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 .
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