Example sentences of "the [noun] [conj] i [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was through the OTC that I met my future husband , Eric , who was at that time a permanent staff instructor . |
| 2 | ‘ Go on up to the cottage while I get my shoes on . ’ |
| 3 | The old man turned the key and I saw my chance . |
| 4 | Advanced age had by now somewhat mellowed my mother , with the result that I enjoyed my visits to the palace , for when the subject was other than myself she could be stimulating and amusing company . |
| 5 | We were expected to follow the lessons in our Bibles , with the result that I knew my way about the Bible very competently . |
| 6 | One evening as I was nearing Farr 's entrance , I was running , tripped , with the result that I banged my head on the pavement . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , for me , I reckon I can run and swim , and make out on the shooting if I put my mind to it , but the riding — well — I do n't know about the riding . ’ |
| 8 | Hassan , who was usually with him in Abu Dhabi as well as England , manoeuvred into the rear seat of the Mercedes and I took my place beside the young son who had long since graduated into a licensed driver . |
| 9 | Partly , I was n't doing the work because I thought my tutor had decided I was a poof but , more importantly , I was dragging my feet because I was n't keen on the work itself . |
| 10 | At the end of two days you say well fine but it 's not for me I ca n't do anything about that when you walk out the room but I hope my objective is to convince you that here is something that like lots of other people in time I can it 's a very very useful system . |
| 11 | I take a look in the file as I make my way down to the main entrance . |
| 12 | can be the same inside leg measurement , but different heights , so I said yes that 's true , it 's all according how long or short you are in the body and I said my son 's short in the waist |
| 13 | I imagined the whole business of running to the wire , and setting up the ladder a thousand times , but I could never get beyond the point when I set my foot on the bottom rung . |
| 14 | I been on a train with the school once — we went to the seaside and I cut my toe . |
| 15 | I was sitting upright in a pine coffin high on a marble pedestal — Yes , it was the one I 'd dreamt the night before I got my results . |
| 16 | He came out of the phone-box and I pushed my bicycle beside him through the crowds . |
| 17 | I locked the shed again and jogged as far as the bridge while I got my breath back . |
| 18 | A big , flat coal barge was passing under the bridge and I averted my eyes from the sight of it . |
| 19 | At the magistrates ' court , chairman of the bench Pat Partridge said : ‘ I think we are all aware of the signs in the area and I think my colleagues would agree that it 's not a very good excuse . ’ |
| 20 | But the old market square was still there , the ferry to North Shields ; Ocean Road , the Town Hall , the Library , Trow Rocks , the sands , the pier … . ft was on the pier that I made my first stumbling attempts to start writing poetry on my own again ; my very own poetry : |
| 21 | ‘ I was disappointed when a move to the club fell through earlier in the season because I believe my style would be suited to the English game . |
| 22 | She was too upset to continue the call and I regretted my decision . |
| 23 | I caught it with the catapult , the thick black tubing of the rubber twisting once in the air as I scissored my hands and fell back , letting the buck go over my head and then kicking with my legs and turning myself so that I was level with it where it lay , kicking and struggling with the power of a wolverine , spreadeagled on the sand slope with its neck caught in the black rubber . |
| 24 | I sat on the quay with my hands down beside me and my fingers over the edge as I put my feet in the boat , ready to get in . |
| 25 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I knew my mum because she 'd been with me at the hospital and I remembered my grandad because of his bald head . |
| 27 | Presumably it 's also a lot to do with isolation , a lot to do with the fact that there was no one to talk to about the sexual experiences you were having and the only surrounding attitude was one of , ‘ This is something which should n't happen ’ , whereas the situation when I had my first sexual experience was one where I knew other people who were gay whom I could talk to . |
| 28 | So Mary 's looking after the children while I have my hair done . ’ |
| 29 | He will be erm erm yes he was born the year before I had my hysterectomy he was bor yes , but do you know he 'll |
| 30 | Bishop Harris , who has welcomed me so warmly , has expressed his willingness to continue on until the end of the year whilst I complete my own duties in Westminster diocese . |