Example sentences of "my [noun sg] ['s] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's something off , it 's just the attachment that goes from ma , my mum 's Walkman and she nicked off with it when it was at when we were at her house and if I lo , if I keep it anywhere else I 'll lose it so I 've clipped it on to there so I know where it is . |
| 2 | I used to suck in my Mum 's boobs when I was a baby but not now , I do n't think so . |
| 3 | I was still going and getting the shopping for my mum , and looking after my sister 's baby as she could n't cope because he was a naughty little boy . |
| 4 | I looked at it with my mind 's eye and I thought , ‘ ’ What can this be ? ’ |
| 5 | Later on , when I was living in Cardiff , I would often miss the last bus from my girlfriend 's house and she used to lend me her bicycle . |
| 6 | I shouted , desperately trying to turn my horse 's head so I could flee like the wind . |
| 7 | Imagine the horror on my beloved 's face when he discovered I had in fact flung in the rubbish his much prized and read collection of Guitarist magazines ! |
| 8 | That was my husband 's favourite so I 'm keeping that one till the last . |
| 9 | Tomorrow I was going to my gran 's house like I did most Sundays . |
| 10 | You cut my friend 's hair and I 'll pay you . |
| 11 | ‘ I wo n't tell you my friend 's name because he would n't want people to make a fuss ’ . |
| 12 | Please will you reply , otherwise I will leave you on the station and tell my friend 's mother that you are not coming with me after all . |
| 13 | I thought it was n't worth just sitting around waiting for something to happen and I had already arranged to go to my friend 's house so I went out . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | — Tim Loughton , of Battersea ‘ Now my name 's Binge and I like a party , but these parties are something else again . ’ |
| 16 | Divorce is against my wife 's principles but she might get ideas as to a legal separation . ’ |
| 17 | My daughter wo n't let go of my wife 's hand when she takes her to school . |
| 18 | He is my wife 's brother and he works as a journalist with a newspaper in Hue . |
| 19 | ‘ No , I came across the letter that had been enclosed with the money when I was going through my father 's papers after he died . |
| 20 | So after completing my National Service , I did all the things that everybody does when they 're trying to break into show business , urged on by my father 's insistence that I found employment of some sort — ‘ Get a job , any job , just get one ! |
| 21 | There was certainly a note of concern in my father 's voice but it was overlaid with annoyance , as if I 'd let him down by finding a dead body . |
| 22 | ‘ And was it part of my father 's plan that you make love to me to convince me that marriage to Jonathan was the wrong thing ? ’ she said angrily . |
| 23 | — I remember , & never shall forget , my father 's face as he looked upon me while I lay in the servant 's arms — so calm , and the tears stealing down his face : for I was the child of his old age . |
| 24 | But that was n't my father 's house until he got married . |
| 25 | Erm as a private individual I have a right to inherit my father 's house when he dies . |
| 26 | I give you my sworn word as my father 's son that I would never betray any trust you placed in me . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ So much seems to be going wrong since my father 's death that it 's unbelievable . ’ |
| 28 | What they 've paid me wha what I 'm entitled to is erm obviously my week 's wage that I 've worked , fortnight 's holiday pay |
| 29 | yes , because my er , my niece 's husband when he came er , oh they brought us back , they fetched us Boxing Day and brought us back and he said it would be a right off he said |
| 30 | It will be more than my life 's worth if I let you get away again . ’ |