Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The granny table where I ate my toast was now a cocktail cabinet , with studded plastic , three high stools , a Manhattan skyline of siphons and shakers . |
| 2 | I dried off the needle and dropped it into the metal box where I carried my suture materials , scalpels and blades . |
| 3 | Where I made my mistake was in not checking back with his number in Freiburg at the edge of the Black Forest . |
| 4 | Leaving the main building at bedtime , I walked back through the old walled garden , the churchyard , and down the grassy lane to the cottage annexe where I had my room . |
| 5 | where I showed my hand too soon , |
| 6 | Do n't you remember that lunch we had , where I lost my temper ? |
| 7 | ‘ Where I spend my time people do n't bother . ’ |
| 8 | where I did my placement . |
| 9 | By train to Bologna ( where I bought my hiking boots ) , by truck to Rovereto ; thenceforward we moved in daily spurts of twenty or twenty-five miles , always accompanied or monitored , from village to village , farm to farm , on foot , by cart , in preposterous automobiles . |
| 10 | I go to the pub a bit , but I have n't got the money , or I see my boyfriend , or I keep my mam company . " |
| 11 | I go to the pub a bit , but I have n't got the money , or I see my boyfriend , or I keep my mam company . " |
| 12 | Same when I 'm , when I 'm in Italy , I , I ca n't speak Italian very well , but when I 'm there a week , I pick up words very quickly and although I know my grammar is n't perfect , I can form sentences in a way that people do understand me , . |
| 13 | Again , although I felt my ability allowed me to play well enough , I think my lack of live experience held me back a bit , and it was n't until the gig with Whitesnake that I felt totally comfortable with the situation . ’ |
| 14 | Although I knew my way to the shelter very well , I almost got lost this time . |
| 15 | ‘ Although I pity my wife , I do not feel under any obligation to remain faithful to her . |
| 16 | " Although I did my utmost to preserve an emotional detachment " , he writes , " I found again and again that the material under my hands was strangely alive ; it spoke to my condition in the most uncanny way . " |
| 17 | ‘ Although I terminated my business , I had to keep the photocopier going , ’ says Anne Orchardson . |
| 18 | ‘ I am a registered general nurse and , although I love my work , it depresses me at times to have to work shifts , both day and night . |
| 19 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
| 20 | But you who knew me , pass on these words : that I squandered my youth for my country , that while the ship was fighting I kept to my post up in the cross trees and , when she sank-I went down with her . ’ ’ |
| 21 | It 's not so much that , it 's that I prefer my cooking to your cooking . |
| 22 | We were expected to follow the lessons in our Bibles , with the result that I knew my way about the Bible very competently . |
| 23 | None of my previous assistants has ever suggested that I change my style of management , and I can assure you that I have no intention of starting now . |
| 24 | I felt like murmuring the verses about Judas going out and hanging himself , and that he should go and do likewise , but Benjamin looked so quietly pleased with himself that I bit my tongue . |
| 25 | So splendid that I declare my godchild is an absolute motto . ’ |
| 26 | You will think that I hate my husband . |
| 27 | ‘ The TV crew on The Darling Buds Of May know that I hate my backside , so they 're always making little comments , ’ she revealed in an exclusive interview . |
| 28 | It was not until last year that I achieved my ambition to sail there . |
| 29 | Then I went out and bought some anaesthetic spray and applied it , but the pain was so excruciating that I thought my foot would fall off . |
| 30 | It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 . |