Example sentences of "my [noun] [conj] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am keeping them alive in my heart and I want you all to do the same . ’ |
| 2 | Ronnie , who also learned he is a grandfather , said : ‘ It broke my heart when I read her letter saying she had missed me . ’ |
| 3 | Something permanent happened to my heart when I watched him , a tough street kid , cooing over his offspring . |
| 4 | The sight of him like that gladdened my heart because I knew his news must be good . |
| 5 | Mr Bell was dismissive of the criticisms , commenting : ‘ I have managed to get through campaigns without knowing the names of my opponents and I think I will be reasonably successful this time , too . ’ |
| 6 | I wrote in great haste and under some excitement , from the statements to which I referred , [ Palmerston 's remarks ] and plead this as my excuse if I expressed what I did not really intend . |
| 7 | I 've done my exams and I think I 've done well in them . |
| 8 | Anyway , he was beginning to get under my skin and I hoped my burning face was n't too obvious . |
| 9 | I knew Brian understood my decision as I understood his . |
| 10 | My mum and I voted my dad out and we said we 'll have a record player . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd pet ( the mice ) ‘ em , and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they were dead — because they were so little ’ |
| 12 | Suzie touches my fingers as I leave her . |
| 13 | on their own back , she did n't ask for it and June ai n't worked since Christmas , so er , I says I know what it 's like with my sister and I mean she 's been right in it ai n't she ? |
| 14 | My sister and I put him to good use . |
| 15 | I know she can be difficult , but she is my sister and I love her . ’ |
| 16 | I gave my evidence — he adjusted the brakes in my presence after I found them inefficient . |
| 17 | A nurse came in and asked for my X-rays and I remembered I had forgotten them . |
| 18 | Or perhaps I shoved the contents of your safe inside my robe when I saw you at the door . |
| 19 | I ground my teeth as I watched her crawl back into the machinery . |
| 20 | I have had the same trouble now and again , but if I control my jaw when I yawn it does not happen so much . |
| 21 | So I look at my watch and I see it 's nearly midnight . |
| 22 | The problem is I 've found myself more and more attracted to my son-in-law and I know he feels the same way . |
| 23 | ‘ I make my living and I support my mother ! ’ |
| 24 | The only point is that I want that foreigner not to undersell my labour and I want him to be as competent to do the work as well as I would do it myself . |
| 25 | I was wearing I had the , the stethoscope behind my neck and I took it off for something , I was holding it up to try and get a better |
| 26 | She closed her eyes and put her arms around my neck and I kissed her . |
| 27 | I 'd done my apprenticeship and I knew I could do a good job . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Everybody wanted a piece of my action and I found it very difficult to adjust . |
| 29 | ( ‘ I could n't make up my mind whether I wanted it or not , and then I just panicked . ’ ) |
| 30 | But so much happened , and it had slipped my mind until I realised your father and my mother must have known each other in the past . |