Example sentences of "[verb] my [noun pl] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To continue my predictions for the future . |
| 2 | There was one about a fortnight ago , and would have given my ears for the sort of civilian committee , and the methods that they 're using here , compared with the ones I saw in London . |
| 3 | I was saving my energies for the return journey . |
| 4 | ‘ Take them off and let's get them dry , you can borrow my slippers for the time being . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't choose my friends for the size of their wallets , you know . ’ |
| 6 | Please accept my apologies for the damage done to one of your photos . |
| 7 | TO ALL Telecom engineers , please accept my thanks for the effort and care you put into getting our phones back in order . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've got my papers for the Army , Mr Fitz . |
| 9 | ‘ If only I 'd got my clothes for the wedding , ’ she mourned . |
| 10 | ‘ Please convey my thanks for the help your service station gave me . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ The only way you will get any results at all , is for me to take your boys in my school , on my horses , two or three times a week , from now through until the summer , and for the boys to use my horses for the competition . |
| 12 | To cut a long story short , it was n't until Wednesday that I could fit my shoes for the wedding , which was Thursday ! |
| 13 | And most of all , could I complete my duties for the day without causing a major disturbance ? |
| 14 | Do you want to erm , well I 've come today as the partner responsible for recruiting my men for the audit of the County Council , together with my colleague Stephen Critchley , who is the partner responsible for the regularity audit , the main accounts of the County Council accounts . |
| 15 | ‘ Keep my products for the time being , will you ? ’ |
| 16 | I do n't blame my parents for the way I turned out , I 'm the one responsible . |
| 17 | Because I am — unlike Anya — neither amateur nor fool , I once again suppress my emotions for the sake of strategic advantage , and say not a word . |
| 18 | Now I am never ashamed of anything , for I consider shame to be a bourgeois and petty emotion , but this was the one occasion when I felt ashamed of myself , and I have never forgotten how sad it made me to have denied my principles for the sake of friendship and love — or what I imagined to be love . |
| 19 | ‘ Tracey-Elaine , ’ I mouthed , ‘ cancel my appointments for the day . ’ |
| 20 | So I always take my flowers for the altar at the same time . |
| 21 | I closed my eyes for the rest of the journey as it had been a busy two days and I did n't feel lik& going to the council offices either , It would be too late anyway so I decided to take a stroll by the river and see how Nigel was getting on with the excavations . |