Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] my [noun] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the story I have just told , I explain how self-image dominated my life for a time . |
| 2 | There is no peace says my God for the wicked . |
| 3 | Bob sends a letter to Housing Dept supporting my request for a transfer . |
| 4 | They themselves invited a little girl to share my bedroom for a while . |
| 5 | I put it with other money I had and part exchanged my irons for a full set of top quality blades which had been in a sale after that my game improved immensely I got my handicap by putting in three cards two terrible scores of 86 and the good card which was 72 my handicap was then 15 I played in a junior competition and came third in the lower handicap section a week later and played in a medal and came down to a handicap of 14 . |
| 6 | Will my hon. Friend accept my thanks for the helpful way in which he dealt with my representations on this subject ? |
| 7 | Only your good news banished my cares for a while . |
| 8 | I was not of that minority , but the argument sharpened my concern for the education of the most-talented pupils — a concern that was to run through my last years in Banbury and into my work in Oxford . |
| 9 | I was persuaded against my better judgement to withdraw my request for a transfer . |
| 10 | My dad blames my mum for the way things turned out for me . |
| 11 | In the meantime , my thirteenth birthday was coming up , and it seemed like a good time to revive my request for the perfect present : a bird of prey . |