Example sentences of "my [noun sg] was [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 My driver was under the impression that I had instructed him to break the world land-speed record .
2 I 'm sitting there , my foot was near the toilet , all you see was this big claws come out digging into my toe there 's me aargh ! you stupid She 's mad !
3 Did I mention , by the way , that my money was on the Croat to win the Men 's Singles ?
4 There 'd be just us two , see cos all the others they was out , my sister was on the round
5 My jaw was on the carriage floor the first time I took the train to Mallaig .
6 My car was in the air , flying …
7 My cell was on the ground floor — slightly below the level of the ground , in fact , so that the window had afforded me , on occasion , a view of a warder 's waist , belt , keys , and truncheon , as he marched by .
8 Because I was joking I 'd said to her erm about er , you know my daddy right is er you know , th right , you know mum and daddy lived in Edinburgh and I was saying that my daddy was about the fees in erm Gleneagles , my daddy 's er , a member of Gleneagles
9 My body was in the dining-room .
10 So well , I always remember it cos my missus was in the White Hart , she was telling me about it .
11 Mm , I came to Harlow with my parents , when my husband was in the Air Force
12 My husband was in the fields and he saw them blow up our new house .
13 My back was to the wind which whistled coldly in the wire frame of my spectacles and cracked the loose folds of my robe .
14 I learned to use humour against violence ; when my back was against the wall and the bullies were bearing down , some inner voice would lash out with wit enough to take the wind from the sails of my antagonists .
15 I hit the door handle and did a dip and shuffle so that my head was below the knife slash arc and made an undignified but unscathed exit , taking the keys with me .
16 My name was on the label .
17 COCOA CHANEL : ’ Wish my name was on the label , darling ’ !
18 My wife was in the bathroom . ’
19 That time my father was on the deck giving a dramatic blow by blow account of Dunkirk , which was overheard by a family from Stoke-on-Trent who promptly dived for their life jackets .
20 Later , we learned my father was on the plane .
21 ‘ When my father was at the camp at Spittal , another Ukrainian looked after him .
22 My father was in the army , we were living in the country , and she stayed and worked in London .
23 I came to Saigon eight years ago when my father was in the army .
24 My father was in the Army .
25 My father was in the US army over here . ’
26 and my father was in the woods before the war and they , he , he looked after the woods and cut the trees down and everything and then they were sent
27 I was away with my mother and sister at the time , but my father was in the house .
28 My passion was for the stage and I was going to go for it . ’
29 I learnt later that it was the island of Trinidad , and that my island was in the mouth of the River Orinoco on the north coast of South America .
30 I , of course , at the sharp end felt but a slight tremor and my concern was with the loss of lateral control and my instrument panel disintegrating in front of me .
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