Example sentences of "my [noun] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cool water is around my ankles as I sit on the bank , basking in the warm sunshine . |
| 2 | Yeah well I I remember it was more a it was more or less like a feeling of physical revulsion er I felt erm on occasions like that , partly because of the person but partly because it was a bit of an imposition on on my on my intimacy as it were y'know erm so er |
| 3 | Maria Luisa is not in my heart as you think . |
| 4 | He describes his other grandmother as ‘ a wee frail woman ’ in a mob cap , smoking a long clay pipe and ‘ stroking my hair as I lay down at her feet with my head in her lap ’ , while her railwayman husband also ‘ had a great liking for me , and when he could spring to a halfpenny or an apple or some nuts for ‘ whiteheaded Benny ’ , he did it , Once he gave me a shining white metal watchguard ’ , a symbol of work efficiency which he wore proudly to school , ‘ swanking ’ with it hung across my chest . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm over eighteen , Patsy , ’ Ellie replied , ‘ and I can wear my hair as I want . ’ |
| 6 | The loss of my sister was not entirely beyond my comprehension as it was beyond that of my other sisters . |
| 7 | BELVILLE : Only I know that sparkling lustre , or I should have some fear for my Pamela as she grows older . |
| 8 | Come down and snooze in a garden when I am a dragon , an ocean-lurking , sky-flying free dragon ; when the mother wind that keeps the world spinning caresses my scales as I fly across the moon and bring warnings and hopes to the fiery heart of the world ; when I can dance aloft at dawn , so that the rising sun turns my every scale to a pure diamond and the tides and rhythms of the oceans slow down in delight . |
| 9 | Something tightened in my chest as I remembered the two days since I saw Toby last . |
| 10 | ‘ Jaz ’ laughed and ‘ accidentally ’ trod on my foot as he made his way to take his first throw . |
| 11 | I stamp my foot as I do n't want claw scrape-marks on my flesh and they convulse into defensive irate yodelling . |
| 12 | But you see it only becomes my experience as I exercise the faith that God has given to me . |
| 13 | So erm I 'm hoping to be able to do it , just off what I can do , m my experience as it is like . |
| 14 | At the end of the afternoon 's events the Head makes an emotional speech praising my athleticism , my versatility , my stamina and my humility as he kneels at my feet to present me with the ‘ School 's Outstanding Sportsperson of the Decade ’ award . |
| 15 | I knew Brian understood my decision as I understood his . |
| 16 | And Dr Magruder will sometimes glitter potently in my direction as I make the rounds . |
| 17 | I could feel the different textures of wood , gravel and asphalt racing beneath my fingers as they came to rest on the road , and was terrified of a car coming up the cul-de-sac and smashing my hand . |
| 18 | Suzie touches my fingers as I leave her . |
| 19 | I smile at Ma and my sister as I totter towards the compost heap beyond the garden shed . |
| 20 | I can only remember listening as a child 's body was carried down the stairs of my husband 's house , and the way the moon came into my kitchen as I listened . |
| 21 | The little girl seems to have forgotten the incident and stops feeding her new doll to return my wave as we leave the dining room . |
| 22 | I almost feel as if I have gone on getting to know and understand her after she died , and have done my mourning as I go , whereas with my father the relationship was perfect and complete and ended with his death . ' |
| 23 | I ground my teeth as I watched her crawl back into the machinery . |
| 24 | I kept looking at my watch as we drew through twilit streets . |
| 25 | I glanced at my watch as we headed for the stairs . |
| 26 | The smell of burning plastic stayed in my nose and the bright glare of the burning mixture danced in my eyes as I hurried to the next hole , glancing at my watch as I did so . |
| 27 | I checked my watch as I dialled : 9.15 , which meant the admin shift should be into their first tea-break by now . |
| 28 | Could you assist me in identifying the Video chip on my computer as I am a little confused . |
| 29 | I wafted down the face and traced out an elegant arc with my bottom turn , squirting a fountain of spume from my rail as I flew back up and pirouetted on the lip . |
| 30 | Harry 's breath felt like the blast from a sauna door against the back of my neck as he cropped pungent cedar shoots along the way . |