Example sentences of "[vb past] my [noun] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , when you realized my connection with the case at Bloomwater , they were the bully-boys you turned on to me . |
| 2 | With a mounting feeling of dread , I went to a chair at the far end of the table from Quigley and lowered my head in the gloom . |
| 3 | And erm I got my ironing out the way and then I can go to my mother then , and start to paint , paint the bathroom tomorrow . |
| 4 | I got my part of the control lines together and carried them in a loop round to the kite . |
| 5 | I got my schooling on the hoof . ’ |
| 6 | Thou got my eckle up the day thou left , and it 's been sky ‘ igh over eight year . ’ |
| 7 | In another case , headlined as ‘ The Alleged Hooligan Tragedy ’ , a man died after a street-fight and it was reported that on arrival at hospital he had made a statement to the effect that , ‘ I got my injuries in the Borough through being kicked to death by Hooligans . ’ |
| 8 | You say you met my daughter on the train to Boston , that she was running away from home , that she ended up on your doorstep when her brother refused to house her ? ’ |
| 9 | For a moment she was taken aback , realising for the first time that she had n't explained herself very well , then , gathering her wits together , she retorted briskly , ‘ If you had n't assaulted me and accused me of being a burglar I would have told you that the Svend I 'm looking for is a student who met my sister at the Roskilde music festival and afterwards entertained her and her friends here in this apartment for several nights . ’ |
| 10 | When I was out on the road I mean before I came into training I was so I laid my cards at the table at this point in time to say yes I need to sell insurance erm and I always remember particular broker who you go in and and he 's saying well so how many of these particular products would you sell over the next year and he said oh twenty five and you go in great , guy 's promised to sell twenty five domestic contents policies over the next year . |
| 11 | The situation had become embarrassing , so I laid my rod in the rest , with the hook hanging from the butt-ring , and tied on my mate 's hook for him . |
| 12 | ‘ What have you done ? ’ asked my mother from the doorway , her arms full of branches of copper-beech . |
| 13 | A FEW DAYS after the master had forbidden Cathy to visit Linton , he asked my opinion of the boy . |
| 14 | I asked my husband of the punishment for the young males who had participated , but he had no answer . |
| 15 | He went up and clapped my master on the shoulder . |
| 16 | I fought my way through the crowd and there 's these kids playing electric guitars through this tiny amp . |
| 17 | The Corporal stood and glared at me as I very swiftly made my exit through the door , pausing briefly to pick up my rucksack and bagpipe box . |
| 18 | When it became clear that he had nothing to tell me , I made my exit in the face of dismissive politeness . |
| 19 | The fire beside the storage tent and cook-house was still burning and trays were being carried to tents and houses when I made my way across the sand wrapped in shawls against the cold . |
| 20 | As I wheeled my tenth-hand push-bike through the gates of the Parsons ' large detached house and made my way across the gravel forecourt past the guests ' Volvos and Audis , I began to feel uncomfortably out of my depth . |
| 21 | I pulled myself up the safety line and made my way past the tangle of tethers up to the surface , where the boat tender was frantically pulling in all the lines . |
| 22 | Later , I made my way into the farmyard and joined a group having something to eat . |
| 23 | I left my cases parked on the quay , and made my way into the post office . |
| 24 | As Taff reported to Brigade H.Q I made my way into the orchard , made a mug of tea , had something to eat , got into my trench and immediately fell asleep . |
| 25 | I ran through the fields , laid low for about two hours , then I made my way to the motorway and hitched it to Birmingham . |
| 26 | It was suppertime , so I made my way to the Roscommon chip shop . |
| 27 | Anyway , at shortly before five I made my way to the forecourt of the RA . |
| 28 | The barn shook again as I got to my feet and made my way to the door with the feeling that the barn had been very lucky so far in not receiving a direct hit from one of the frequent mortar bombs that were exploding in and around the farm . |
| 29 | searched the bathroom and then made my way to the door , the exit door . |
| 30 | I felt a migraine coming on and made my way to the villa for some peace and quiet . |