finished eating and I 've finished my meal involve different senses of finish , so we must say that complete is a cognitive synonym of finish in only a sub-set of the grammatical occurrences of the latter . |
| 28 | I could not believe that I had got my first job . |
| 29 | Mr Sugar said : ‘ You should remember that I have devoted my life and energies to Amstrad since the age of 17 . |
| 30 | ‘ Now I 've been told that I 've lost my place and I 'm very disappointed . ’ |