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 . |