Example sentences of "my [noun sg] was [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My driver was under the impression that I had instructed him to break the world land-speed record . |
| 2 | I 'm sitting there , my foot was near the toilet , all you see was this big claws come out digging into my toe there 's me aargh ! you stupid She 's mad ! |
| 3 | The block is three storeys high and my apartment was on the second floor . |
| 4 | Did I mention , by the way , that my money was on the Croat to win the Men 's Singles ? |
| 5 | There 'd be just us two , see cos all the others they was out , my sister was on the round |
| 6 | In fact , my level was under the lowest measurement given , which is 3.1 . |
| 7 | My jaw was on the carriage floor the first time I took the train to Mallaig . |
| 8 | My car was in the air , flying … |
| 9 | My cell was on the ground floor — slightly below the level of the ground , in fact , so that the window had afforded me , on occasion , a view of a warder 's waist , belt , keys , and truncheon , as he marched by . |
| 10 | Parents ( and much of my work was in the poorer areas of the inner city ) were better informed . |
| 11 | Because I was joking I 'd said to her erm about er , you know my daddy right is er you know , th right , you know mum and daddy lived in Edinburgh and I was saying that my daddy was about the fees in erm Gleneagles , my daddy 's er , a member of Gleneagles |
| 12 | My body was in the dining-room . |
| 13 | So well , I always remember it cos my missus was in the White Hart , she was telling me about it . |
| 14 | My room was over the back door and it squeaked like a murdered rat . |
| 15 | My room was on the landward side of Chapuis , so in any case I could not have watched the schooner depart . |
| 16 | Yes , I 'm a resident of Standlake and erm my husband was on the working party for Standlake when this was last proposed . |
| 17 | My husband was in the fields and he saw them blow up our new house . |
| 18 | Mm , I came to Harlow with my parents , when my husband was in the Air Force |
| 19 | : My husband was in the Royal Air Force and we were living in a flat in Singapore . |
| 20 | My back was to the wind which whistled coldly in the wire frame of my spectacles and cracked the loose folds of my robe . |
| 21 | I learned to use humour against violence ; when my back was against the wall and the bullies were bearing down , some inner voice would lash out with wit enough to take the wind from the sails of my antagonists . |
| 22 | I hit the door handle and did a dip and shuffle so that my head was below the knife slash arc and made an undignified but unscathed exit , taking the keys with me . |
| 23 | I do n't think it 's necessary to portray and try and show the poverty and primitiveness , my emphasis was on the close-knit family units and the craft of these people . ’ |
| 24 | My name was on the label . |
| 25 | COCOA CHANEL : ’ Wish my name was on the label , darling ’ ! |
| 26 | My wife was in the bathroom . ’ |
| 27 | That time my father was on the deck giving a dramatic blow by blow account of Dunkirk , which was overheard by a family from Stoke-on-Trent who promptly dived for their life jackets . |
| 28 | Later , we learned my father was on the plane . |
| 29 | ‘ When my father was at the camp at Spittal , another Ukrainian looked after him . |
| 30 | My father was in the army , we were living in the country , and she stayed and worked in London . |