Example sentences of "that it be my " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I feel that it 's my job to do what a lot of film-makers in the 80s did , which is to tell you , ‘ do n't worry , be happy . ’
2 Let me say finally , that it 's my intention that we should all starve together , or all survive together . "
3 because of that it 's my ideals .
4 ‘ You seem to forget that it 's my house , too . ’
5 And the maddening part of it is that it 's my own fault .
6 It was , it was very bad because it was a distinctive book , somebody knows that it 's my book .
7 I believe that it is , she thought , I truly believe that it is my mind , for Isabel has always been so firm , so clearly in control .
8 Nor can I accept that it is my duty to reform hawks and pigeons so that they become well-behaved social humans where the hawks stop grabbing baby pigeons and the pigeons stop nicking my peas .
9 ‘ Almost for the first time since I was a child , ’ I thought , ‘ I am glad that it is my birthday .
10 For a split second , I have sometimes failed to recognize that it is my own face that is being reflected back at me .
11 I wish that I could say that it is my experience that Christians are above this sort of thing , but it is not .
12 The truth is that it is my prison . ’
13 Wendy says : ‘ He feels very much that it is my baby , not at all jealous .
14 ‘ I 've been left a house in France , end of subject , except that it is my intention — ’
15 I realise that it is my ability to change do get do not get any separately items will affect the rights of the third party .
16 I would not , for one moment , pretend erm that it is my job to inculcate those virtues in fifteen hundred .
17 I dreamed ( or daydreamed ) that it was my father in the tent , sick , and then that my whole family were there again , in the house .
18 I did just what I had to do , and never realised that it was my best .
19 The offending blob had been on the left side of the X-ray as I had looked at it , and I had assumed that it was my left lung that was affected .
20 I was sure that it was my father 's .
21 He added : ‘ I was very conscious that it was my first League goal here since May , but it was well worth waiting for . ’
22 There was no question but that Jean-Claude wanted to be a success and that it was my job to bring this about .
23 I knew , though , that it was my doing — that Frank sang not for Lydia , but for Lily Greene .
24 And the awful thing , Donna , was that it was my own fault really .
25 What mattered was that it was my own , with the inestimable sense of privacy which this conferred .
26 A searching moment indicated that it was my motives rather than her welfare that were under question .
27 He wore old , dirty clothes , and I had to look very hard before I saw that it was my old friend .
28 Enjoying the irony of it , and actually quite pleased to discover that Ryan had n't turned over a new leaf after all , she continued smoothly , ‘ And might I remind you , Ryan , that it was my money in the first place , not yours ?
29 Should I also anticipate that it was my duty to eradicate , not only the monster , but the author of monsters ?
30 Perhaps she too thought that it was my fault , that I enjoyed it , that I was as bad as he was , or even worse . ’
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