Example sentences of "and i [vb past] my [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Yes , and I got my other hearing-aid , and some notes — ’
2 Yeah , and he bought bought bits and that , and I got my little book , you know , my pictures in have n't I ?
3 At the end of summer there were still patches of old snow on the sheltered slopes of the Cirque des Pessons , and I wrote my first poem about Andorra :
4 He spoke to her in very precise Greek , and I heard my own name and the name of the school .
5 I was reading and no doubt seeing myself as Chopin , and I had my new book on birds beside me .
6 I was about fifteen ; I made my first record and I started playing in nightclubs and I had my first drink .
7 When we were seated facing each other again she gave me a ball of pink wool and a pair of knitting needles and I had my first lesson in how to knit properly without dropping stitches .
8 He was quite near , jostling among the spectators , and I had my first close look at the wild-eyed little goblin who had plagued me .
9 When I reached the pit bottom , there was approximately three feet of water at the pit bottom and I had my first experience of water in the mines .
10 Excepting for German reconnaissance aircraft which shadowed the convoy and a number of abortive U-boat attacks , we all arrived safely and I had my first run ashore in a foreign country .
11 Now we did not have to sit on the edge of the bed — a much wider bed — because there were two chairs , and I had my own shower and facilities for making coffee and snacks .
12 I saw clouds passing swiftly by and I sensed my own movement in another time and space .
13 and I took my hundred and twenty five off
14 She seated me on her right , and I made my first direct pass as soon as we sat down .
15 ‘ At Bulawayo we had 45,000 crowds for club games and I made my international debut at 14 , so I was n't that ‘ wowed ’ to arrive in England . ’
16 She went into the bathroom and I made my own supper by slicing some of the foul cheese and shoving it between two slices of greased plastic bread .
17 When we made love that day in your room , and I experienced my own frailty , it shook me .
18 It was the first time that I had run a 60 metres in years and I improved my personal best to 6.63 seconds , which I was pleased with — but not so happy , obviously , to lose to Lincoln by one-hundredth of a second .
19 She needed one or two things doing to her , and I spent my short leaves at Easter and Whitsun re-painting her and making her seaworthy .
20 And I smoked my last cigarette years ago right here in Sheffield , England . ’
21 She wiped her eyes with her dainty lace handkerchief and I wiped my own on the back of my hand .
22 His face shrank into lines of hostility and I felt my right knee twitching with anger inside my trouser-leg .
23 But the path took me back into darkness and I felt my first real twinge of panic .
24 We arrived home at last on April 13th , 1702 , and I saw my dear wife and children again .
25 Crossbills and red squirrels showered stripped pinecones around me , and I saw my first crested tits , trapezing in the canopy .
26 Anyway , he was beginning to get under my skin and I hoped my burning face was n't too obvious .
27 The teams praises were duly sung and I drew my fair share of the applause .
28 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 .
29 The current was starting to tip the canoe over and I began to panic as the boat was filling up rapidly and I tried my best to bail it out with my hands but had little success .
30 The gentlemen of the orchestra chorused their usual soft whistles of approval and I did my usual twirl , deep curtsey and , ‘ Good evening , gentlemen . ’
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