Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] my [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If only I 'd got my clothes for the wedding , ’ she mourned . |
| 2 | Unfortunately I dived in one day without realising that the pool had been emptied ( I am short-sighted ) , and although my head turned out to be harder than the pool bottom , it seemed to dampen my enthusiasm for the sport . |
| 3 | IWISH to express my support for the ambulance men and women . |
| 4 | Like any other parent with a vested interest in the future generations I am very easily persuaded to do my bit for the environment . |
| 5 | There was one about a fortnight ago , and would have given my ears for the sort of civilian committee , and the methods that they 're using here , compared with the ones I saw in London . |
| 6 | I drove out of Newtown and went to begin my search for the mysterious man on the moor . |
| 7 | I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours . |
| 8 | Now I am never ashamed of anything , for I consider shame to be a bourgeois and petty emotion , but this was the one occasion when I felt ashamed of myself , and I have never forgotten how sad it made me to have denied my principles for the sake of friendship and love — or what I imagined to be love . |
| 9 | I 've done my diary for the |
| 10 | ‘ I 've done my bit for the day . ’ |
| 11 | One Sunday morning , about a week after I had seen my dad for the second time , I was lying in bed when I heard voices in the street below . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've got my papers for the Army , Mr Fitz . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm a free agent and have regained my appetite for the game . |
| 14 | Sir , — I would like to make known my support for the devolution of Scotland . |