Example sentences of "in my [adj] [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in my limited experience I had seen people falling in and out of love , as though , soiled by sorrow and loss , they had to go in search of comfort from one used and lukewarm bath to another . |
| 2 | ‘ In my drunken stupor I looked at Sandy and mumbled : ‘ Fancy a wee trip on the water ’ , ’ he recalled . |
| 3 | In my hanging position I contorted to watch him , so it seemed like he was tackling a serious overhang . |
| 4 | When I was living in my former role I went along to a lesbian meeting , thinking that might be what I was , but what I wanted was a relationship with a woman as a man . |
| 5 | Standing there in my civilian clothes I felt completely out of place and wished that I could be wearing a blue tracksuit like the rest of them . |
| 6 | In my utter loneliness I had only one resource : several times I took the ferry to North Shields , and walked up the steep bank to a certain public lavatory beside a roaring pub . |
| 7 | It may have been from a lamp outside , but in my nervous state I did not think of that . |
| 8 | Well in my second year I coxed one of the women 's university boats against well underneath the famous Sue Brown . |
| 9 | In my second year I did n't do very much work , but I did lots of acting and directing . |
| 10 | At first it amused me ; after my first year it drove me to distraction ; in my second year I learned to take a novel with me to work and , with a bit of luck , get through it in a two-day shoot . |
| 11 | In my small way I felt that a little daylight was filtering through . |
| 12 | I had never lived there , although in my early childhood I had stayed for short periods ( but then my mind was occupied in forming pictures ; the time had not yet come for looking at those pictures , for interpreting them ) . |
| 13 | hiding Joe remembers : ‘ In my early days I had a big following in Barnsley , bigger even than at home in Bradford and I played Alex there one night for a few pounds . |
| 14 | In my early years I did n't differentiate between one kind of science and another . |
| 15 | Self conscious in my normal clothes I seated myself at the rear of the upper stalls . |
| 16 | Early in my first tour I argued with my colleagues that I doubted it would be possible to ditch a Wimpy or a Whitley on water , particularly if there was a heavy swell . |
| 17 | In my first flat I had a very large cupboard that was always filled with things I could never find a use for , or I had forgotten about . |
| 18 | In my first article I wrote of the ingenuity and imagination I saw in children 's play in Asia . |
| 19 | In my first article I explained why there might be special difficulties for parents educated in Asia , as expectations differ . |
| 20 | Dressed in my new clothes I went to Miss Havisham 's house , where her cousin opened the gate to me again . |
| 21 | In my spare time I wrote stories , painted wonderful illustrations , and made magazines , with crossword puzzles and problem pages . |
| 22 | In my spare time I saw a lot of John Keay , an Agriculture graduate of the U. of Saskatchewan and a good friend , as well as Jerry Harwood and Quincey Moffat with whom I was closely associated in organizing the annual Boys ' Parliament elections . |
| 23 | In my earlier reply I told the House what action the United Kingdom Government have taken , in concert with our partners in the European Community and other civilised countries , to condemn utterly the conduct of the Burmese Government and to call for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi . |
| 24 | As I sat in my comfortable chair I had a very strange feeling . |
| 25 | In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe , but I did not try to escape in it . |
| 26 | ‘ In my worst moments I thought everyone knew , except me . ’ |
| 27 | In my last message I listed the impressive accolades won by you for Rentokil in the past year . |
| 28 | In my last comments I mentioned how everyone can influence our performance in the Division . |
| 29 | Oops , in my last mail I had 12 players in the lineup . |
| 30 | In my last garden I grazed the herbage with geese until mid-May , then left it uncut well into October for the goldfinches to take a part share of the seeds . |