Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] i [verb] 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 is as a stranger that I greet my own self , and see it as an unknown fellow traveller through time . |
| 6 | ‘ Luckily , I 'm a big fan so I knew my stuff and , gradually , Madonna softened . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I like the physical aspect of British football and I feel my game is suited to the Premier League . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Well , for me , I reckon I can run and swim , and make out on the shooting if I put my mind to it , but the riding — well — I do n't know about the riding . ’ |
| 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 | Well , actually I left school , I think it was the either tenth or eleventh of November nineteen thirty one and I went straight into the Transport Department and I think my record will show that I actually started there on the twelfth of November nineteen thirty one . |
| 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 | I th stick to my former line I think that we 've all had a look at this , er we , I believe it 's a useful , serviceable instrument and I rest my case . |
| 13 | ‘ My father , Leslie , was his agent and I remember my father screaming down the phone at Joseph , usually about money ! |
| 14 | A bite now is hardly ever missed and I am confident of landing even big fish on this gear if I take my time about it . |
| 15 | The old man turned the key and I saw my chance . |
| 16 | ‘ I make my living and I support my mother ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I have n't slept under a roof since I started my journey . ’ |
| 18 | I looked at her card as I did my hair . |
| 19 | He was petrified with fear as I held my knife in front of him . |
| 20 | I was rather disappointed with slip stitch when I bought my first machine . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I know I 'm no end of a brute , and roar like a bear when I lose my temper , but there 's no need to be quite so distressed by my presence . |
| 24 | I 'd sworn at my thick sweater when I packed my bag in the Laura Ashley room , but I 'd be needing it soon . |
| 25 | My fish is quite tame and I hand feed him , although as he ( or she ) gets larger I will stop this practice as I value my fingers . |
| 26 | But it was in Colchester Park that I had my first lesson in conservation in microcosm , if you like . |
| 27 | Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September . |
| 28 | It was through the OTC that I met my future husband , Eric , who was at that time a permanent staff instructor . |
| 29 | I started — and still do — in a field that I call my Chagall field because Chagall once painted one exactly like it . |
| 30 | ‘ In the same battle that I lost my leg , old Pew lost his sight . |