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Example sentences of "my [noun pl] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I 'm not changing my plans to accommodate you .
2	McIllvanney must have been Billingsley 's source for the policeman 's information about my boat and my plans to repair her .
3	" My sons told me you lost your wife in a swimming accident four years ago , Monsieur Devraux , " she had said at last , speaking quietly in French .
4	‘ I realised I had to stop putting it in though , ’ Kaye admits , ‘ when a friend of one of my sons told me the house looked more and more like a church every time he came round . ’
5	Dear Harsnet , he wrote , you may be amused to hear that one of my sons spotted you the other day training with Korchnoi and the Brighton and Hove Albion football team .
6	‘ My sons gave it to me .
7	My views affect me as a person .
8	‘ If I say one of my contacts tipped me off , I expect you 'll pester me for his name . ’
9	‘ All right , then : one of my contacts tipped me off . ’
10	Jamie shoved one hand down the back of my cords to keep me from falling on my face , and put the other hand on to my forehead , murmuring something .
11	Such an appeal was not to be resisted , but first I had to tell Meehan that if I did look into his case , I must feel myself free to come to whatever conclusions my investigations led me , ‘ whether in your favour or not ’ .
12	My notes told me what was to happen next , but my brain no longer knew how to move plot and people forward .
13	I had to do private and public penance , take a solemn vow that , after I was ordained , I would accept whatever duties my superiors gave me . ’
14	Maureen , of Mendip Grove , Darlington , said : ’ As far as I know he does n't have to do much on stage and I 'm keeping my fingers crossed he 'll behave himself . ’
15	But when I returned from military service in 1960 , my employers asked me to represent them south of the border , in that troutless land beyond Mr Hadrian 's Wall known as England .
16	‘ They do n't speak English , ’ he informed her , ‘ and despite my attempts to persuade them differently they just all trooped in and sat down .
17	Letters inviting parents to join the parent — teacher association , visit the ‘ Spring Fayre ’ , to volunteer for ‘ parent-governor elections ’ , or attend a ‘ Maths Workshop ’ were put in the bin after my attempts to explain them .
18	Surely all this frost must be owing to the want of fire in my attempts to thaw it .
19	He broke two of my teeth extracting them but he says they 're out clean , when I told him to take another X-ray of it .
20	I find it almost amusing to listen to several of my contemporaries tell me about that ill-fated occasion and how they found a means of getting over the Alps .
21	On the fifth , and top shelf , my books told me stories about a girl with long hair , a strange little man with a funny name and two children and a witch .
22	I thought the newt or the Knifefish might be eating the fish , but one of my books says they are community fish , and another says they are not .
23	‘ I 'm very glad that my books give you such pleasure , ’ responded Melissa with total sincerity .
24	It 's the other kind of thinking I 've never been able to muster , the long-term stuff , ‘ Never confuse strategy with tactics , ’ one of my tutors advised me , but I ca n't even remember what the words mean .
25	If it should please God for my sins to separate me from my dearest Pamela , you will only resolve not to marry one person .
26	‘ It must be my sins making me restless , unless it 's something I ate . ’
27	My sins found me out : the pain went , but I was so sick and ill that we had to come home .
28	Then I said , or perhaps one of my voices said it for me , " I do n't know .
29	‘ When I go to my clients to collect I always ask if they have any hand-knitted woollen garments they do n't need , and if I 'm lucky they give me some .
30	My screams woke me .