Example sentences of "my [noun] [conj] [vb base] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Now I need you to back up my story and put me in the clear . |
| 3 | I wash my hair and leave it to dry naturally . |
| 4 | I submerge to re-wet my hair and stamp it down in place to stop it shredding my eyeballs . |
| 5 | Place a sundial over my grave and let me be forgotten . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I thought I might find some reasonable woman who would understand my case and accept me . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ ' 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 . |
| 9 | Shall I to him make know as yet my change and give him to partake full happiness with me ? |
| 10 | I feel in my pocket for my money and pull it out . |
| 11 | A woman would come from time to time and take my money and bring me clothes and food . |
| 12 | ‘ Basically they are simple — you obey my wishes and prevent me being too overworked — ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ The computers as usual , I suppose , but you 'd better ring my solicitors and ask them to cable you the cash . |
| 15 | Our house is only a flat , it 's not very long , and from the time it took my sister to leave me , go to the kitchen and tell my mum and bring her back , the baby was in my arms . |
| 16 | If it were , the day would come when the man behind the shining table lamp would toss a fountain pen in my direction and tell me to sign a piece of paper , and I would say , what the hell , why not ? |
| 17 | I picked up my knitting and put it away . |
| 18 | I caught it , held it in my fingers and put it out of the window . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm afraid I have to grit my teeth and say I 'm closer to Gyles and Jeffrey . ’ |
| 20 | I got sick of this , so I brought an old alarm clock and hung it around my neck and set it to go off at the moment he walked in one day . |
| 21 | It was decided that he should leave next day for London and that I should stop on and finish my baths and meet him in Paris . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll ring my lawyer and have you sued for libel . ’ |
| 23 | Give 'em all my autograph that write me . ’ |
| 24 | I might as well just save my pound and give it to whoever fucking wins that thing cos I 've never won it . |
| 25 | I wanted to put it to my mouth and eat it but as I watched , small dark spots began to appear on the surface . |
| 26 | ‘ Just take these other duties off my shoulders and give me a day a week for the next year to attend a decent training course so that I can master it , and I 'm yours . ’ |
| 27 | I 'll just nip back to my car and fetch them . ’ |
| 28 | I 'll get my car and run you back to your hotel . |
| 29 | When it 's been a bad time and we sulk and grunt and ignore each other , I close my eyes and remember it all . ’ |
| 30 | Even if you 'd been arrest if I put my eyes and rest them on you . |