Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i [vb past] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | One evening as I was nearing Farr 's entrance , I was running , tripped , with the result that I banged my head on the pavement . |
| 2 | Advanced age had by now somewhat mellowed my mother , with the result that I enjoyed my visits to the palace , for when the subject was other than myself she could be stimulating and amusing company . |
| 3 | We were expected to follow the lessons in our Bibles , with the result that I knew my way about the Bible very competently . |
| 4 | ‘ Bear in mind that I gave my evidence after Blissett had been charged by the FA for a serious breach of the laws of the game — and the experienced commission of inquiry , which conducted a rigorous investigation into the incident , cleared him . |
| 5 | It was on one of these weekend trips to Regina that I wrote my first outside interview for the paper — an interview with John Philip Sousa . |
| 6 | ‘ Luckily , I 'm a big fan so I knew my stuff and , gradually , Madonna softened . ’ |
| 7 | Tony said no , Jamie finished with Neil and I got my flowers |
| 8 | , I 'm on antibiotics cos I got my . |
| 9 | Once we 'd established that nothing had been left behind Emily went off to catch a bus and I decided that no one would mind if I popped my head round the doors of the suite of rooms which George had occupied . |
| 10 | However , it was not for me to tell him how to treat his advisers , and half an hour later three civil servants arrived with their notebooks whereupon I dictated my suggestions to them . |
| 11 | Oh and I happened to be standing in the back kitchen you know and I got hold of this saucepan and I picked my little brother up and put him under my arm in case he got hurt and I oh I belted my father from his head to his feet with the saucepan . |
| 12 | The old man turned the key and I saw my chance . |
| 13 | Hassan , who was usually with him in Abu Dhabi as well as England , manoeuvred into the rear seat of the Mercedes and I took my place beside the young son who had long since graduated into a licensed driver . |
| 14 | ‘ I have n't slept under a roof since I started my journey . ’ |
| 15 | Well I feel erm really that we should have a little bit more compassion amongst ourselves as women and when I had my first child I had a very good friend who went through the pregnancy with me who is waiting for a child to arrive by adoption , and she had the baby a couple of months after I had my baby . |
| 16 | I looked at her card as I did my hair . |
| 17 | He was petrified with fear as I held my knife in front of him . |
| 18 | I was rather disappointed with slip stitch when I bought my first machine . |
| 19 | I was enjoying Oxford so much that I sometimes forgot that moment in Clare 's bedroom when I made my decision about my future vocation . |
| 20 | Thirty pairs of eyes stared with unwavering concentration as I dipped my hand into the all-too-familiar breakfast of slightly sour rice and salted fish . |
| 21 | I 'd sworn at my thick sweater when I packed my bag in the Laura Ashley room , but I 'd be needing it soon . |
| 22 | But it was in Colchester Park that I had my first lesson in conservation in microcosm , if you like . |
| 23 | Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September . |
| 24 | It was through the OTC that I met my future husband , Eric , who was at that time a permanent staff instructor . |
| 25 | Prices ( including flights ) based on the Taj Holiday Village where I stayed my first week start at £566 per person for seven days ' bed and breakfast ( £738 for fourteen days ) . |
| 26 | It was also in May that I started my new programme of intensive stretching exercises and aerobics . |
| 27 | ‘ In the same battle that I lost my leg , old Pew lost his sight . |
| 28 | I was about fifteen ; I made my first record and I started playing in nightclubs and I had my first drink . |
| 29 | My hands are real cold cos I lost my gloves and my fingers wo n't work proper — they 're all sort of numb . |
| 30 | May if I changed my name to The Pierce Turner or Pierce And The Turners I might get played . |