Example sentences of "a [noun sg] i [verb] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was a child I believed my father when he said he would live to be a hundred . |
| 2 | In a dream I loosed my voice |
| 3 | What a pity I lost my hat on the way here ! ’ |
| 4 | I grab him by the lapels , and as my fingers scrabble for a hold I drop my little micro-transmitter into his breast pocket . |
| 5 | I had cleverness thrust upon me , and up to a point I learned my lesson well : the most important thing in life was to achieve . |
| 6 | For a moment I thought my accent had not been understood . |
| 7 | After a moment I lifted my head and cried , ‘ Do n't throw yourself away on an animal like him ! |
| 8 | I was very happy to hear this news , and for a moment I forgot my fears . |
| 9 | It was more than a shock I put my head in my in my hand and I remember kneeling right at this spot and just crying my heart out . |
| 10 | After a while I wound my way down to the cottages . |
| 11 | It was terrible , I 'd always been independent , or when I was n't for a while I got my own social security money . |
| 12 | I was past caring about feeling guilt and shame and everything was collapsing anyway , so I just looked straight back at her , resigned , and after a while I shook my head . |
| 13 | For a minute I thought my luck had changed and something good had happened , like Malpass had had a heart attack and I had a corpse in the back . |
| 14 | If he gave me a shagging I tried my best to get me heel of my boot down on the stair , something of that kind . |
| 15 | As a student I supplemented my grant by joining the Officer Training Corps , which not only brought me many good friends but also allowed me to participate in various outdoor activities such as abseiling , pot-holing , parachuting and canoeing . |
| 16 | Twice a week I collected my pupil from the bakery after school . |
| 17 | With a scream I hid my eyes . |
| 18 | And in a way I lost my direction too when all my lovely ideas about what I hoped to do were smashed down , leaving only a shell : a two-dimensional character instead of a many-faceted character , which would have been more interesting to watch and more interesting to do . |
| 19 | ‘ IN A WAY I OWE MY EXISTENCE to Rugby League . |
| 20 | As a tutor I teach my students to steer well clear of what I call the 4 oz syndrome , i.e. the system we were all taught years ago . |
| 21 | After a time I took my hands away from my eyes . |