Example sentences of "my [adj] life " in BNC.
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| 1 | My own attempt to do so is spelled out in The Extended Phenotype , the book that , more than anything else I have achieved in my professional life , is my pride and joy . |
| 2 | He has been a guiding beacon in my professional life and a touchstone of human integrity . |
| 3 | This obsession — and one can , I think , rightly call it that — involved me in probably the most embarrassing event of my professional life . |
| 4 | ‘ When it works , it 'll be nothing to be ashamed of It 's what I 've been working towards for most of my professional life , ’ the doctor said defensively . |
| 5 | ‘ I have never in all my professional life forgotten to switch the tape on , ’ she said . |
| 6 | I spend most of my professional life in similar environments . |
| 7 | And I explained to them it 's because having been unemployed most of my professional life that I 've always been short of money and that 's what 's led me to work on very cheap materials . |
| 8 | ‘ When I 'm writing , everything that 's happening in my normal life becomes useful for the book . |
| 9 | Mr Moore , 51 , a former West Ham player , said : ‘ Fortunately I have been able to continue leading my normal life and hope to continue doing so . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ Having become heartily sick of my private life myself , I could hardly expect others to take a more charitable view . ’ |
| 11 | The Sun had all sorts of details about my private life that I never knew about . |
| 12 | He was very drowsy , and as I had no intention of letting him wake himself up with a conversation on my private life or anything else , I said I did not believe in mixing business and pleasure , and , as I hoped , the cliché put him to sleep . |
| 13 | Journalists who call to the farm to interview me do see us in that setting and describe it as they will but those really are only momentary glimpses into what must remain , fundamentally , my private life . |
| 14 | Keeping my private life from my public one can be tricky . |
| 15 | As for my private life : my husband was respected in his profession ; my … protector was the most brilliant philosopher of his age . |
| 16 | ‘ What right have you to ask me about my private life ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ What right have you to ask me about my private life ? |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't think my private life is any of your business , Mr Bryce . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ My private life is none of your business , ’ she said tightly . |
| 20 | My private life is absolutely none of your business whatsoever , and I 'll thank you to keep your little pearls of insight to yourself . ’ |
| 21 | Because we made love , because I 'm physically attracted to you , it does n't mean that I owe you an involved explanation of my private life . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ They seemed rather laden to me , but I 'll take your word for it if you tell me that it 's all general interest in my private life . ’ |
| 23 | I try to keep work and my private life separate . ’ |
| 24 | But that does n't give you any privileges with my private life . ’ |
| 25 | But , ’ she added drily , ‘ if you 're curious about my private life , why not ask Luke ? |
| 26 | I 've been working in a male environment now for several years , and I 've got quite used to hearing my colleagues speculate about me and my private life ! |
| 27 | My private life ? |
| 28 | I 've no intention of sharing my private life with you or anyone else who works with IMP . ’ |
| 29 | It had a number of clauses in it designed quite properly to protect the company , but there was n't one , not one , that was relevant to my private life . |
| 30 | My work versus my private life . |