Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | No longer are my positive and negative leads just hanging free about to blow a fuse or allow my personal electricity to seep away . |
| 2 | Then , after I 'd walked about a bit and done my errands I suddenly felt much better . |
| 3 | When Jo gets home from school she flies upstairs , gets a flannel and wipes my head . |
| 4 | Pulling on a sweater and wrapping my long kilt around me , I made my way towards Sheikha Grandmother 's house . |
| 5 | On Kristallnacht when we all romped and played and helped the Jews , and the fizzy shards swirled like stars or souls , and when Herta bent to wipe her lips with a pink handkerchief-before spitting my tongue out of her mouth . |
| 6 | People add a little on and eventually I have signed for a club and sold my house . |
| 7 | ‘ Sometimes I 'm so frustrated that I sit on a rock and shout my head off . |
| 8 | There are times when I go down to the beach at The Pit and I 'm the only surfer down there and I 'm so frustrated with it all that I sit on a rock and shout my head off . |
| 9 | Lying on the bed with my hair in a mess and holding my tummy . |
| 10 | I stumbled to a halt and snapped my fingers through the air . |
| 11 | ‘ I was being self-indulgent … wishing to make a confession and to beg my child 's forgiveness for abandoning him . |
| 12 | I isolate , eliminate or exaggerate parts of a scene and create my own version of the world . |
| 13 | So , when one of Ramon 's friends asked me to take a package to a friend of his in Berlin , I thought , well , I can make up that I have a job and cut my visit short because of it . |
| 14 | We were half-way through when I heard a sound that filled my heart with fear ; the tap-tapping of the blind man 's stick on the frozen road . |
| 15 | A MORTGAGE THAT RECOGNISES MY POTENTIAL |
| 16 | Time to plan a dumpbin and regain my composure … . ’ |
| 17 | But then I thought on a while and raised my finger . |
| 18 | The bus trundled out into the Avenida Generalissimo Franco , a name that made my heart sink — again the sharp , imperious police whistle — faces looking in on us from outside , where the slow-moving crowds were talking and laughing . |
| 19 | But if a matter came to a head that withdrawing my labour was the only way to resolve it , that I thought was the only way to resolve it , I 'd go out and do it again . |
| 20 | It broke my ribs , collapsed a lung and broke my spinal cord . |
| 21 | I could have navigated to In Salah , regardless of the piste , unless I stepped on a cobra or got my throat cut , but it was no use getting there alone . |
| 22 | I 'm always happy when I 'm wearing trousers and a jacket that covers my bum ! ’ |
| 23 | The Samaritans have threatened to call in the police if I do not stop pestering them with phone calls , and Alcoholics Anonymous refuse to come out for a drink and discuss my problem . |
| 24 | I 'm feeling real heavy and tired and my feet 's aching so I have a sit down on a wall and swing my legs for a bit . |
| 25 | For me , however , circumstances have changed somewhat since my first love affair with the States and my fascination has taken on a maturity that matches my years and experiences on the North American continent . |
| 26 | I lay back on the hot canvas of a recliner and closed my eyes , soaking it in . |
| 27 | Suppose I want a baby or want my IUD removed ? |
| 28 | Jordi was waiting for me outside after I had a bath and changed my clothes for dinner . |
| 29 | She should also swim for 30 minutes once a week and do my video Thighs , Tums & Bums 1-2 times a week . |
| 30 | On the way down I had my camera tied to my waist and it started to drop ; in trying to grab it I lost my balance , got my foot caught in the tree root , took a tumble and twisted my ankle . |