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 . |