Example sentences of "in my [noun] [conj] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fell to my knees , took her gently in my arms and kissed her . |
| 2 | Without conscious intention , I took her in my arms and kissed her . |
| 3 | ‘ I gathered it up , ’ he was to say , ‘ I actually scooped up the evil hungering thing in my arms and carried it into the house and laid it down by the fire . ’ |
| 4 | I sat in my pew and heard him prate on for at least an hour and a half . |
| 5 | ‘ As it happens , ’ says John , ‘ I have more respect for men like Galbraith who are at least prepared to speak their minds , than for those who smiled in my presence but protested I was ‘ not a local man ’ . ’ |
| 6 | On my return I developed a pain in my chest and rang my GP . |
| 7 | I like to think it was the gun in my bunker that hit it and forced the pilot to turn tail and dump his bombs . |
| 8 | I put the folder down in my lap and put my forehead on the folder . |
| 9 | ‘ Put the Bronica in my rucsac and claimed it went down with you . ' |
| 10 | ‘ They 'd begun to despair of me , so one of the lecturers ’ he laughs , ‘ bunged a camera in my hand and suggested I go out and take some photos instead . |
| 11 | Many 's the time I 've been about to introduce the top of the bill , when from behind the curtain the urgent whisper , ‘ He 's pissed — fill in while we sober him up , ’ has stopped me in my tracks and left me out there telling gags for an hour or more while the star is force-fed black coffee . |
| 12 | My only support at the time came from a Nigerian girl and a Ugandan Asian girl who were also in my class and shared my deep sense of alienation from our environment . |
| 13 | By then , I had n't got a wireless but she declared that it was an absolutely necessary thing for someone in my situation and brought me a red one , of the kind that worked on batteries thankfully , not the kind you had to carry for miles to be recharged ! |
| 14 | I removed my cigarettes as he stretched his hand toward the pack , stuck one in my face and lit it . |
| 15 | That afternoon I sat in my room and unpacked my things . |
| 16 | I had just finished building a 16-track studio in my house and asked him to come and have a go on that equipment that even the very big studios did n't have . |
| 17 | Sergeant Moustaine punched me in the face , stuffed my shitty underpants in my mouth and ordered me to run around the parade ground holding my kitbag above my head . |
| 18 | ‘ The first time I held those keys , I put them in my mouth and felt my bones had turned to gold , ’ she announces . |
| 19 | ‘ Then I felt something in my mouth and spat it out . |
| 20 | I put it in my mouth and swallowed it . |
| 21 | The following morning I put the loose pieces in my bag and took them to school . |