Example sentences of "be [conj] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chances are that my friend belongs to a least one of more than 30 SUSA clubs and societies , ranging from ‘ Ballroom Dancing ’ to the ‘ Balls Juggling Club ’ and may watch the odd ( often in more ways than one ) movie at the SUSA ‘ Film Circle ’ . |
| 2 | As this was rather uncomfortable , a year later we were allocated a council house , this house was in where our old house had been and my nana 's house was in the neighbouring village of , so luckily in all our moves my brother and I never had to move schools . |
| 3 | My dad was , my dad walked straight , just past him , was like where you are and my dad was where my feet are |
| 4 | This may have been because my hopes were raised when mention was made of the need to consider ‘ the environmental effect of each stage leading to an alternative energy system ’ . |
| 5 | We just had to be or my centenary Open was going to be short-lived indeed ! |
| 6 | If a son or daughter commits a crime and is sentenced to imprisonment , the court will not allow an anxious father or mother to take their place , so how can it be that my sin can be taken by another ? |
| 7 | Nick Hornby ( ‘ Mine is the generation that was terrified of the Daleks and fell in love with Valerie Singleton ’ ) carried on the Sunday Times sniping last week : ‘ It could well be that my generation is about to burst into spectacular , awe-inspiring literary life ; perhaps this year we will be reading scores of novels as dazzling as London Fields or A History of the World in 10½ Chapters , all written by men and women born after Elvis ’ first number one . |
| 8 | It may be that my help will be called for . |
| 9 | Sir Thomas had quarrelled with my husband over some business matter and persuaded the powers that be that my husband was no fit person to hold the position , whatever the quality of his poetry . |
| 10 | Not a dangerous disposition I think ; though it might be if my nature were more masculine & daring . |
| 11 | What cruel irony it will be if my own uncompromising and innovatory integrity should lead me into the mantraps set by the sort of people who scarcely know one end of a pen from another . |
| 12 | It did n't make that much difference — but that may be because my hair is untreated . ’ |
| 13 | Will I be when my organs are removed ? |
| 14 | ‘ It will be when my ponies arrive next week , ’ said Dancer cosily . |
| 15 | I 'm all for missing hockey — how could I not be when my class coined a special place in the team-list for me : ‘ Lipman IVb . |
| 16 | The funnies thing one 's got ta be when my friend yeah ? |
| 17 | The reason , of course , is that my garden is so packed with plants that the weeds simply do n't stand a chance . |
| 18 | The net result is that my life is now no longer threatened by these often beautiful but decidedly hostile shrubs , and I have invested instead in a selection of prickly perennials which I can appreciate without risking injury every time I broach the border . |
| 19 | My only wish is that my winning shows them that there is always hope , and all battles can be won . |
| 20 | One benefit deriving from advancing years is that my clerk diverts to others briefs that are devoid of interest . |
| 21 | No , the fact is that my trustees have been putting the screws on . |
| 22 | I am short-sighted , and I 'm sure that when war breaks out , the first thing that 'll happen is that my glasses will break . |
| 23 | The advantage of not having a light on all the time to illuminate the indicators is that my eyes adjust to the darkness and when it comes to casting or playing fish I am not completely blind . |
| 24 | The first is that my tree really has become an old mate and I really do go out into the garden and hug it . |
| 25 | ‘ The reason I 'm calling , actually , is that my wallet seems to have disappeared and I wondered whether I could possibly have left it there . ’ |
| 26 | So it is that my magazine is being put into a state of hibernation . |
| 27 | All I can say is that my students were gobsmacked by Paul Thorburn 's 70m penalty . |
| 28 | The truth is that my women friends really would n't feel much better if they were 19 going on 20 , 29 approaching 30 or nudging the big Four-O . |
| 29 | But my great joy is that my parents both lived long enough to see me established on television . |
| 30 | What actually happened is that my Group said simply that our proposals for 11 to 16 year olds were built on our work for the primary stages , and that it would be absurd for us to bring out our second Report if its proposals were out of tune with the earlier attainment targets . |