Example sentences of "[verb] my [noun] for [art] [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 | ‘ He swopped my mother for a younger woman when he was in his late sixties . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I touch my pocket for the reassuring packet of Diocalm . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | SUZANNE , 19 , had visited my surgery for a second time in five days . |
| 9 | There is no peace says my God for the wicked . |
| 10 | Now the junior minister says she is pleased ‘ that the West Midlands County Council have accepted my proposals for a sensible and reasonable division of responsibilities . ’ |
| 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 said , ‘ You have n't seen my work for the past year , have you ? ’ |
| 13 | I could n't do anything about Nassim 's cousin being in Pakistan , I reasoned as I rinsed my mouth for the hundredth time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Will my hon. Friend accept my thanks for the helpful way in which he dealt with my representations on this subject ? |
| 16 | I never paid my bills for the last month |
| 17 | When I saw the advertisement for the secondment , it immediately captured my interest for a whole host of reasons . |
| 18 | However , Muslim ex-singer Stevens , now Yusuf Islam 's reaction was anything but angry : ‘ I 've been trying to get record companies to stop selling my records for a long time . |
| 19 | Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September . |
| 20 | So began my search for a suitable bird . |
| 21 | I put it with other money I had and part exchanged my irons for a full set of top quality blades which had been in a sale after that my game improved immensely I got my handicap by putting in three cards two terrible scores of 86 and the good card which was 72 my handicap was then 15 I played in a junior competition and came third in the lower handicap section a week later and played in a medal and came down to a handicap of 14 . |
| 22 | ‘ That fucker , my father-in-law , will ruin my erection for the whole day , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I have been studeously avoiding doing my work for the last few hours . |
| 24 | Pat had been attending my classes for a long time — years in fact . |
| 25 | I believe I was collecting my thoughts for a renewed effort when the young gentleman suddenly rose to his feet , and clutching his attaché case to his person , said : ‘ Well , I think I 'll go and take a little fresh air . |
| 26 | So I decide to hold my peace for a little while longer . |
| 27 | I have almost no social life , free only when my disabled mother can manage my child for a few hours . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ? |
| 30 | To paddle around Laguna Chica enjoying the idle drift of time , the depth of natural silence ; to go and rest my head for a last time between the fifteen-foot-high buttresses of Big Tree … |