Example sentences of "[noun] my [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | At the end of five 40-minute sittings my portrait is finished . |
2 | OUTLAW POSSE My Afro 's On Fire ( Gee Street ) Thoughtful lyrics and funky beats from London 's new school of hip hop . |
3 | Brick by brick my despair built . |
4 | When we arrived at Jaipur my father told us that he had sent for us so that we could go with him tiger-shooting . |
5 | Slightly more personal is 60 ( ‘ Like as the waves make toward the pebbled shore ’ ) , but only at the very last gasp , as it were , defeating time : ‘ And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand , /Praising thy worth , despite his cruel hand . ’ |
6 | And many of the objects my ex used to bring home were equally unwelcome and led to as much mess . |
7 | For people in this category my message is short : ‘ Comply with the instructions set out in the forms which bring your case before the tribunal . |
8 | ‘ The prince my brother can scarce take his eyes off you ! ’ |
9 | ‘ When will the prince my brother be joining the others in sanctuary ? ’ he asked . |
10 | ‘ The prince my husband is lodged here in the palace ? ’ enquired Joan . |
11 | ‘ I expected to see the prince my husband at Mass this morning , my lady , she said . |
12 | I have given lands and privileges to get knight service , and kept my army in the field by contracts my forefathers never countenanced . |
13 | When I first came across this text my mind went to the Athanasian Creed which describes the Godhead as uncreated , infinite , eternal and incomprehensible . |
14 | The utility of believing that , however many setbacks my cause may suffer , God or the historical process is ultimately on my side , an effectiveness demonstrated throughout history by so many religious and political movements , is only one example of the practical value of delusion . |
15 | I went back to look through the view-panel , an felt my stomach go into zerograv . |
16 | and Melford my father 's er mother 's people were the . |
17 | On the other point about local education authorities My Lords , er it is quite depressing , I was er visiting a local education authority only two weeks ago where they had a five point educational strategy for the authority , one of those points was to oppose at all cost erm parents right to opt out . |
18 | The palace was several miles from the Legation and every time they topped a rise my parents saw the whole procession spread out in front and behind . |
19 | I tried to get a better grip but to my horror my fingers began to run down the door like melting plasticine as I watched from my perilous vantage point . |
20 | When something goes wrong , I find the quickest way to make matters worse is to launch in with my own fury , or insist that they repair the damage MY way . |
21 | I have returned this year after a two and a half year break ) to a 100% improvement within your magazine — correction my magazine . |
22 | Well , erm it 's negatives so X-rays my leg . |
23 | Some comments could be dealt with readily by changes to the draft statutory instruments but others were not so easy to resolve as they raise more fundamental questions and in these cases my officials were able to explore with the auditing practices board , whether issues could be more easily addressed in the statement of auditing standards which is being developed to accompany the legislation than in the statutory instruments themselves . |
24 | In each of these cases my method will be to discuss the effects the phenomenon has upon public liability companies , then to make comparison with the other forms in which we are interested . |
25 | Ben my name was called I strolled across , humming a little tune , and dropped nonchalantly into the chair . |
26 | do you wan na know how much money my mum spends in Sainsburys at a time ? |
27 | She lost her job after a few weeks and what little money my Dad had left quickly went on drugs and booze . |
28 | Now , my dear , I do n't know about saying shocking things — and I must confess , although the Rector would be horrified to hear me say it , that I should be very tempted to say shocking things at Langley Dene , such very new money my dear , everything so dreadfully bright and shiny — as I was saying , I do n't know about saying shocking things , but you are certainly doing them . |
29 | No , I 'm just trying to work out how long I 'm gon na be practising for West Side Story tomorrow because you might have to take my money my pocket money tomorrow I might not be able to get like home , sort of cos er I I might be practising till bloody six o'clock for all I know so I 'll get some chips or something . |
30 | However , the Canadian who stole the stuff turned up in the middle of the night with a revolver , took all the money my father had , and made him unload the entire cargo . |