Example sentences of "[verb] my [noun] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It 'd be easier if we met my troops for the first time at the concert , ’ he said .
2 That 's how I got interested in the sport : I read about the first black champion , Jack Johnson and it created my interest for the first time .
3 In the meantime , my thirteenth birthday was coming up , and it seemed like a good time to revive my request for the perfect present : a bird of prey .
4 I touch my pocket for the reassuring packet of Diocalm .
5 In Los Angeles , where I lectured for a living , I pursued my fascination for the harmonic patterns and golden-mean ratios which run so consistently through the sacred art , music and architecture of both Western and oriental mystical traditions .
6 ‘ Before the fight they were chanting my name for the first time and I could see the effect it had on Ruddock , his head was going down while my chest was swelling with pride .
7 There is no peace says my God for the wicked .
8 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 .
9 I said , ‘ You have n't seen my work for the past year , have you ? ’
10 I could n't do anything about Nassim 's cousin being in Pakistan , I reasoned as I rinsed my mouth for the hundredth time .
11 It was on that occasion — in the strangely bare study of Darlington Hall — that Mr Farraday shook my hand for the first time , but by then we were hardly strangers to each other ; quite aside from the matter of the staff , my new employer in several other instances had had occasion to call upon such qualities as it may be my good fortune to possess and found them to be , I would venture , dependable .
12 Will my hon. Friend accept my thanks for the helpful way in which he dealt with my representations on this subject ?
13 I never paid my bills for the last month
14 ‘ That fucker , my father-in-law , will ruin my erection for the whole day , ’ he said .
15 I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours .
16 I could n't wait for the bell to ring at four in the afternoon when class would end and I could bang my lid for the last time before running all the way down the Whitechapel Road to help out on the barrow .
17 As for my right hon. Friend 's personal position , may I express my admiration for the frank and manly way in which he has offered his resignation ?
18 Sir , — I was relieved to read Mr Marshall 's letter ‘ Keep the audit , save the practice ’ , ( ACCOUNTANCY , January , p 6 ) because it tells me that there are others who share my fears for the small practitioner .
19 And with these words she thumped off down the stairs , leaving me to collect my thoughts for the hard task of Testifying .
20 ‘ I shut my eyes for the second one , ’ joked MacDonald .
21 Dacourt looked at me under lowered brows as if recognising my existence for the first time .
22 I drove out of Newtown and went to begin my search for the mysterious man on the moor .
23 I washed my billycans for the first time since Reggane , and cleaned the kit and groundsheet with disinfectant .
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