Example sentences of "[verb] [vb infin] my [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I really believe rugby helped mould my character into the man I am today . |
| 2 | ‘ I do set my bow in the cloud , and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth . |
| 3 | The march of the Ents to Isengard makes true the report of the frightened messenger to the incredulous Macbeth in Act V Scene 5 : ‘ As I did stand my watch upon the hill/I looked toward Birnam and anon methought/The wood began to move . ’ |
| 4 | I did lose my way in the network of Prague alleyways . |
| 5 | This is quite unofficial but ’ — hoping that would be interpreted as ‘ almost official ’ — ‘ it does conern my work at the Ministry security and intelligence on the pol side … ’ |