Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [adv] [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But mostly I just felt my power ! |
2 | Perhaps I simply raise my hand . |
3 | I was glad I 'd said it so I just kept my head down and played on . |
4 | And like I thought I 'm not gon na look up in case he goes for me or something , so I just kept my head in the pillow and pretended the light was blinding me oh ha ha cos when I get you alone what ? |
5 | and so I just need my salad stuff till another time |
6 | So I always take my dinner in there . |
7 | So I actually put my arm out straight for you now ? |
8 | So I merely downplayed my reply . |
9 | The Sister Constance , who was the then the principal sister there she let us have the field so we got entertainment laid on we invited a celebrity , I think our first celebrity was erm I think it was Lord and Lady and then each time we had a different one , we had entertainment the whole time we started , about half past two and then we had entertainment until six then we had an interval then we had entertainment till twelve o'clock I even took my piano down onto the field so that we could have music . |
10 | I was going mad : my mum was swearing at me , I was swearing at her ; finally I just lost my temper and said . |
11 | And I took that little book up to the union and showed it to the branch secretary and still I never got my bike or any compensation for it . |
12 | The coach journey the next day to Helsinki airport was very long , and when I stood up to get off I finally pulled my hamstring . |
13 | They way he just took my hair in one hand , while we were standing looking up at that God-awful window in the great hall , and turned my head to him , and pulled me close ; tongue down my throat before I knew what was happening , and there was something adolescent and desperate beneath all that working-class directness , but Jesus , I felt wanted … |
14 | I dreamed last night that I sat by a fire with Grandmother & my brother & when I woke up I still felt my brother 's hand . |
15 | I think they thought they were supporting me , by saying , ‘ You 'll be OK ! ’ , but really it just increased my anxiety . |
16 | Well you just get my rain cover . |
17 | ‘ Are n't you rather overstating my role in all this ? ’ |
18 | Rob Wilson 's courtesy and kindness is legendary and many years ago he indirectly helped my mother to hook her first salmon . |
19 | Well what really set my mind was when I lost my sister and my brother . |
20 | Unfortunately I soon blotted my copy book by stating that Pete Townshend of The Who should be tried for cultural war crimes and made to issue a public apology . |
21 | Maybe I just enjoyed my work too much . |
22 | If , at times in an ordinary reproductive life , I am moved not only to look after my own progeny but those of my sister as well , then I clearly increase my fitness above that due solely to selfish interests . |
23 | I would imagine things outside , then I just let my imagination go . |
24 | sort of proper then I just have my tea , it 's more the picking and eating sweets in between |
25 | That was how I eventually got my bicycle . |
26 | And that 's how I always start my day , is n't it ? |
27 | How I ever found my way back is a miracle , but , eventually , I touched wood again and , somehow , managed to haul myself up and over . |
28 | She 's been their senior presenter for ten years now , handling everything from live interviews to those awful moments when a filmed report is suddenly dropped and she is left to fill time with cheerily improvised observations — ‘ that 's when I really earn my money . ’ |
29 | When I started on my mental journey ; the way seemed to be dark and impossible , yet I slowly found my way ; and so can everyone else . |
30 | Yet I never knew my father when he lived there — only the stories Mrs Appleby used to tell me about his childhood . |