Example sentences of "that i [verb] my " in BNC.

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1 It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me !
2 It was on one of these weekend trips to Regina that I wrote my first outside interview for the paper — an interview with John Philip Sousa .
3 But you who knew me , pass on these words : that I squandered my youth for my country , that while the ship was fighting I kept to my post up in the cross trees and , when she sank-I went down with her . ’ ’
4 It 's not so much that , it 's that I prefer my cooking to your cooking .
5 We were expected to follow the lessons in our Bibles , with the result that I knew my way about the Bible very competently .
6 None of my previous assistants has ever suggested that I change my style of management , and I can assure you that I have no intention of starting now .
7 It was much later that I realized my subconscious tendency towards preferring complicated solutions , merely to demonstrate my clever mental logic .
8 The monitoring process , until eventually I work out that I get my two sales .
9 I got back to work , by which I mean that I got my papers and notes out , and then sat looking at them for what seemed like a dreary lifetime , and was really probably only twenty minutes .
10 He seems to have known enough about ordinary medicine — and perhaps still have had the contacts within the profession — to make sure that I got my inoculations and injections at the correct times in my life , despite my official non-existence as far as the National Health Service is concerned .
11 You did n't tell him that I got my
12 I felt like murmuring the verses about Judas going out and hanging himself , and that he should go and do likewise , but Benjamin looked so quietly pleased with himself that I bit my tongue .
13 It was from there that I began my efforts to enquire into the operation of the judicial system in the area .
14 It is now time , however , that I eat my words .
15 So splendid that I declare my godchild is an absolute motto . ’
16 ‘ The TV crew on The Darling Buds Of May know that I hate my backside , so they 're always making little comments , ’ she revealed in an exclusive interview .
17 You will think that I hate my husband .
18 I hope that I chose my words with some care ; I do not want to add to them .
19 It was not until last year that I achieved my ambition to sail there .
20 Then I went out and bought some anaesthetic spray and applied it , but the pain was so excruciating that I thought my foot would fall off .
21 When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change .
22 But the old market square was still there , the ferry to North Shields ; Ocean Road , the Town Hall , the Library , Trow Rocks , the sands , the pier … . ft was on the pier that I made my first stumbling attempts to start writing poetry on my own again ; my very own poetry :
23 It was then that I made my mind up .
24 It was then that I made my never-to-be-forgotten answer , ‘ Mum 's lost , down the fair . ’
25 It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 .
26 It was there that I made my one and only good find , not of course taking into account the brass washout pipe plate .
27 I received it , along with her idea for making a Christmas fairy , just in time for the festive season and I 'm pleased to say that I made my fairy thanks to Mrs Sall and the post office .
28 Not content with claiming that I ended up in jail , many people have been led to believe that I murdered my wife , who , I can state categorically , is still living in Selly Oak , Birmingham .
29 Do you want to explain it — or would you prefer that I pack my bag ?
30 It was when I was fifteen or sixteen that I committed my first big offence .
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