Example sentences of "my [noun sg] [conj] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would you please fetch me a towel and my cloak before I turn into an iceberg ? ’ |
| 2 | Dinner parties are my dread but I go to them because my wife , Eileen , enjoys them . |
| 3 | I did n't have to stand up and tell the whole truth of my heart unless I wanted to . |
| 4 | I watched her go with sadness in my heart because I felt for some inexplicable reason that I would never see Granny again . |
| 5 | Two inches on my hair and I look as if I 've had my face thinned and people start speaking in hushed voices in my presence . |
| 6 | She 's supporting an unemployed Turkish waiter with my money while I sit in the dark . |
| 7 | For example , I share a greater proportion of my genes with my sister than I do with my cousin . |
| 8 | I smile at Ma and my sister as I totter towards the compost heap beyond the garden shed . |
| 9 | ‘ In fact it was only by a miracle that my sister and I survived at all : we took shelter with our youngest brother in the Jama Masjid area . |
| 10 | Always used to draw my truncheon if I went into a place where I thought there was a burglar but never actually used it to hit them . |
| 11 | I was wearing my watch when I went tae bed . ’ |
| 12 | Such stories come creeping into my mind as I sit on set at Arsenio Hall 's Paramount studio , watching Soul II Soul rehearse . |
| 13 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 14 | For example , that the images that I now call up in my mind as I look at the front door of my house , this is something quite real , but it 's real in a much more radically different , in a radically different sense , there 's a , somehow a radically difference in the kind of reality which that image enjoys , to the reality that that bottle enjoys . |
| 15 | Images of animals huddled together for warmth , safety and companionship floated into my mind as I stood at the side of this man , watching him examine firearms . |
| 16 | As I trudge my way home through the city streets The cats and the houses retreat And a thunder of hooves beats in my mind And I gallop through acres of wheat . |
| 17 | ‘ The world championships are in the forefront of my mind and I have to be patient . |
| 18 | ' I can change my mind if I want to . ’ |
| 19 | I 'll get boozed out of my mind when I get to In Sha-la-la [ Mick 's name for In Salah ] . ’ |
| 20 | Happiness was not the first quality to come to my mind when I thought of Jennifer and Christopher . |
| 21 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ It never crossed my mind when I moved to London that Ballymena would lose their Division One status . |
| 23 | PAMELA : This weights less with me than anything else you have said , for there is an end of all merit and all good behaviour on my side if I consent to your proposals , and what , sir , would the world say were you to marry your harlot ? |
| 24 | Ward 's voice smashed into my consciousness and I slammed on the brakes . |
| 25 | Imagine my disappointment when I staggered down a hill in murky twilight after its purchase to find that not only had it been lying in the back seat of the car for the duration of my climb , but that it had failed to come up and get me when the daylight failed . |
| 26 | For a few seconds the sheer force of the wind supported my weight before I stumbled into a lull between squalls . |
| 27 | My girlfriend and I laughed like drains . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's my boat that I made with my two hands , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Mrs Gould who I am happy to say is quite well has been fully occupied in making drawings of the soft parts of the birds together with appropriate plants flowers berries etc. which will be introduced into my work and I trust from the fund of information I shall be enabled to add that the book will not be void of interest especially to all lovers of ornithology … |
| 30 | When I was small , Uncle Fred was my hero and I listened in awe as he told Dad of some of his experiences as a Marine . |