Example sentences of "[adv] it be my " in BNC.
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| 1 | over a number of years I was subjected to domestic violence , erm , the last time I left I did n't report it right away , morally it was my son , I did n't want to drag him through the court , but when I did I was told no , your too late , you will just be seen as a woman scorned , your trying to get revenge , and that 's it , no , I 'm not taking a statement . |
| 2 | I do n't know whether , whether it sort of erm rang any bells with you but normally if you 're in a house people do n't offer you dri they usually say would you like a cup of tea or a cup of coffee and I just wondered , perhaps it 's my suspicious nature , whether this guy 's got a drink problem |
| 3 | well er , I 'm sorry to interrupt you , I 'm sorry I do apologise , perhaps it 's my tooth , it 's making me even more testier than usual , erm , I , I thought your case was that these agreements were void |
| 4 | Well , it 's , it 's simple that if I got up at half past six , and took him up a cup of tea at quarter too seven , and when he was around at seven o'clock , I was grilling bacon and I was frying eggs , and I hope , I do n't know whether perhaps it 's my cold , but , I , I just used to feel terribly unwell after he 'd gone , for about two hours and my legs were so wobbly , I was sitting down on the sofa , I may go back yet to cooking him breakfast if I feel like it , but , the , I mean if I can say to these chaps that , there are times when I do n't feel like doing things , well , I reckon Dave that they are so glad to be in that house with the central heating , with the twenty four hour er , er a day water , and the comfort , there not going to argue . |
| 5 | Perhaps it was my uncle who sent you ? ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps , she used to think in those days , perhaps it was my fault that Mum died . |
| 7 | Perhaps it was my imagination ( although I 'm almost sure that it was not ) . |
| 8 | That is um in Burstow 's clinical practice she reckons that um sometimes people say something along the lines of well well um perhaps it was my fault , I was flirting with him , and things like that it and these are people who maybe have been about five or six when the abuse has happened and so y'know do five or six year olds flirt ? |
| 9 | We lost a farm 's work through something like this ; only it was my boss who was involved — and it turned out all right in the end . |
| 10 | And so it is my conclusion that you are at present a man without funds , clearly ignorant of the axiom that ‘ there is no such thing as a free lunch ’ . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Because if that 's so it 's my duty to tell you that your Sebastian is going to be very disappointed . |
| 12 | So it 's my great pleasure to declare congress open and to welcome everybody to Portsmouth . |
| 13 | So it 's my fault now . |
| 14 | So it 's my mam 's birthday soon . |
| 15 | So it 's not for me to sort of sit quietly and listen to , record other people , so it 's my conversation they want . |
| 16 | So it was my mother who pointed the police in the right direction . |
| 17 | And so it was my experience not to become closer to him in our isolation but to approach myself more closely . |
| 18 | Nevertheless it is my belief that without us , feminism would never have been more than a caucus of the broad left . |
| 19 | Tonight it 's my turn ; he 'll expect me to take up the story where he left off , but I 've no intention of doing that . |
| 20 | it 's not it 's my Walkman , they gave me a Walkman , they gave me twenty tapes , I 'm not joking |
| 21 | No it 's not it 's my new guest on and then Jack and the Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water , down fell Jack and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling |
| 22 | And perhaps partly it was my fault . |
| 23 | He smiled his rather pale , somewhat wintry smile and said ‘ Thank you gentlemen , and now it is my painful duty to set you your homework ’ . |
| 24 | I have been dishing it out for a number of years , and now it is my turn to take it . |
| 25 | " Now it is my turn to be sorry , " he said , knowing she would n't understand what he meant . |
| 26 | And now it is my duty to introduce Doctor and erm I think you said you were talking to us about yourself and erm also a little bit about your holidays ? |
| 27 | Now it is my beautiful Ma who has the wrinkles ! |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , I must , ’ she said gaily , but she accepted the offer of coffee , and , waiting for it to arrive , said , ‘ Now it is my turn to quiz you . |
| 29 | Now it is my turn to ask them . |
| 30 | Now it is my turn to pick up my cup . |