Example sentences of "[prep] my [noun] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After putting up the tent , I sat outside , took the bandage off my shin for the last time , and undressed , before washing myself with a mug of water . |
| 2 | In the case of other human beings I have the evidence of my senses for the first and last links of the series , but not for the intermediate link . |
| 3 | I regard that day as determining the direction of my life for the next two years at least . |
| 4 | I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects . |
| 5 | Self-doubt probably still lurks somewhere so I write down very quickly all the things which went wrong and get them out of the way by incorporating my ideas on them into my plans for the next investigative session right away . |
| 6 | I reckon I 'd hardly surface from my bunker for the first few days . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It makes me vomit ’ , she went on , ‘ to think that I am going to have to put up with a load of garbage like you in my school for the next six years . |
| 8 | Not a chance of course — I was stuck there in my seat for the next five or six hours . |
| 9 | The cab driver dumped me outside my home for the next three months . |
| 10 | I was taken from the cellar in Beirut and enjoyed the warmth of the sun on my skin for the first time in a thousand days . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've had my greatest moments here on my birthday for the last 20 years and I do n't intend to stop now . |