Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] my [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to steal my strip on the Island ? ’ |
| 2 | It was just as I was sitting down in the living room with my cup of coffee that I realised I 'd left my bag on the train . |
| 3 | Next day , when I arrived to take my seat on the coach to our town , I discovered I was sitting in front of two convicts , who were being taken to the prison-ships by their guard . |
| 4 | And when the public started seeing my name on the back of these albums , the subsequent demand was staggering ! |
| 5 | The weather was unexpectedly hot , and had brought out a sudden rash of men leering from shop doorways and cars for a glimpse of female flesh , while Vonetta struggled to find my flat on the sprawling council estate where I live . |
| 6 | He then fortunately disappeared and I proceeded to put my bet on the horse , which I am happy to say romped home at forty to one . |
| 7 | I had forgotten my quest on the previous day in the pleasure of the poets ' company . |
| 8 | The farm stands on a spur of moorland on the northern edge of the forest , and within 10 minutes I had turned my back on the corduroy battalions of trees and was striding under a still , cloudy sky over tussocks of rush and coarse grass , with my face to the long , bare shoulders of open hillside that flank the winding shallows of the East Kielder Burn . |
| 9 | At the end of 1985 he qualified as a solicitor ( ‘ this was the safety net and I had written my thesis on the copyright laws , which has been very useful to me ’ ) , but he had already decided to take the plunge as a full time professional musician . |
| 10 | Dana felt so sick , he went straight back to bed , but had been there only a few seconds before he leapt out with a scream of agony : an autumnal , sleepy wasp had been brought in by the chambermaid among the bedclothes which had been airing at the window and had stung my friend on the bottom ! |
| 11 | I had cut my hand on the gun : it was n't bleeding much but the little finger was bent sideways and I could n't move it . |
| 12 | The only problems encountered were that I tended to catch my chin on the high foam on the front and shoulder elastic was slightly against skin . |