Example sentences of "[conj] i [adv] [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly afterwards we returned to English prep schools , where I quickly had my French beaten out of me in French grammar classes , and where Lorne responded by continuing to be unable to talk or , rather , to speak in any known language , for he would hold forth volubly in a tongue uniquely his own . |
| 2 | During the warm weather I take the opportunity to sit in my garden where I often do my sewing up . |
| 3 | At home the attitude of my parents-in-law was that I was from outside Pakistan , so I must be very independent — although I never showed my independence . |
| 4 | Although I still held my card of the Transport and General Workers . |
| 5 | Although I still love my husband , we have n't been happy since my son was born . |
| 6 | Although I often read my horoscope . |
| 7 | Even now , five years later , I do not let my children get close to me , although I sometimes allow my wife to sit with me while I eat . |
| 8 | Please say that I finally look my age at least ! ’ |
| 9 | Other special Air Force camps were built in different parts of Germany and it was in these that I eventually spent my rime as a prisoner . |
| 10 | ‘ You know that I nearly broke my word to you about drinking just now , McAllister . ’ |
| 11 | Then I whirled , so quickly that I nearly ricked my neck , as I caught a movement at the edge of my vision . |
| 12 | The plain truth is that I once twisted my knee after falling down a ridiculously narrow flight of stairs at a crowded party in a terraced house in Highgate , and I found it so comforting and indeed so peculiarly elegant to lean on a good stout walking stick during the weeks that followed this mishap that I continued to do so long after my leg had returned to normal . |
| 13 | My main subsequent regret is that I only knew my father from the perspective of parent to child and not from that of adult ( parent ) to adult ( son ) whence different qualities and traits of personality come to be appreciated . |
| 14 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
| 15 | You know that I always keep my word . ’ |
| 16 | I must say that I really enjoyed my time in the RAF and I 'm convinced that for National Serviceman , the Air Gunner 's trade was the best way to complete the compulsory Armed Service requirement of the time . |
| 17 | I make sure that I really condition my hair and that 's about it . |
| 18 | And while her eyes went wide at the importance of that statement to the literary world , ‘ It was with no small degree of relief , ’ he continued , ‘ that I personally took my work to my publishers in Prague and , that done , resolved that apart from day-to-day correspondence I would have a whole month off — perhaps longer — and free my mind of anything connected with work . |
| 19 | This doubt of not quite knowing so worried me that I sometimes approached my visualization as if addressing a public meeting . |
| 20 | Shortly after the start I had problems with Gerhard 's oil all over my visor , so I just drove my taxi home to take third place . ’ |
| 21 | Your editor , you know , is notoriously devious , so I always take my secretary in as witness . |
| 22 | Just as Montgomery kept a photo of Rommel beside him in his desert caravan , so I now had my cancer cell . |
| 23 | And once I nearly got my head flattened , cos I sent up the wrong thing and bang he sent it down and I just got my head out of there in time . |
| 24 | All this made me feel very much better and I immediately wrote my name up on the wall . |
| 25 | It was my job to go into it , and I simply did my job . |
| 26 | And once I nearly got my head flattened , cos I sent up the wrong thing and bang he sent it down and I just got my head out of there in time . |
| 27 | And I just light my lighter in your direction . |
| 28 | Mr Gibson said : ‘ My wife Pat phoned to tell me what happened and I just packed my bag and got the first flight . ’ |
| 29 | He had the good grace to apologise afterwards and I also expressed my gratitude that I did not have to wait an hour or so until the training was finished before I could obtain his team and get busy . |
| 30 | However , he offered me a place ( perhaps out of consideration for my father ) , and I duly began my undergraduate career . |