Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] my father " in BNC.

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1	I was often called Hamlet because I so resembled my father 's appearance in his most famous film , the ‘ Coronation ’ Hamlet , so named because it had been released in Coronation year .
2	My main subsequent regret is that I only knew my father from the perspective of parent to child and not from that of adult ( parent ) to adult ( son ) whence different qualities and traits of personality come to be appreciated .
3	I suddenly heard my father 's voice telling me that all acting is mere imitation .
4	I never saw anything , I just heard my father telling my mother — ’ She broke off abruptly , one hand rising guiltily to her mouth .
5	" I always obey my father without question as I did today , and all I ask is that you help me to continue to do that . "
6	I always liked my father 's weird parcels —
7	I hardly knew my father . ’
8	A good War , with all the right ingredients and a more spectacular ending than most ( I even had my father asking me what all the explosions and the fire had been about , when I got back to the house that evening ) , but too long ago .
9	Yet I never knew my father when he lived there — only the stories Mrs Appleby used to tell me about his childhood .
10	I was brought up in a pit village near Bishop Auckland and I never knew my father .
11	I never knew my father , or indeed who he was .
12	I never thought my father stood much of a chance of survival , whatever I did .
13	I never told my father , but my mother said , ‘ Try it , you are young , and if it does n't work out , you can go back to school .
14	‘ I could not have my revenge on those sub-human creatures who actually killed my father , but I swore to myself that I would find the British Judas who had betrayed him and have revenge . ’
15	They really hate my father — they 'd do anything to get at him . ’
16	They simply told my father to hurry up and put his jacket on .

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