Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Chairman er when we discussed this last time er I expressed the view that in fact er the county council had better things to do I 've not changed my mind erm since but I have been reminded that er when er the Roman Emperors er found ascension in the ranks when Roman Emperors found ascension in the ranks they provided bread and circuses and I have to say that I regard the two notices of motion which were placed in Mr notably fox hunting and this debate on V A T as bread and circuses . |
| 2 | I lay there feeling my stomach sinking slowly.into the sand on the top of the dune . |
| 3 | While we waited for Pam to repack her carrier-bags ( she always ends up with twice as many as anyone else ) I tried unsuccessfully to force my size sevens into a pair of Kath 's size fives . |
| 4 | I tried not to let my fear go through the reins : it was very hard . |
| 5 | I tried desperately to keep my gorge from rising and my stomach from emptying the contents of its last meal . |
| 6 | During this time I tried hard to forget my feeling for him . |
| 7 | So , right at the start , I promised not to burn my portrait , no matter what it looked like . |
| 8 | I thought I 'd either holed my shot or that I had missed the green as well . ’ |
| 9 | I 'd just got my licence and I drove into Manhattan , because I got my licence the day I turned sixteen . |
| 10 | I ca n't think in the art , in the art thing cos I like to I 'd just finished my coffee as well and |
| 11 | I 'd barely finished my prawn cocktail before I realised I could fall for him . ’ |
| 12 | My God , I 'd even told my grandfather that I was coming home — and bringing my future bride . ’ |
| 13 | I think the fact that I was abroad at the time may have had something to do with it — having left the country I 'd also left my conscience behind . |
| 14 | I 've always been good at painting ; I 'd nearly finished my picture — which included the ark and a mountain when Miss began telling us how rainbows were all an illusion caused by sunlight and raindrops . |
| 15 | ‘ Though of course before that I 'd already done my bit : I was one of Our Lads , I was an Expeditionary , part of the Task Force that recaptured Maggie 's surrendered popularity . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd already stretched my credit to the maximum when the bank gave me a cheque guarantee card that was also a credit card . |
| 17 | The kind of lovemaking I 'd practically dedicated my life to experiencing . ’ |
| 18 | Now I 'd often pushed my nose against the window and thought what a classy joint it looked but as someone who would rather spend £50 on a coat than a meal , the prices had come between us . |
| 19 | That night I cried so much — I never felt so far away from anything I knew and I 'd never missed my mother so much in my life . |
| 20 | So I supposed I 'd better tell my board about it and I did this afternoon . |
| 21 | I 'd better have my walk . |
| 22 | So I 'd better mind my Ps and Qs . |
| 23 | ‘ Then I 'd better get my ass into gear . |
| 24 | Perhaps I 'd better introduce my sort of position here . |
| 25 | Hey — I 'd still got my page of dream-interpretation , had n't I ? folded up in my jeans ' pocket ? |
| 26 | I says what curling tongs , says you left curling tongs on , I 'd actually burnt my finger I must 've sleepwalked and I , I felt the bed when I remembered all this and it was dry so I must have sleepwalked it all and went to the toilet and done my hair cos there was a big burn all down my finger . |
| 27 | If you think I came here to ease my conscience , you 're wrong . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Look , I 'm not an educated man , I came here to show my solidarity and things are going to be different from now on . ’ |
| 29 | And if I visited my grandfather I went upstairs to see him in his rooms and I came downstairs to visit my grandmother . ’ |
| 30 | Bricklayer , Tony one of the town 's twelve thousand jobless said I came along to show my contempt with his government policies ! |