Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] to my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had Mathilda been deliberately sent to my room ? |
| 2 | ‘ I am deeply committed to my work but tired of being asked to accept ‘ job satisfaction ’ in lieu of proper pay . |
| 3 | I 'm not speaking to my sister-in-law no more . |
| 4 | So , although I am genetically related to my mother 's brother 's , or my mother 's siblings ' children or my father 's siblings ' children , the fact is , the siblings of both groups are genetically related to each other . |
| 5 | Wicked episodes were often brought to my attention , but nothing either then or since has been as evil as the man Beck . |
| 6 | I never heard of these scripts again and they were never broadcast to my knowledge , but , for whatever interest they may have , I included one of them in my collection of short stories , scripts and plot summaries under the title ‘ Bits and Pieces ’ to be published one day . |
| 7 | For example , my father is not related to my mother 's er sister 's children . |
| 8 | Now I suppose this is just appealing to my sense of power or something , being able to walk in and take charge and in a minute or two they 've settled down and they 're not panicking because you 've arrived and all their burdens are on your shoulders and they do n't have to worry any more because the doctor 's there … this I find profoundly satisfying as long as I can , in fact , cope with what 's happening . |
| 9 | The question , ‘ Are all men evil ? ’ is directly related to my tutorial paper as this is the main theme which is ongoing throughout this book . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's partly related to my theory of human behaviour which I 've had since I was at Fettes in Edinburgh , ’ he said . |
| 11 | We both accepted this without question , and a marriage allowance was duly added to my salary . |
| 12 | ‘ No , I … was just going to my room . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I was just talking to my bookie , ’ he said crisply , which was the way he treated money troubles . |
| 14 | Well it was just damage to my car . |
| 15 | ‘ I was just saying to my friend , there she is scribbling again . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I was just saying to my friend Chatterton that it 's really very dangerous to travel on tubes these days . |
| 17 | It was just brought to my attention just before I came down . |
| 18 | Mr Zivkovic replied : ‘ Are you saying I was not sent to my death ? ’ |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman obviously was not listening to my answer . |
| 20 | ‘ David Markham was once engaged to my sister Jennifer , that 's all . ’ |