Example sentences of "my [noun] [subord] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something permanent happened to my heart when I watched him , a tough street kid , cooing over his offspring . |
| 2 | The sight of him like that gladdened my heart because I knew his news must be good . |
| 3 | I wrote in great haste and under some excitement , from the statements to which I referred , [ Palmerston 's remarks ] and plead this as my excuse if I expressed what I did not really intend . |
| 4 | I knew Brian understood my decision as I understood his . |
| 5 | I gave my evidence — he adjusted the brakes in my presence after I found them inefficient . |
| 6 | Or perhaps I shoved the contents of your safe inside my robe when I saw you at the door . |
| 7 | I ground my teeth as I watched her crawl back into the machinery . |
| 8 | ( ‘ I could n't make up my mind whether I wanted it or not , and then I just panicked . ’ ) |
| 9 | But so much happened , and it had slipped my mind until I realised your father and my mother must have known each other in the past . |
| 10 | I 'd give this Sir Benson Craig a piece of my mind if I met him , that I would . |
| 11 | Almost as if you understood what was in my mind when I designed them . ’ |
| 12 | And er she says Jean I swear to God she says if she comes over near my door , I 've told Jim she says , I , I 'm ready for her I 'll beat her round that square and she said I 'm not like that but she says that 's just the way she says , and she hurt my kids when I sent them Easter eggs over , doing that she says , that really galled me , she says cos they were hurting my kids rather than me . |
| 13 | The instructor must have heard my screams as I felt myself being dragged out as I gasped for air . |
| 14 | I did n't drive to work , so he would n't recognize my car when I followed him . |
| 15 | I lowered my eyes once I knew he was all right . |
| 16 | About this time I had , by a certain wicked attempt — for I had a bold heart which rather put me upon courting than avoiding danger — set a hornet 's nest about my ears so I thought it better to remove myself to France and be a little more discreet in my armours . |
| 17 | They both swore it would always remain my home while I wanted it , and so it did . |
| 18 | So he said erm I said to the woman I went to the court this morning so he said when you explain to me he said I 've got money in my pockets cos I borrowed it from dad tha he said I owed sixty two pound so he said I said to the woman in the court how can I pay this the sixty two pounds when you 've frozen my account ? |
| 19 | In fact as soon as I walked in I was n't allowed to go to my desk until I promised her I would get the computer out |
| 20 | I thought it was my spine but I could move my limbs so I thought it could n't be too bad . ’ |
| 21 | He filched them from my wardrobe when I kicked him out . |
| 22 | Pushing myself up off the wet ground , I brushed the twigs and earth off my trousers while I checked my pockets . |
| 23 | She pressed up against me , her fingers tickling my codpiece though I knew she was after my purse . |
| 24 | The mixture of sugar and weedkiller sizzled and glared ; the intense light seared through me and clouds of smoke rolled up and around my head as I held my breath and my eyes watered . |
| 25 | I would not be responsible for my actions if I saw him . ’ |
| 26 | You lost that contest with my Sam because I decided you had to lose it . |
| 27 | So Mrs Smith left us alone and I stripped off in front of my friend although I made her turn away when I came to my combs . |
| 28 | ‘ You would have spent the night in my arms , Caroline , ’ he caught her hands in one of his as she began to raise them , ‘ crying out my name as I touched you , begging me to take you over and over again , until finally the sun chased away the darkness . ’ |
| 29 | He drank my drink because I said something about all the money he was always flashing around and then he made a dirty crack about … |
| 30 | There is a blouse of midnight blue with a diamond flower that sat on my breast when I wore it . |