Example sentences of "[verb] my [noun pl] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then Mr then erm dismissed my concerns for affordable supply in that it had all been said before . |
| 2 | ‘ They 've cancelled my appointments for this morning … . |
| 3 | Chapter Five opens with the information : ‘ Ursula and Kenelm had known my parents for some time , having been introduced originally by a mutual friend . |
| 4 | Say , I 'm counting my calories for that bit of cake ! |
| 5 | I blink my eyes for some inkling of orientation , but the high-pitched multi-signals whine and cascade about in my head just to make things quite clear that they 're not going to be harassed into full-powered service tonight . |
| 6 | ‘ And they thought barnacles turned into geese , ’ I said , racking my brains for ancient nonsense . |
| 7 | Yet , my feeling is that the spirits could bear my reproaches for bad advice a good deal more easily than men of flesh and blood to whom contusions and abrasions , the common result of argument , are very real sources of anguish . |
| 8 | I stopped and listened , straining my ears for any sound above the crashing of the soldiers or the muttered curses as men slipped on the icy ground underfoot . |