Example sentences of "[prep] my [noun sg] 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 I regard that day as determining the direction of my life for the next two years at least .
3 I 'd been so preoccupied with the physical results of my condition for the last hour that I 'd forgotten its other effects .
4 I reckon I 'd hardly surface from my bunker for the first few days . ’
5 ‘ 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 .
6 Not a chance of course — I was stuck there in my seat for the next five or six hours .
7 The cab driver dumped me outside my home for the next three months .
8 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 .
9 ‘ I 've had my greatest moments here on my birthday for the last 20 years and I do n't intend to stop now .
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