Example sentences of "of my [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you said of Alexander Selkirk 's monologue , the good sense you made of the ramblings of my John Bunyan , your understanding of the passion of Iñez de Castro … gruesomely resurrecta … but that is enough of my egoistical mutter , and of those of my personae , who are not , as you so rightly remarked , my masks . |
| 2 | At the end of my five laps , I wheedled and wangled for another session , saying that the photographer needed more time to get his shots . |
| 3 | Through the whole tenor of my school-day time |
| 4 | Please accept my apologies and best wishes , and rest assured of my ongoing support . |
| 5 | ‘ This is the end of my criminal career , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I could n't join the regular army because of my criminal record . |
| 7 | Can I have one of my mini chocolate orange things ? |
| 8 | Speaking of dunking , I feel I ought to apprise readers of this pert little nipple of an hebdominal magazine of my current orientation concerning the beast with two backs — or three on a good night . |
| 9 | I could n't answer that question because my thoughts were aimed at you , not at the painful roots of my current practice but at you , the conjuring of feelings by the spell and ritual of words , the seducing of you with poetry , I a pedlar tumbling stories before your dais . |
| 10 | The experience of my current joint studies programme — which is not strictly interdisciplinary — is mixed . |
| 11 | WILLIAMS : [ to PAMELA ] Mrs. Belville , I hope you will excuse the temerity of my current address to you but following the masquerade I have discovered news . |
| 12 | At the start of my current relationship , I made it clear that sexual exclusivity was important to me . |
| 13 | Permit me to take up our plight — try to imagine for a moment the straight and level run in to the target , " bombs gone " followed by the desperate seconds ( best described by one of my Canadian pilots as " when I bite buttons off my parachute cushion " ) before the automatic photoflash and the aiming point picture taken by the night camera . |
| 14 | I will engage in these subversive activities either only to the extent that they are lawful , or where the risk to the reputation of my university is overshadowed by the importance of my revolutionary activities . |
| 15 | So Jenny 's afternoon tea , if you hang on in there , I will kindly donate a slice of my apricot cheesecake . |
| 16 | Finally , scraping together the last microscopic filaments of my tattered pride to produce a quorum fit for emergency egoresuscitation if not actual wit , I managed : ‘ Gav , I 'm shocked . ’ |
| 17 | Some of my negative qualities that I like are : Some that I do n't like are : |
| 18 | But then I had one of my rare good ideas : why not try ringing up those breeders who had only advertised at the beginning of the breeding season , about six months before ? |
| 19 | I MADE one of my rare visits to town this week and I wish I had not . |
| 20 | And torture ai n't one of my strong suits either . |
| 21 | Maths was n't one of my strong subjects at school and er I I rely very heavily on it |
| 22 | ‘ Getting the best out of players is one of my strong points , ’ he said . |
| 23 | In the event of my dying before remarriage , I DEVISE and BEQUEATH all of my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not already disposed of as to my freeholds in fee simple and as to my personal estate absolutely to the issue of my union with JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL , the property to be held in trust for the said issue , the trust allowing monthly sum of not less than FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS to the said JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL to pay for the upbringing of the said issue , this arrangement to cease on his or her attaining the age of twenty-one years , whereupon a quarter of the remaining estate — whether in freehold property , stocks , shares or chattels shall be granted in perpetuity to the said JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL , and the remainder to be granted to the said issue . |
| 24 | I therefore offer readers an extract of my elder friend 's memoirs , taken from the book which his daughter Aliki Costakis and I are currently preparing for publication . |
| 25 | If you have one kiss of my lily-white lips |
| 26 | Here is the second half of my exclusive A-Z of football , played the Athletico way . |
| 27 | For Naylor Massingham looked far from amused , and was in fact glowering at her darkly as he rapped toughly , ‘ The purpose of my wanting to see you , Miss Everett , was to give you verbal warning that unless your work improves you 're out ! ’ |
| 28 | The God of my far-off country must remember that I used to pray four times a day and still love me . |
| 29 | Kevin Shields ( of My Bloody Valentine ) would definitely be there . |
| 30 | The four fresh-faced Dubliners scream and screech their way through a sprawling four-song set , suggesting a messy amalgam of My Bloody Valentine ( guitarist Jim , it turns out , is Kevin Shield 's younger brother ) and Sonic Youth . |