Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the dybbuk disappeared was when — and only when-I knew my hopes of getting Gittel back had come to nothing . |
| 2 | I knew far better than to turn my head , but I had the feeling my old builder stayed squatting by the roadside . |
| 3 | Asked to sum up in a sentence the essence of his long career as a reporter , he considers the question for a few seconds , laughs , and says : ‘ I do n't think I could do better than quote my old friend the late Jimmy Robinson , who was the Daily Mail 's man in Belfast for many years . |
| 4 | We had a large factory at Bournville employing about ten thousand people and there were a great many incentive payment schemes , so that became my job . |
| 5 | So that accelerated my own ideas and I came over to England with that in mind . |
| 6 | BELVILLE : I had rather so than perfecting my Pamela in it . |
| 7 | ‘ Then I go inside and get my camera . ’ |
| 8 | rush back inside and brush my hair . |
| 9 | This is particularly unfortunate because in deciding to set aside the demand the judge exercised a discretion , and on this appeal I am discharging an appellate jurisdiction and not hearing the matter afresh and exercising my own discretion : see In re Gilmartin ( A Bankrupt ) [ 1989 ] 1 W.L.R. 513 . |
| 10 | The man spoke gently and patted my head . |
| 11 | And so , late one disastrous night , I mixed everything together and prepared my drug . |
| 12 | On the other hand , I could do , I did , exactly the opposite , keeping my father satisfied and happy and my mother ignorant , helping to shore up their marriage , holding the family together and preserving my unsuspecting brothers , who thought they were so superior to me , from disgrace . |
| 13 | So while helping my old friend , I would be losing him at the same time . |
| 14 | ‘ Not only that but , seeming very pleasant and eager to please , I thought , the woman I spoke with then suggested that rather than address my package to Cara in her professional name , just to make sure the package reached you , she 'd better give me your married name . ’ |
| 15 | As my Hon. Friend knows , that supports rather than contradicts my point . |
| 16 | He and his friends would have me scoffed and hounded out of the county rather than see my house completed . |
| 17 | Neither John nor Ruth have authority over me , even though my Chinese cooking and my financial affairs will prosper if I follow their advice rather than trust my own judgment . |
| 18 | I would have been content then to die myself , rather than take my body back eventually to encumber the continents with yet another corpse . |
| 19 | It was once suggested to me that rather than remove my children from Liphook Junior School , I should try to fight the system from the inside and endeavour to change the school . |
| 20 | PAMELA : I can , sir , and I will , rather than divide my interest in you knowingly with any lady upon earth . |
| 21 | No , I avoid them by shopping elsewhere or making my own |
| 22 | I put my cameras away and took my leave , stepping out into the muggy London air on Carnaby Street . |
| 23 | I 'll better away and get my black bun out the oven . |
| 24 | Every word stops me turning away and closing my eyes , to block it out , to let me retreat into sleep . |
| 25 | Wait I 'm gon na go downstairs and get my politics file . |
| 26 | So thank you for approaching us , I wish you all the best , I ‘ ll hop off soon and catch my bus And give my brain a rest ! |
| 27 | Nevertheless , I hope to be back in action very soon and continue my study of discoveries in unknown areas . |
| 28 | They 're gon na interrupt our lunch break again alright Emma will you wait just a second I 'll come with you , I 'll just and get my money ? |
| 29 | The young Pathan had guarded my car zealously and got my thanks and the second half of his reward . |
| 30 | I watch a white Lamborghini Countach trundle past on the street outside and shake my head in disbelief . |