Example sentences of "my [noun] [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was warm and sleepy but my master kept haranguing me : compliance seemed the easiest way out so I put on my boots , grabbed my cloak and accompanied him down to the Templar chapel . |
| 2 | The Royal Geographical Society approved my plans and made me a grant , as did the Percy Sladen Trust of the Linnean Society . |
| 3 | Yet now , ’ his look was amicable , ‘ you , Miss Kingsdale , with your haughty manner ’ her haughty manner ? ‘ wish me to at once revoke my plans and allow you to ask me endless work-orientated questions . ’ |
| 4 | It was n't until they made me squat down and then taped my wrists to my ankles and stuck me in a large sack that I accepted that it was n't going to be a truck , but a car-boot move . |
| 5 | Then suddenly a doctor walked in all dressed up in his green gown and a face mask and said , " Hello , this is it then , " and a nurse took my ankles and shoved them into some stirrups and covered me up in all this green cloth . |
| 6 | When I met Jean-Claude I found something in his face , his speech and gestures , that alerted my heart and made it a gift to him . |
| 7 | ‘ This breaks my heart and makes me very , very angry . ’ |
| 8 | It is often impossible to say what moves you in a poem ; somehow in this poem there is something that touches my heart and links me in sympathy to this Bolivian poet whom I shall never meet . |
| 9 | Now I need you to back up my story and put me in the clear . |
| 10 | He seemed very moved by my story and said he intended to write an article about it . |
| 11 | Again they swallowed my story and gave me a year 's conditional discharge . |
| 12 | She strokes my hair and soothes me like a baby . |
| 13 | This guy sitting behind me started playing with my hair and touching me up . |
| 14 | I wash my hair and leave it to dry naturally . |
| 15 | Crilly cups my face in his hands , strokes my hair and kisses me long upon the lips . |
| 16 | I submerge to re-wet my hair and stamp it down in place to stop it shredding my eyeballs . |
| 17 | Place a sundial over my grave and let me be forgotten . ’ |
| 18 | But there is , th th there is the promise in , down in verse eleven , for thus says the Lord God behold I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out . |
| 19 | I thought I might find some reasonable woman who would understand my case and accept me . ’ |
| 20 | I pulled off my shirt and threw it beyond the woodpile . |
| 21 | It swam straight into my chest and bowled me over , thank God it swam on but the adrenalin was flowing so all I could think about was what sort of picture I 'd got . |
| 22 | ‘ ' So I pour seven whiskies , hand them out , then wander off to stab each of the captives with my foot and check they 're still awake . |
| 23 | Shall I to him make know as yet my change and give him to partake full happiness with me ? |
| 24 | I feel in my pocket for my money and pull it out . |
| 25 | The receptionist took my money and locked it in a drawer of the desk , then stood up . |
| 26 | A woman would come from time to time and take my money and bring me clothes and food . |
| 27 | ‘ Certainly , ’ he said , as if he had never seen me before , took my money and gave me a ticket . |
| 28 | ‘ Basically they are simple — you obey my wishes and prevent me being too overworked — ’ |
| 29 | Periodically I went down into the warmth below , to write up my notes and check them over against the ship 's design plans , which Nils had produced for me before going off with Iain to talk to the Navy Yard people . |
| 30 | The blade glided easily over my skin and left it very smooth . |