Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | In hospital I never got off my bed for six weeks . |
| 2 | Are you , er , this year was the most I got off my grandma and that as well . |
| 3 | Oh , I 'm going to go off my head . |
| 4 | I tried to forget about it and to go about my routine day as usual . |
| 5 | I could see that my character had not improved since I had heard about my expectations . |
| 6 | Herbert was abroad , on business for Clarrikers , and there would have been nobody to look after me , if Joe had not heard about my illness and come to London to nurse me . |
| 7 | I suppose that many of you will have heard about my motoring experience a few weeks ago as I was travelling from Winfrith to Harwell . |
| 8 | Fear for my family and hate for my monster were with me day and night . |
| 9 | I never had enough time to spare for my wife , let alone other women — even if I 'd been so inclined , which I was not . ’ |
| 10 | I put him back in his stable again , complete with an enormous amount of bandaging and went home to wait for my vet to phone with the results of the x-rays . |
| 11 | I did n't have long to wait for my first recovery , because the next day a kid arrived at the house carrying the ghastly yellow-coated corpse of a starling . |
| 12 | The three newspapers I took were sticking through my front door , which was at the side of the house . |
| 13 | I made during my year a number of lasting friendships , some of which have actually turned into professional assistance in different parts of the country , and the fact that people genuinely enjoy meeting each other is shown by the annual reunions which take place , entirely at the personal expense of the individuals , which demonstrate the bond of friendship which our Institute can bring about . |
| 14 | ‘ I was on my way to see about my trunks , ’ I started . |
| 15 | I got through my share without much difficulty — I 've always liked sausage and mash . |
| 16 | And — yes — I got through my ‘ appreciation ’ of Philip without crying once , and with recourse to only one swig from the Rescue Remedy , with nothing more than red , puffy eyes , a bursting heart and a thumping head for the next twenty-four hours . |
| 17 | They were either bought in by Don Bennett himself , and there were very few of those that got through my fine mesh , or those who were somehow or other forced on us by agencies over which we had no control . |
| 18 | It is normally believed that this arose through my friendship with Harold Wilson . |
| 19 | I did n't know any boys , except those I met through my sisters , and they seemed to me to be vain , impolite and almost totally inarticulate . |
| 20 | and I fumbling for my key . |
| 21 | Yep fumbling for my key . |
| 22 | So I applied for my discharge and it was granted . |
| 23 | Robin-Anne nodded very earnestly as though she truly cared about my opinion , but her next question showed that she was paying no attention to my inanities . |
| 24 | You can tell I really cared about my hair and how I looked — I was so together ! |
| 25 | You make it sound as though you cared about my welfare ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I saw a man dissipating so much affection for his country and his associates ’ , said Hakim , struggling to explain to a New York lawyer his bad case of ‘ love at first sight ’ , ‘ that the radiation of that love — it really immediately penetrated through my system . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ A few of them actually ASKED if I would mind having the clothes ripped off my back . |
| 28 | They 're going to go for my kids , or Chrissie , I just know it . |
| 29 | Because they said , Ah fine I know where to go for my meat . |
| 30 | I ca n't , because I ducked down as low as I could , controlling Armstrong 's wheel with just my left hand , the injured right tucked between my legs . |