Example sentences of "[conj] in my [adj] [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had never lived there , although in my early childhood I had stayed for short periods ( but then my mind was occupied in forming pictures ; the time had not yet come for looking at those pictures , for interpreting them ) . |
| 2 | There is little point in getting worked up about the way different people use words ( although in my nonprofessional life I am quite prepared to get worked up about people who boil lobsters alive ) . |
| 3 | I decided that in my present state I could n't face Moscow , and having discovered about the hot , spring baths of Budapest and the chess players who stand in water at 76 degrees Celsius , leisurely moving the pieces , decided that it was the place for me . |
| 4 | I assure you that in my professional capacity I come across many jurors who are both indigenous Britons , and quite advanced in years , who do not fit into the ‘ long tradition of honesty and fair-mindedness ’ . |
| 5 | I think that in my secret eating I was saying , speech also being an oral activity , all the resentful and hostile things I wanted to say about the school and about my life in general . |
| 6 | I would I 'd like to be a dance teacher when I grow up and in my spare time I would do I would like to do dancing and swimming . |
| 7 | Everyone , including the Indians , seemed to be happy and laughing , and in my surly mood I unkindly wished them all in hell — chiefly because no one was in any hurry to serve me and I had to sit and watch a party at the next table consume a feast that looked to me as if it had issued straight from Nirvana , before I was even shown a menu . |
| 8 | I think in any marriage or in any family the father and the mother both play different parts , and in my own life I can remember things my mother did and things my father did and together it made for a happy home . |
| 9 | Sheringham , who hit 24 goals last season and scored Forest 's winner in their televised 1-0 clash against Liverpool at the City Ground on Sunday , says : ‘ I had virtually concluded negotiations over personal terms with Tottenham 's Terry Venables and in my own mind I had already joined Spurs . ’ |
| 10 | It may have been from a lamp outside , but in my nervous state I did not think of that . |
| 11 | Outgoings will vary but in my own case I already know that for gas , water and the poll tax I shall need an extra £132 . |
| 12 | I will never return to Treasure Island , but in my worst dreams I still hear the sharp , high scream of Captain Flint the parrot : ‘ Pieces of eight ! |
| 13 | In my first two terms at St. Albans , I came twenty-fourth and twenty-third , but in my third term I came eighteenth . |
| 14 | But suddenly the thought of her mama was painful to her , and to push it away she leaned back again , said , amusement plain in her voice , which , although she did not know it , surprised Neil Cochrane a little , ‘ Oh , I will be good , because in my present condition I can not be anything else , I fear . ’ |
| 15 | I sympathize because in my little way I grieve too , but over the people in my life I have allowed to die without ever having shown them any particular affection . |