Example sentences of "[verb] on my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sleep on my own in a big double bed in a big room with a view of the sea . ’ |
| 2 | He was in a filthy mood , first because I 'd suggested he sleep on my floor instead of at Sorrel 's so we could get an early start , then because I 'd made him wear a suit and tie to go with our Yuppie cover ( and because I 'd insisted on the shirt as well ) . |
| 3 | I can call on no congressman to worry on my behalf . |
| 4 | It was as if I could n't act on my own behalf . |
| 5 | We also generalize about the taste of the discriminating and set up standards , useful as guides as long as one does not credit them with greater authority than a considered choice which violates them , but not without the suspect motives and tyrannical pretensions of standards in morals ; if you show signs of food-and-wine snobbery , I had better when listening to your recommendations take care to distinguish what I sense on my tongue from an affected taste . |
| 6 | There have to be some standards but a track record is more important than spending three weekends away being taught something you already know , and I 'm quite happy to stand or fall on my personal record . |
| 7 | I ca n't breathe — I 'm sweating — my bag 's banging on my hips and I 'm getting bruised to bits — I 've got to stop . |
| 8 | Think I 'll have to do some rewrites on my part . |
| 9 | It 's erm — and another thing , I was delighted when John Dreyfus in the Type ninety lecture used these terms of Charles Peignot called typo lecture and typo visuel , which I mis-spelt on my closing slide ! |
| 10 | I was endlessly patronized on my ‘ amazingly good English ’ at dinner parties and told in buses and in the streets to ‘ go back where you came from , chink ’ . |
| 11 | I have a few which appear on my living room carpet whenever I watch certain TV programmes . |
| 12 | It 's my intention that they appear on my gravestone . |
| 13 | The spots started appearing on my chest . |
| 14 | I was a bit upset after Wednesday and wanted to show that I could win on my merits . ’ |
| 15 | At first Dawn would attempt to continue beyond the far perch where I was waiting , instead of landing on my glove . |
| 16 | This way , if I reach the end of the cone without noticing , the cone lifts off the floor and , as it can not possible pass through the tension assembly , I get plenty of warning without having the weights landing on my feet ( ouch ! ) and my knitting on the floor ! |
| 17 | To her horror and my shame I free fell 20 feet , landing on my back next to her , and was unconscious for some time . |
| 18 | I dreaded that file landing on my desk , and yet to make clear how much I wished to avoid it would … |
| 19 | ‘ Mama , I want to try on my new dress , ’ Anna said . |
| 20 | I want to try on my costume . |
| 21 | I also had a plaster of Paris cast on my leg ( which had been injured in a fall some weeks before ) and consequently had some difficulty in walking , I was put on the Regimental Mini Bus which was run purely to ferry married personnel to their married quarters after functions . |
| 22 | I never needed the alarm clock or Mum or Bri to hammer on my door . |
| 23 | So Sunday I was nursing myself until you came knocking on my door , and Monday I spent here , pottering about . |
| 24 | I 'm only here for the beer in the first place and , the way I see it , if old skull-face came knocking on my door with his scythe at least I could get my laughing gear around some of that celestial scrumpy ! |
| 25 | Some will be knocking on my door and demanding to know what 's going on . |
| 26 | who 's that knocking on my door ? |
| 27 | I was suffering from a cold , the first for years — in fact I can not recall the last time I had a cold — and because the weather was nice the village was extremely busy with tourists and lots of traffic and people knocking on my door . |
| 28 | It might get into the papers , and then she 'd be down here knocking on my door and screaming blue murder . |
| 29 | About four o'clock in the morning , the following morning , a farmer was knocking on my door . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't want players knocking on my door to talk about new deals . |