Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] my [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end I was again rescued by the housekeeper , Zillah , who ordered away the dogs and helped me to my feet . |
| 2 | I arranged to see Isabelle alone and told her of my feelings . |
| 3 | They hurried into the room and bundled me into my clothes and stretchered me into the garden . |
| 4 | and dropped it on my feet . |
| 5 | And with that he bent over and lifted me to my feet and told me to be off , which I did not need to be told twice to do . |
| 6 | My voice was taut with anger as I pulled it out of the shelf in front of me and opened it on my knees . |
| 7 | I hit him again , but he had his arm up , at the same time he kicked out and knocked me off my feet . |
| 8 | But by the time I had got it out of the packet and placed it between my lips , he had lighted a cerillo and was holding it out to me in cupped hands , smiling above the soft yellow flame whose elvish reflection danced in his blue eyes . |
| 9 | Surkov lit me a cigarette and placed it between my lips . |
| 10 | Schobert , Eckardt , Le Grand and Hochbrucker have all brought us their engraved sonatas and presented them to my children . |
| 11 | A bright-red saloon car zoomed past from the south and shot me to my feet with my arms waving wildly . |
| 12 | I pulled out my short stabbing dagger and held it between my fingers . |
| 13 | So when Dawson came on the scene and swept me off my feet , as the expression goes , I half jumped into his arms . |
| 14 | They did n't chase my assailants but helped me to my feet , solicitously enquiring after my health . |