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 . |