Example sentences of "of my [noun] [coord] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead he took the wineskin from the horn of my saddle and forced me to drink . |
| 2 | Now what I want to do in this lecture is to finish off the er introductory part of my , of my remarks and take us up to the point where beginning at twelve o'clock the real part , the real er core of this course begins when we start to look at social theory . |
| 3 | ‘ You and your little nerves , ’ he said and he put his fingers in the back of the collar of my dress and pulled it slightly as though I was a recalcitrant dog . |
| 4 | Slowly , I took my fists out of my pockets and opened them empty . |
| 5 | But was I still wearing some of my clothes or carrying them all bundled in my arms ? |
| 6 | I felt the corporeal elephant on whose back my world was supported amble effortlessly along , rather that it being necessary for me to lean out from the howdah of my head and goad him . |
| 7 | But Ngugi managed to lift me out of my armchair and place me inside his imaginary village of Ilmorog . |
| 8 | By the way , I do appreciate your magazine , I have had it each month since the arrival of my machine and find it contains so many helpful and interesting items . |
| 9 | It broke the concentration of my players and led them into serious defensive errors . |
| 10 | ‘ I had got part way up the tree when the bear grabbed one of my shoes and pulled it off , ’ she recalled . |
| 11 | While I waited , I took the films out of my cameras and put them in the home-made packets . |
| 12 | ‘ I think , ’ I say , taking eye-liner out of my bag and pencilling it on really thick , ‘ … |
| 13 | However , I said I would try so I put on my best uniform , nicely pressed , and as I paraded in front of him I said I had turned up the hem of my skirt and did he think it was too short ? |
| 14 | Myth no. 5 : exercise will take too much of my energy and leave me exhausted If you 're exhausted at the end of the day , you 'll probably benefit from more exercise not less . |
| 15 | Dad marched over , pulled my hands out of my ears and forced them down to my sides . |
| 16 | My mind 's got so flexible I could pull it out of my ears and tie it under my chin ! ’ snapped Gurder . |
| 17 | Then Flashman turned on Turvey , who said : ‘ Flashman grabbed the flash at the top of my camera and bent it deliberately . |
| 18 | They had to tap the source of my strength and turn it against me , until it formed a carapace , a cage that held me until they were ready to pronounce punishment . ’ |
| 19 | I got my wallet out of my pocket and held it up in front of my eyes . |
| 20 | And I remember taking it out of my pocket and showing it to Basil and saying , now , this is the kind of thing I 'm interested in , as well as horses , because it gives me a feeling of English life . |
| 21 | I pulled the tin box out of my battle-dress and put it on the table . |
| 22 | I went to the door of my room and opened it . |
| 23 | I go back and sit down again , and she takes a hold of my hand and squeezes it like she 's saying sorry or summat . |
| 24 | He snatched the cloak out of my hand and threw it on the bed . |
| 25 | And thus I was brought , by the gracious providence of God , to that place which had the chiefest of my labours and yielded me the greatest fruits of comfort . ’ |
| 26 | Taking the score out of my brief-case and putting it on the podium : that is not my way . |
| 27 | And she said she said I am not having you putting down the value of my house and having yours higher than mine the value of my house . |
| 28 | Suddenly , salvation : Jo took hold of my arm and dragged me away , giving several extremely good reasons why we should leave as soon as possible . |
| 29 | Looked at like that , I gradually began to feel a little more able to let go of my unrealistic expectations of my mother and to love her as she is . |
| 30 | That seemed to have been what he had in mind , as he put a paw on the back of my neck and bent me forward until my face was squished into the table top . |