Example sentences of "[subord] 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 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Your editor , you know , is notoriously devious , so I always take my secretary in as witness . |
| 10 | Just as Montgomery kept a photo of Rommel beside him in his desert caravan , so I now had my cancer cell . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ) ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I swore to my mother , when she was dying , that if I ever found my half-brother , I would do him all the harm I could . |
| 16 | Dad , if I still had my wee Claxton Annabel could go outside and play in it . |
| 17 | That was that , for if I now refused my mother would see to it that I regretted my foolishness . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I sat like a Hector until I suddenly remembered my stomach and began noisily to vomit . |
| 20 | Cos I definitely want my hair long for when we get married . |
| 21 | Because I just fixed my mortgage for four years with the Halifax , and it 's a total gamble fixing mortgages , by the way , if we , you know , because I do n't know where interest rates are going to go , but I , I fixed at seven point seven five percent for four years . |
| 22 | ‘ She was upset because I nearly lost my temper with her . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm determined to stick at it , because I really enjoy my work , ’ says Lesley . |
| 24 | But I am constantly in trouble with the law , because I always kiss my boyfriend in public and we could be prosecuted for that . |
| 25 | I was often called Hamlet because I so resembled my father 's appearance in his most famous film , the ‘ Coronation ’ Hamlet , so named because it had been released in Coronation year . |
| 26 | It can be dangerous because I often cut my head open . ’ |
| 27 | All my friends had been transformed , their faces shone , they could n't move , while I just rolled my tie up and down and counted the bars on the radiator . |
| 28 | While I gratefully sipped my pint , they told me the story . |
| 29 | ‘ Get up , Lizzy , now , before I really lose my rag ! |
| 30 | It was 4.30 a.m. when I finally said my farewell to the French family and their very charming daughter . |