Example sentences of "[pron] was [noun] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was godmother to my baby , and when it grew she took to it , and used to have it about her at the Castle , saying to everyone it was an orphan . |
| 2 | There was fluid in my lungs , rattling and wheezing at every breath . |
| 3 | There was ketchup on my trench coat , but it would wash off in time . |
| 4 | He admitted : ‘ There was doubt in my mind after the third round and I would have preferred to win by going head to head with Nick Price . |
| 5 | There was cramp in my neck and arms and I was so tired that it seemed almost as if a malevolent magnetism was trying to drag me to the ground . |
| 6 | There was dirt underneath my fingernails and my hangover was worse than normal , as the result of weeks of drinking throbbed through my head and churned my stomach . |
| 7 | There was kids in my door |
| 8 | But there was trouble in my family . |
| 9 | There were babies and there were children to be looked after , also Uncle Farmborough , who must in the end have become old in himself , since there was talk of my grandmother having to change his trousers . |
| 10 | And although I knew I must hide my feelings , must never allow myself to hope , I also knew that while there was breath in my body , I would always love him . |
| 11 | There was candle-light in my room , and a strange shape examining the wedding dress hanging in my cupboard . |
| 12 | And yet not that exactly , for there was fear in my heart . |
| 13 | It is pleasing that there is a large degree of support for the Southern fire station as I said it was music to my ears . |
| 14 | In 1988 a visiting colleague from the Royal Ulster Constabulary asked if it was part of my role in Systems Development Department to comment on such essays . |
| 15 | It was part of my family . |
| 16 | It was part of my job to give them a crash course . |
| 17 | It was part of my planning to use this day to catch up with the vast mound of paperwork , documentation of seizures and reports , which always accumulates after a successful revenue operation . |
| 18 | I was famous at 18 so knew early on that it was part of my job description . ’ |
| 19 | I had really long hair once , it was way past my bum and when I got my first record deal they wanted me to have it all cut off — it was a total disaster . |
| 20 | I ca n't deny a lot of it was way over my head . ’ |
| 21 | Then it was time for my paper-round , followed by school . |
| 22 | It was time for my nightcap . |
| 23 | Twelve lengths of the pool and it was time for my aquatone class — which turned out to be aerobics in water . |
| 24 | It was vanity on my part . |
| 25 | Yes it was sort of my library book 's gone down the back of my cupboard mummy ! |