Example sentences of "[pron] i [vb mod] [verb] my " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Why does everybody tell me I ought to watch my drinking when they 're all so busy watching it for me ?
2 " Please excuse me I must begin my work . "
3 My abuelito tells me I must call my baby Constanza if it is a girl . ’
4 He told me I 'd lose my job if I go . ’
5 Also , if you purchase a machine from me I will do my best to help you find some new sites .
6 If you free me I will acknowledge my debt and keep going .
7 ‘ I would n't seek him out , but if by mischance he should loom up before me I should waggle my fingers at him . ’
8 Against : almost nothing I can put my finger on , except that it 's a darned expensive guitar and I expected it to justify its price by being inspiring — which , for all of us who tried it , it somehow failed to be .
9 ‘ Well , physically there 's nothing I can put my finger on .
10 I picked up a pair of combat boots from a pile in the corner , found some laces , and looked at the other people wondering with whom I could swop my uniform .
11 I sat in the café as the rain showed no sign of letting up and drew up a short list of people I had met with whom I could air my perplexity .
12 It is a terrible , solitary kind of life , whereby I can not for instance have people with whom I can discuss my writing , unless I leave the country and meet people like Bessie Head , who died , or Buchi Emecheta and Ama Ata Aidoo .
13 Since I 'm obviously the cause of them I 'll do my best to keep out of your way . ’
14 Well I I I would express my support for Mr and for Mr on widening the scope erm to include because clearly national policy talks about public transport generally and not just rail .
15 Er but obviously I I would need my own transport .
16 I thought that at last I 'd found someone I could share my life with .
17 [ to BELVILLE ] May I never survive one moment that fatal one in which I shall forfeit my innocence .
18 He said : ‘ If I 'm deciding whom I want to live with for 50 years — well , that 's the last decision in which I would want my head to be entirely ruled by my heart ’ .
19 If I start listing all the factors which I would like my friend to have , I would be here until next year !
20 I grew a little apprehensive when she informed me that I would see witches and some ugly things , after which I would see my grandfather and other long-dead relatives .
21 Whatever the outcome of those particular appeals ( in which I should declare my professional interest as representative of both Dr Colman and the journalists ) it seems inevitable that English courts , indirectly influenced by Europe , will eventually develop coherent constitutional and legal principles to review the substance of administrative decisions .
22 That is a good point on which I can give my hon. Friend not only a specific example , but an assurance .
23 There is no way in which I can match my hon. Friend 's colourful eloquence .
24 But now I 'm more together , I 've a whole lot of other areas in which I can express my feelings , I just hope the songs wo n't lose anything .
25 Unfortunately the only way in which I can fulfil my interest is to work .
26 As I said at the beginning of this essay , the only way in which I can fulfil my interest is to work : — and so I do .
27 No , thank you I 'll have my supper when I get home .
28 Well if you 're all the way over there and I 'm talking to you I can hear my voice more .
29 ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’
30 Without you I 'd spend my summers picking morosely over the remains of train crashes .
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