Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] was my " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he recorded in the letters , he carried from his earliest years one overriding impression , which was quickly summarized : ‘ My Father was very fond of me , and I was my mother 's darling — in consequence , I was very miserable . ’ |
| 2 | In fact , for some years I had my own dog , first Bess and then Judith , and she was my responsibility to feed , groom and exercise . |
| 3 | But now at last I had one , and she was my heart 's desire . |
| 4 | They were quite good days because I knew absolutely nothing about the music business , being at school , and he was my first boy friend who was n't upper class . |
| 5 | He had probably the nicest nature of any dog I ever owned , and possessed the loveliest eyes , brown in colour , and he was my dog definitely . |
| 6 | a customer comes in and he was my wife I did n't have er beard then I was clean-shaven , because after coming to this country when I could n't get a job , I thought that this might be a bar so , which was n't right , but we did it . |
| 7 | ‘ She was having trouble with a piece of chewing gum and it was my way of saying thank you . |
| 8 | ‘ The combine did well last year — and it was my turn . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ And it was my plan that has brought you to your heart 's desire . ’ |
| 10 | Indeed , once , shortly after lunch , I recall I came upon the two gentlemen talking rather furtively just inside the library doorway , and it was my distinct impression they broke off their discussion upon my approach . |
| 11 | This show is the highlight of the year for Rottweiler enthusiasts and it was my privilege to be able to handle a UK import to win Best of Breed here in 1986 . |
| 12 | Laurence Gilliam of the BBC in London arranged and produced these impressive programmes and it was my pleasure and privilege to work with him for the Vancouver region for several years running . |
| 13 | I remember an occasion , some years ago , when the front door bell rang here and I opened the door and it was my secretary coming for work in the morning . |
| 14 | But Gould said : ‘ I knew the financial problems facing the club when I became manager in the summer and it was my idea that I should work without a contract . |
| 15 | We formed up over the Channel , and it was my job to fire the Very pistol , with pre-arranged colour flares , so all the other Lancs knew which aircraft to form up on . |
| 16 | 'Cos he took them boots and it was my job to take them to the big house for the gentleman . ’ |
| 17 | The head of the Branch is the Chief Inspector , and it was my good fortune to hold that position from January 1974 until August 1981 . |
| 18 | I myself thought that the matter was one on which no degrees of murder could be properly invented and was very loath to move the clause , but I was the Attorney-General at the time and it was my duty as Chief Law Officer to carry out the decision of the Cabinet . |
| 19 | Judas has been the big winner lately , now he 'd be cockier than ever , and it was my fault . |
| 20 | And it was my turn to go wide-eyed , for the leader was a woman , possessing every anatomical aspect of femaleness in glorious Amazonian splendour . |
| 21 | Last Sunday you may remember I held up something at the start of the service , and it was my mail from the previous day and we homed in on one buff letter which had H M inspector of taxes in it . |
| 22 | Theodore 's reply included the following passage : " I had intended , if God so decreed , to conquer the world , and it was my desire to die if my purpose could not be fulfilled . |
| 23 | It was one of the worst trips I ever made in Venturous and it was my last . |
| 24 | And he would then call f ring three times I think maybe it was four times , and it was my my job to then run upstairs and I mean fast , you did n't dawdle . |
| 25 | Now you did n't have to copy everything , but Uncle Jonathan was very meticulous and anything that there would be any debate on , or any discussion on , he always made a copy and it was my job to do this without smearing it . |
| 26 | And it was my Uncle Jonathan . |
| 27 | I managed to get a fairly good seat , and it was my fortune to sit next to a man who delighted in explaining the nuances of the case to a foreigner . |
| 28 | ‘ Because up until then I was absolutely positive that I would eventually manage to get out of the marriage , and it was my plan to seek custody as a single person . |
| 29 | And it was my concern that churches should know the implication of the children act as it 's related to the life of the church that I 'm landing in front of you . |
| 30 | I mean , in a much more , erm , a le a less severe example , but we 're having a Road Safety Week , at school , this week , erm , and it was my class 's turn , yesterday afternoon , so I was just there keeping a watching brief with my my children while the , road safety representative was talking to them , and she put them us through the usual hoops of erm , did any of them play on the roadside un unattended . |