Example sentences of "be [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been through my neighbourhood , where they 've torn down liquor stores and burnt down everything . |
| 2 | Is it possible that bolt in my arm should have been through my heart ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Of course I have been through my brother 's documents , household accounts , memoranda and letters . |
| 4 | I am sure some of the guys in my workshop think I am off my trolley . |
| 5 | I do n't know how I 'd 've coped if it had n't been for my mum . |
| 6 | ( I should point out that had it not been for my sister Etty , who had financed this latest venture , there would have been no printing business . ) |
| 7 | Your agent on Belial also murdered Federique Moshe-Rabaan in an attempt to divert Adjudicator Bishop 's suspicions : an attempt which would have succeeded had it not been for my , ’ and he preened himself , ‘ abilities at detection . |
| 8 | If it had not been for my brother , the Odonata would have drowned , just as the turtle-shaped biped drowned . |
| 9 | And I would n't have if it had n't been for my mother … |
| 10 | Been for my test today he say , and I failed . |
| 11 | We had another narrow escape , and for years afterwards Father would go red with embarrassment when the subject was mentioned : ‘ I must have been off my head , ’ he would mutter ashamedly . |
| 12 | The ME Polartek Sweater has hardly been off my back for the past month or so . |
| 13 | only been off my work for about er seven days . |
| 14 | They are for my bride , whether she 's a great lady or a governess . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ These are for my sons . |
| 16 | Yes , is n't , those are for my mother 's day bouquets and I just stick them in and they just come out in the vase . |
| 17 | He must have been about my age , too , because he 'd been in Nagasaki when the bomb went on . |
| 18 | By glimpses I learnt with awe and astonishment that he had once been of my age . |
| 19 | [ 11 ] My earliest recollections are of my father and my mother bending over my cot and of the difference in personal odour that subsisted between my two parents . |
| 20 | And I knew I know this bloke eh , when he was a sergeant I think , anyway he was an officer , and eh , said we go to Sheppeards , I said you silly devil I ca n't get into Sheppeards Hotel I 'm a signal man I had to laugh he said , shame , he said cor , you 're about my size , get stuck into one of my uniforms we had a couple of weekends at Sheppeards Hotel , we had a great time . |
| 21 | They 're for my father , not for me , and a change will undoubtedly whet his appetite . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They 're for my wife . |
| 23 | ‘ They 're for my writing class , ’ I say . |
| 24 | Before acting out as a late Father Christmas , I want to erm , come up with some general , how shall I put it , general considerations , this is why you have slides , you realise that slides are not actually for your benefit , they 're for my benefit , that I can remember where I am and what I 'm supposed to do . |
| 25 | You 're like my Dad , Quincx , the only relative I 've got . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You 're like my Eileen . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're like my mother , ’ I said . |
| 28 | C. You 're like my Aunt Annie . |
| 29 | Unless you 're like my Uncle Joe — a fox got his best foot , 'e 'ad to have a wooden leg , 'e was livid . ’ |
| 30 | Oh I know , you 're like my mother , stone cold ! |