Example sentences of "[conj] i [adv] [vb base] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the warm weather I take the opportunity to sit in my garden where I often do my sewing up . |
| 2 | Although I still love my husband , we have n't been happy since my son was born . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Please say that I finally look my age at least ! ’ |
| 5 | You know that I always keep my word . ’ |
| 6 | I make sure that I really condition my hair and that 's about it . |
| 7 | Your editor , you know , is notoriously devious , so I always take my secretary in as witness . |
| 8 | And I just light my lighter in your direction . |
| 9 | It was at this time that we read Morgan Forster 's article in the Listener about George Crabbe and we were touched and interested enough to seek out a copy of Crabbe 's poems and I well remember my surprise in discovering a mid-19th-century edition in San Diego , I think . |
| 10 | From the age of seven I had always wanted to be a missionary and I well remember my mother returning from a missionary meeting in the village to hear me say that was what I hoped one day to be . |
| 11 | I seem to have more time for her than I had with them , and I still do my housework and all the washing . |
| 12 | You have got to enjoy yourself to be able to complete at a top level and I still love my running . |
| 13 | And I never break my word . |
| 14 | I 've been working here for seven years now and I really enjoy my job . |
| 15 | Well yes since leaving college yes it 's been predominantly figurative and I always take my subject matter from things that I 've seen which have interested me for one reason or another . |
| 16 | I am not a virgin , but I try to keep myself pure and I always keep my body clean . |
| 17 | I do n't much like Turgenev — I think the death of Bazarov in Fathers and Sons is unconvincing and unfair to the reader — and I always have my watch fifteen minutes fast . |
| 18 | In fact , my dogs eat the supermarket 's own brand and I seldom change my car ; paying double for my dinner is the nearest I get to it , to being Imelda , or Ivana , but it makes me feel good . |
| 19 | And I usually pin my hair up and stick it under a baseball cap . |
| 20 | And I certainly believe my partnership with Ally McCoist can pose problems for even the best of defences . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | For example , if I normally doff my cap only to my superiors , but on an occasion doff my cap to an equal , then I can effectively communicate an ironic regard , with either a joking or a hostile intent ( the non-linguistic example is intended to draw attention to the great generality of the phenomenon ; for a study of a particular linguistic practice and the jokes thus made available , see the study of the openings of telephone calls by Schegloff ( 1979a ) ) . |
| 23 | The ex-Police multi-millionaire issues new 45 ‘ If I Ever Lose My Faith In You ’ in January , followed by an as yet untitled album in February . |
| 24 | If I suddenly transfer my attention to an object or some aspect of the physical environment ( after all , inanimate things are much easier to deal with , are n't they — they do n't have emotions ) when you 're revealing thoughts and feelings , then once again I 've dodged your agenda . |
| 25 | Cos I definitely want my hair long for when we get married . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ I 'm the same player I was before my injury in the FA Cup final , but I just use my head a little bit more and try to get more people involved in the game . |
| 27 | I 've tried most of the guitar synths and stuff , but I just prefer my instrument : it 's very human and it makes the right noise . |
| 28 | I 'd give it a pat if I had the strength , cos I really like dogs , but I just turn my head and look at it instead . |
| 29 | The piano is now moveable and appears to have seven keys that strike a note , but I always take my tambour , and am eternally grateful to Francis and Rita for including in our training , advice on ways of accompanying movement without a piano . |
| 30 | I am excited and absorbed in my purpose to return to the inn but I never find my way there again . |