Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
| 2 | But you who knew me , pass on these words : that I squandered my youth for my country , that while the ship was fighting I kept to my post up in the cross trees and , when she sank-I went down with her . ’ ’ |
| 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 | He seems to have known enough about ordinary medicine — and perhaps still have had the contacts within the profession — to make sure that I got my inoculations and injections at the correct times in my life , despite my official non-existence as far as the National Health Service is concerned . |
| 5 | I got back to work , by which I mean that I got my papers and notes out , and then sat looking at them for what seemed like a dreary lifetime , and was really probably only twenty minutes . |
| 6 | I felt like murmuring the verses about Judas going out and hanging himself , and that he should go and do likewise , but Benjamin looked so quietly pleased with himself that I bit my tongue . |
| 7 | It was from there that I began my efforts to enquire into the operation of the judicial system in the area . |
| 8 | I hope that I chose my words with some care ; I do not want to add to them . |
| 9 | It was not until last year that I achieved my ambition to sail there . |
| 10 | Then I went out and bought some anaesthetic spray and applied it , but the pain was so excruciating that I thought my foot would fall off . |
| 11 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 12 | It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 . |
| 13 | I received it , along with her idea for making a Christmas fairy , just in time for the festive season and I 'm pleased to say that I made my fairy thanks to Mrs Sall and the post office . |
| 14 | It was then that I made my mind up . |
| 15 | Not content with claiming that I ended up in jail , many people have been led to believe that I murdered my wife , who , I can state categorically , is still living in Selly Oak , Birmingham . |
| 16 | I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’ |
| 17 | My difficulty in breathing was such that I clutched my throat . |
| 18 | What she did n't know , of course , was that I finished my work a few days ahead of that schedule , and was not here when you — in the guise of your sister , ’ he inserted gently , ‘ arrived . ’ |
| 19 | That was that , for if I now refused my mother would see to it that I regretted my foolishness . |
| 20 | Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September . |
| 21 | I wish , silently , that I had my Trangia . |
| 22 | that I had my perm , and you know how it 's dead |
| 23 | And used to happen twice a year and erm sometimes somebody 'd remember my birthday or find that I had my birthday or and at Christmas time we used to get some money . |
| 24 | Because I knew that I had my weaknesses , perhaps that is the reason that I was not more successful . |
| 25 | Then Holmes checked with me that I had my gun , an army revolver . |
| 26 | I felt relieved that I had my scar from the fight at the summer party and so looked the same as everybody else — I was afraid of appearing different or clever which meant that I would be noticed by the Corporals and picked on by all the others . |
| 27 | At this distance in time , I can not pretend that I had my doubts about its merits : what I did dwell on was a certain psychological subtlety in retailing the author 's love-life , though in terms which today would he considered ludicrously niminy-piminy . |
| 28 | Now that I had my dolls and their dolls ' houses , I set about playing with them with the greatest pleasure , and when I visited Wood Green I shut my eyes to some of the realities . |
| 29 | The first is that I felt my battle to be with authority , whether in the form of teachers , matrons , parents , or even nature itself . |
| 30 | So you do see , do n't you , that I felt my hands were tied ? ’ |