Example sentences of "[verb] my [noun sg] and [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then , if I had waited until you had your full wits about you , you might have realised my intention and signed the house over to your daughter and her bastard . ’ |
| 2 | I picked up the shot , got my balance and hurled the shot . |
| 3 | This expedition began this morning almost an hour later than I had planned , despite my having completed my packing and loaded the ford with all necessary items well before eight o'clock . |
| 4 | I would then pitch my tent and have the night to weigh up the situation . |
| 5 | I raise my glass and watch the bubbles dance . |
| 6 | I was worried about being able to support my family and pay the mortgage . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's very trendy to be a Native American these days , with all the films and fake jewellery , but I want to return to find my family and join the Bureau Of Indian Affairs . |
| 8 | I had the arm of Aaron and , when someone burnt that as a joke , changed my tale and said the ashes were from a fire over which the martyr of St Lawrence died . |
| 9 | After the gentlemen had left , I entered my room and locked the door . |
| 10 | The Cart passes through the old mill town of Paisley , one of the principal reasons for its sorry state , and I was astonished one morning to open my Scotsman and read the headline : ‘ Sea-trout return to the Cart ’ . |
| 11 | There were no bandages large enough in the wheelbarrow to make a cold compress , so I poured water on my sock where it touched the inflammation , but the water filled my boot and left the sock barely damp . |
| 12 | I shake my head and pass the number to William . |
| 13 | ‘ At my age you do n't need much sleep by night , and I spend a good deal of time sitting by the bedroom window , smoking my pipe and watching the sea … |
| 14 | In the meantime , I am sure if Millie here would like to go and see my cousin and discuss the whole situation , my husband would be delighted to provide escort . ’ |
| 15 | I opened my mouth and felt the scalds on the mucous membrane inside my throat . |
| 16 | I took down the curtains , the pretty curtains that she had made , because they hid my window and made the earth smaller . |
| 17 | I used to play with it until it licked my hand and took the skin off . |
| 18 | Furious with myself for these creeping insidious thoughts I focussed on lengthening my stride and levitating the rucksack . |
| 19 | I only just caught the train , and when , a quarter of an hour later , we pulled in to Lochgair , and I should have got my bag and quit the Sprinter and walked to the house and finally have talked — sober , and not in the context of a game of Alternative Charades — to my father , and apologised , and spent the three hours until the next Glasgow train with my mother and father in some longed-for spirit of reconciliation , I did nothing of the sort . |
| 20 | I liked just lying there after the antenatal classes , holding my lump and feeling the baby move gently . |
| 21 | My hobbies , when I have the time , are riding my horse and walking the dogs with Freddie . ’ |
| 22 | Mr Gibson said : ‘ My wife Pat phoned to tell me what happened and I just packed my bag and got the first flight . ’ |
| 23 | I grabbed my trap and joined the shunt . |
| 24 | When I had recovered my equilibrium and picked the rod up , there was a fish on the end . |
| 25 | I remembered the friend of Aisha 's who 'd helped me escape from her house in London , carrying one of Aisha 's children , while I took my suitcase and dragged the other child along with me . |
| 26 | She took my heart and squashed the sucker flat . |
| 27 | The vast majority of people in Thurrock took my advice and put the silly leaflet in the bin . |
| 28 | And if I should change my mind and find the abbey not to my liking , or if Joan returns and it becomes expedient to resume our true identities , then so be it . |
| 29 | She liked my hand and put the fingertips into her soft half-open mouth . |
| 30 | Right then , yes , I expect I can fit you — sure , July 17th will be just perfect — I 'll just cancel my holiday and postpone the opening … no , I 'll just write it in , no , no thank you . |