Example sentences of "[prep] my [noun] [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I was growing up , I never thought about my looks and I never seem to get used to talking about my features . |
| 2 | Said one : ‘ I lied about my birth but I realised I was different and always coming top of the class did not help . ’ |
| 3 | I 'm much more confident about my ability and I have learned a lot . |
| 4 | I make one remark about my life and it reverberates right through every else I do . |
| 5 | I dreamt about my nan and I woke up and I was crying . |
| 6 | ‘ I told my family about my plan and I told Greta , my wife . |
| 7 | But he said , I said it as a joke when she was asking me about my flying and I said I do n't do as much flying as I 'd like to , I 've , I 've got a wife to support and she takes all the money . |
| 8 | I kept telling myself that it was n't likely , that the man who shot at me could n't have known anything about my boat or he would n't have asked about my car , that I 'd met no one else on the entire expedition , and that if ever a place could be described as lonely and unvisited , it was Winter Marsh in mid-October . |
| 9 | He 's about my height but he 's filled out a bit since he came here and he has a kind of stoop now which makes him look smaller and older than he is . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ I was happy about my time but I have to admit that I walked the last two or three miles after I hit what they call ‘ the wall ’ . |
| 11 | I like to read about my time and it was only really in the style magazines that I could get in touch with people of my generation — black or white . |
| 12 | ‘ The force of the blast ripped the buckle off my watch and I still have some bits of shrapnel inside me , which will make their way out . ’ |
| 13 | I spend a lot of time with a lot of girls , it 's my job , I do n't want one of them to run her fingers through my hair and it come away in in her hand you know that 's |
| 14 | So I applied for my discharge and it was granted . |
| 15 | ‘ There was a butler , a cook , a pantry maid , a nanny for my sister and me and one or two dailies , ’ Kleinwort says of his childhood in Sussex . |
| 16 | that came in my head and all I wan na do if money you can to I wan na love you , for my heart and you make me a brand new woman , you make me ha , you wan na |
| 17 | A rock jutted out which others had grabbed as they swung down , but as I tried to do the same there was no edge below for my feet and I whimpered pathetically dangling on the end of the rope . |
| 18 | John Larmuth had tentatively offered the use of the trust 's Land Rover for my trip and I was going to discuss this with him . |
| 19 | I do , I like , do you think I could have a copy of anything you 've got to date because lying in my desk this morning is something I have to prepare a briefing note for my chairman and I was thinking about that recent one , but I could n't put my hand on it Robert , absolutely updated on exactly where we are . |
| 20 | Look , I was looking for my pen and it was there all along . |
| 21 | For all the senator 's affability he was a proud man and I knew he had humbled himself to ask for my help and I also knew I could not refuse him . |
| 22 | ‘ I was always proud to play for my country and I 'm baffled why I should have been omitted in the first place , for the linesman incident was trivial . |
| 23 | So I said I was tired of waiting for the money for my things and she can collect it from the students and have it when it came . |
| 24 | Erm there are networks throughout the U K and Europe erm for my company and I have to make sure that er all the telecommunication systems are up and running . |
| 25 | A nurse came in and asked for my X-rays and I remembered I had forgotten them . |
| 26 | And she said , I tried to get that father- in-law there , she says , and I tried to get that for my daughter and I could n't find , could n't get it . |
| 27 | This might have been all very well for my ego but it put me in the position of a complete novice , with my boss listening critically from the platform to everything I said on his behalf . |
| 28 | One day I rang Charing Cross for my results and she said my levels were elevated . |
| 29 | The power supply is a ‘ must ’ for my benchwork but I am stuck . |
| 30 | ‘ I had , ’ said Rosalind , hurrying in , ‘ but I stopped at the post-office to get a stamp for my letter and it was closed and the wretched stamp-machine was empty . |