Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] my [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Les Stewart , Senior Manager at Oban , who has responsibility for Scarinish , had perceptively anticipated that I would not be over-extended during my stay on the island . |
| 2 | I 'm really only looking for my place on the bandwagon . ’ |
| 3 | I explained that I worked during the winter for a golf-mad stockbroker called Andrew Buccleuth whom I had met during my year on the amateur circuit . |
| 4 | This is , in fact , exactly the topic that I 'm going to be addressing in my lecture on the Open Day . |
| 5 | So the flooding had not been from the lake — which hitherto I had assumed to be the case ; maybe it had come from the river whose bed , now dried , I had seen from my eminence on the hillside . |
| 6 | Because it was listening to my advice on the ‘ phone , of course ! |
| 7 | According to my neighbour on the other side , this apartment contained something very unusual in the way of leggy redheads . |
| 8 | Look for my name on the door . ’ |
| 9 | The problem is they are going through my mind on the court . ’ |
| 10 | I Jordan de Blossevilla give in free alms to God and St Pancras and the monks … for the welfare of my soul and of my ancestors and successors a portion of my land in Bevenden lying by my well on the south side containing 4 perches in length and 2 in breadth ; to hold in tree alms , with a tree way of going in and out with the easement of drawing water in any well . |
| 11 | Sylvia rushed into my room on the occasion of her first follow-up session , so anxious was she to get started on her treatment . |
| 12 | This was a scaled-down version of the carpenter 's apron worn by my father on the Sabbath . |
| 13 | This container was filled with water , and I was carefully placed in my boat on the water . |
| 14 | His hand rests near my leg on the seat . |
| 15 | ‘ I told you , Harvey , the package of eggs was stolen from my baggage on the way to London Airport . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I talk to my mother on the phone , ’ she remarked . |
| 17 | I would go to my chamber on the same gallery as poor Cosmas and , of course , notice something was wrong . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd best get what 's left of my milk on the road , or I 'll have the Guv'nor after me . |
| 19 | ‘ I will come into my kingdom on the Day of False Resurrection , ’ Hasan used to say , when Robert was trying to get him to brush his teeth , ‘ which is the eighth of August . |
| 20 | My Lords , I beg leave to ask a question standing in my name on the order paper |
| 21 | My Lords , I beg leave to ask the question standing in my name on the Order Paper . |
| 22 | My Lords , I beg leave to ask the question standing in my name on the Order Paper . |
| 23 | to ask the question standing in my name on the order list . |
| 24 | My Lords , I beg to move motion standing in my name on the Order Paper . |
| 25 | Talking to my sister on the phone about the visit she insisted that the feeling of being absent in my mother 's presence was nothing to do with the illness , was the emotional underpinning of our childhood . |
| 26 | But by the Tuesday night my throat had all dried up and , though I tried to motor on , I had to take to my bed on the Wednesday . |
| 27 | Jefferson made no public denial , preferring , as he told a friend , to trust his countrymen ‘ to judge me by what they see of my conduct on the stage where they have placed me . ’ |
| 28 | I stayed in my room on the eighth floor for most of the day , just waiting . |
| 29 | Er they would n't go and sit down for the story with all the other children sit at , sat on my knee on the floor for a short while . |