Example sentences of "i [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can I make my tapwater safe for my fish ? |
| 2 | Shall I make my bed first ? . |
| 3 | How could I make my visualization more ‘ humane ’ ? |
| 4 | Treason , Vologsky … do I make my point clear ? ’ |
| 5 | He puts his free arm around me and I hide my face in his chest . |
| 6 | I hide my face , laughing into my hands . |
| 7 | So I bought indoor-plants and was given indoor plants , and one of the indoor plants I expended my energy on was the fern with the bright , shiny leaves and the indestructible appearance bought that day when I had suffered the apocalypse . |
| 8 | Ideology and all , can I cripple my five-year-old 's creativity at the appalling government school because I opted to work in a backward area ? |
| 9 | ‘ So before I go , ’ I asked my friend , ‘ which one is your top buzz of all time ? ’ |
| 10 | When I asked my wife what car she wants to replace the Peugeot , she said ‘ the safest one ’ . |
| 11 | Being the recipient of a large number of offers to ‘ Pay Now Die Later ’ I asked my wife that if she ‘ Oh surprise me ’ was her reply . |
| 12 | ‘ I asked my sister , ’ he said . |
| 13 | In the meantime I asked my vet whether he would let me have some sedatives to put into her food . |
| 14 | I asked my neighbour to turn down her records as I found it impossible to concentrate and she said the only way she could cope with the stress of her reality was to blast her music . |
| 15 | I asked my neighbour , er I 'm not a member of the G M B unlike the deputy Lord Mayor who spoke to you yesterday |
| 16 | On the way I asked my guard what the name of the village was . |
| 17 | I asked my kind helper . |
| 18 | ‘ I asked my childminder to do what I do when Laura is naughty , and that is tap her on the hand and tell her ‘ no ’ — and that is all , ’ she explained . |
| 19 | I asked my granny why and she said that there had been what we now call a newsflash on the wireless saying the King had died . |
| 20 | ‘ I suppose it 's time I asked my cousin to leave . |
| 21 | I asked my cleaner to post four chapters of my book on Roman agriculture and she left the envelope on a bus . |
| 22 | I knew it would take some time , so I asked my uncle to tell mother I would n't be home for a meal . |
| 23 | I asked I asked my clerk t to get me file something and he says , |
| 24 | I asked my guide if they made the sort of paper that was used for books ; she said they made every sort of paper . |
| 25 | On our return from the Celtic path , I asked my guide if there was anything else I should see or know about . |
| 26 | ‘ If I asked my husband about sex with other women he would give me an honest answer . ’ |
| 27 | I asked my husband to melt holes through the plastic , just smaller than peanuts and quite close together ; then he poked a couple of tiny holes through the ‘ open ’ end to take wire hangers They look like giant ice-cream cones , hanging at the window and the red ones seem to be the most popular . |
| 28 | I asked my husband of the punishment for the young males who had participated , but he had no answer . |
| 29 | Back at home I asked my mother why we spoke in English . |
| 30 | When I asked my mother what she was doing , she replied : ‘ I thought if nothing were to come of your relationships , I could cut them out of the photographs ! ’ |