Example sentences of "[coord] i [verb] [adv] my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or I bring out my mates . |
| 2 | There have been no fresh falls of snow and I know where my dogs could rouse a fine hart . ’ |
| 3 | I took off the yellow waistcoat with its white lining and hung it on a hanger , and I took off my shoes , but rather like George I still felt myself to be on duty , so I switched off the light and lay on top of the bedclothes watching the black Canadian land slide by , while the free northern show went on above for hours in the sky . |
| 4 | By that time the sun was well up , and I took off my jacket to lay it with my bags and binoculars . |
| 5 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
| 6 | And I felt very glad I 'd come out and I lifted up my head a bit and let the rain come on to my face and I thought ‘ rainwater 's good for the skin anyway ’ . |
| 7 | I was dialling it when I heard the door of Flat 2 open and I glanced over my shoulder to see Fenella , who had added pyjama trousers to her stripey shirt , and Lisabeth , in an ankle-length woollen dressing-gown , creeping down the stairs like they were doing a commercial for a new edition of A. A. Milne books . |
| 8 | He sweeps under the bench I 'm sitting on , and I lift up my feet so he can sweep under them . |
| 9 | I 'd bought two bottles of cider and I went down my friend 's house and I had two neat vodkas and two vodka-and-limes and I got drunk . |
| 10 | We made camp that night in a clearing in the woods , and I put up my tent in what appeared to be a large sandpit , in the vague hope that perhaps the mozzies might not like it . |
| 11 | I chose a time when I knew the Trunchbull was out of the way teaching the sixth-formers , and I put up my hand and asked to go to the bogs . |
| 12 | They jumped out excitedly and I picked up my pen to record what they said . |
| 13 | So , when the house is full , and my husband 's away , and I give up my room to some guest like your Rainbow 's Aunt Goldie — I spend the night in my father 's study , and reading all the texts that were n't written for the eyes of women . |
| 14 | D. A. I was on a school-crossing duty for disabled children and I held up my hand for a motor cyclist to stop and he rode right past me . |
| 15 | And I remembered how my father had once interfered when Bobby 's wife Ena had lost her temper with one of her sons . |
| 16 | ‘ I am a teacher of English at a school in Cologne and I gave up my job at the end of March and returned to England . ’ |
| 17 | I went into Diary and I printed out my appointments for next week . |
| 18 | ‘ A good dealer gives a service — everything I sell is in perfect condition and I buy back my stuff if need be . ’ |
| 19 | And I handed over my day timing , now bear in mind this is all in pencil , and she looked at the schedule for May and said you 're not real busy this month , you know , you can take some time off . |
| 20 | I was wearing the King 's ring , but I took off my Rassendyll family ring and gave it to her . |
| 21 | I du n no if I got lOp , but I pull out my change anyhow . |
| 22 | Now in those days you never got an album deal from a record company unless you had a hit single , but I made up my mind that the sort of stuff he had would make a very good album , so I went to Decca with that view in mind , trying to get an album deal , and did get a deal for him . |
| 23 | It was a great disappointment but I made up my mind there and then that it would be different next term . |
| 24 | But I made up my mind not to move until the battle was over . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ You miss it coming up to the time , but I made up my mind some time ago to call it quits . |
| 26 | I pulled the life-jacket inflation toggle and was very thankful to hear it and feel it inflating — but I realised immediately my suit zip was n't fully up , freezing water was seeping into it ’ . |
| 27 | The door was locked but I got out my key and let myself in . |
| 28 | The voyage will certainly be a very expensive one but I doubt not my work will have a great sale in consequence and if so amply repay me for my exertions . |
| 29 | I did tell Mrs. Jervis for my heart was almost broken , but I opened not my mouth to any other . |
| 30 | My mother looked dissatisfied , but I switched off my bedroom light and we were moving downstairs towards Robert and the tray of martinis . |