Example sentences of "[coord] i [verb] [adv] my " in BNC.
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1 | Or I bring out my mates . |
2 | He would also give those away , and I remember when my poor father died he brought down one , if not two , lovely lilies which Mother put in a slender silver vase . |
3 | There have been no fresh falls of snow and I know where my dogs could rouse a fine hart . ’ |
4 | I took off the yellow waistcoat with its white lining and hung it on a hanger , and I took off my shoes , but rather like George I still felt myself to be on duty , so I switched off the light and lay on top of the bedclothes watching the black Canadian land slide by , while the free northern show went on above for hours in the sky . |
5 | By that time the sun was well up , and I took off my jacket to lay it with my bags and binoculars . |
6 | I went for an audition to his flat , and I took along my little piece of paper and music score and everything . |
7 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
8 | And I felt very glad I 'd come out and I lifted up my head a bit and let the rain come on to my face and I thought ‘ rainwater 's good for the skin anyway ’ . |
9 | I was dialling it when I heard the door of Flat 2 open and I glanced over my shoulder to see Fenella , who had added pyjama trousers to her stripey shirt , and Lisabeth , in an ankle-length woollen dressing-gown , creeping down the stairs like they were doing a commercial for a new edition of A. A. Milne books . |
10 | He sweeps under the bench I 'm sitting on , and I lift up my feet so he can sweep under them . |
11 | I 'd bought two bottles of cider and I went down my friend 's house and I had two neat vodkas and two vodka-and-limes and I got drunk . |
12 | He moved away , and I put on my strained smile again for the next patiently waiting customer . |
13 | I chose a time when I knew the Trunchbull was out of the way teaching the sixth-formers , and I put up my hand and asked to go to the bogs . |
14 | We made camp that night in a clearing in the woods , and I put up my tent in what appeared to be a large sandpit , in the vague hope that perhaps the mozzies might not like it . |
15 | They jumped out excitedly and I picked up my pen to record what they said . |
16 | So , when the house is full , and my husband 's away , and I give up my room to some guest like your Rainbow 's Aunt Goldie — I spend the night in my father 's study , and reading all the texts that were n't written for the eyes of women . |
17 | D. A. I was on a school-crossing duty for disabled children and I held up my hand for a motor cyclist to stop and he rode right past me . |
18 | And I remembered how my father had once interfered when Bobby 's wife Ena had lost her temper with one of her sons . |
19 | ‘ I am a teacher of English at a school in Cologne and I gave up my job at the end of March and returned to England . ’ |
20 | I went into Diary and I printed out my appointments for next week . |
21 | ‘ A good dealer gives a service — everything I sell is in perfect condition and I buy back my stuff if need be . ’ |
22 | And I handed over my day timing , now bear in mind this is all in pencil , and she looked at the schedule for May and said you 're not real busy this month , you know , you can take some time off . |
23 | I was wearing the King 's ring , but I took off my Rassendyll family ring and gave it to her . |
24 | I du n no if I got lOp , but I pull out my change anyhow . |
25 | Now in those days you never got an album deal from a record company unless you had a hit single , but I made up my mind that the sort of stuff he had would make a very good album , so I went to Decca with that view in mind , trying to get an album deal , and did get a deal for him . |
26 | It was a great disappointment but I made up my mind there and then that it would be different next term . |
27 | But I made up my mind not to move until the battle was over . |
28 | He said : ‘ You miss it coming up to the time , but I made up my mind some time ago to call it quits . |
29 | I pulled the life-jacket inflation toggle and was very thankful to hear it and feel it inflating — but I realised immediately my suit zip was n't fully up , freezing water was seeping into it ’ . |
30 | The door was locked but I got out my key and let myself in . |