Example sentences of "my [noun] [verb] i that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My experience tells me that we do not all have all the necessary skills to do all these jobs well — it is often a hit and miss affair , with much poor practice . |
| 2 | Although I was about to confront him , my experience told me that he was — well , I 've no words for it : on a different plane of reality . |
| 3 | And my sister told me that she met with him after Mass this morning and he gave her an envelope . " |
| 4 | My lover reminded me that I could feel and inspire desire , which proved highly reassuring and , ironically , put the spice back into my marriage . |
| 5 | There was a knock on my door and my mother came into my room to tell me that she was going to work . |
| 6 | ‘ I seldom come out of my pulpit ’ , said Baxter , ‘ but my conscience smiteth me that I have been no more serious and fervent … |
| 7 | My conscience tells me that I owe it to God to be grateful to my father , who has spent his time unwearyingly upon my education , so that I may lighten his burden , look after myself and later on be able to support my sister … |
| 8 | Then a week later my wife told me that she 'd been abused by her brother . |
| 9 | ‘ Why did n't my father tell me that you were going to be here ? ’ she asked petulantly , thinking that at least he would only be around during the daytime , and she could avoid him completely without too much trouble . |
| 10 | ‘ But my father told me that he had sold his interest in the business ! |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd promised I would never fall for the obvious attractions of another beautiful woman , but from the moment I held you in my arms my instinct told me that you were as different from Lotta as wine is from vinegar . ’ |
| 12 | My daughter told me that I was chrome yellow , and a glance in the mirror proved her right . |
| 13 | Six months later my grandmother told me that I was going to join my parents and that she , too , was emigrating . |
| 14 | My friends tell me that I 've coped really well after my divorce — I have my own home , own car , own job and manage to keep my wonderful four-year-old son as happy as can be . |
| 15 | Yes , I 've got my cat , it 's just gone out , yeah I 've got a cat , yes he 's a lovely little cat I 've got and he 's just gone out a little ginger and but I did have a dog but I , cos he , I had him several years here a beautiful little corgi he was and then I had to have him put to sleep because he had er water trouble , but then my doctor advised me that I , he said do n't have another dog have a cat , so I had a cat , I 've always had a cat though |
| 16 | A month ago my bank informed me that it had been obliged to arrest £250 of my money to satisfy a court order obtained by sheriff officers . |
| 17 | I was tempted to call it a day there and then , pull over and have a kip , but my stomach reminded me that I had n't thrown it a bone since the ploughman 's at lunch-time , and it had been quite an eventful day . |
| 18 | As a child I was taken to the dread Hector McDarroch in Glasgow and he did my dental work right up to my teens Friends of my youth tell me that he inspired a similar lasting fear in them , too , and in fact there must be a whole generation of Glaswegians who feel the same . |
| 19 | My running told me that I had been wasting my time all those years , but I did n't regret that too much . |
| 20 | ‘ My instincts told me that I should be aware of him and everything he did . |
| 21 | My informant tells me that she feels sure that the earlier event is still ‘ earthbound ’ and repeated the action . |
| 22 | My mother told me that I was cold because I did n't eat enough . |
| 23 | The possibility that I might starve myself to death was never raised : instead I was scolded for looking like a scarecrow , and my mother told me that she was ashamed to be seen with me . |
| 24 | I can remember my mother telling me that he used to look out of his bedroom window many times during stormy nights . |