Example sentences of "at [art] [noun pl] [prep] my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the campaign progressed , I became increasingly angry at the attitudes of my friends at home and how different they said things were there , believing , as I did and still do , in the importance of a Labour victory for Britain as a whole . |
| 2 | " But my mistresses go home to their husbands for Christmas , and although I could stay at the Covington-Pyms and ride out with the hunt on Boxing Day morning , and call round at the Moons on my way back to cheer up poor Marie … |
| 3 | The act of pulling the rickshaw tugged at the stitches in my armpit , the only reminder that I was a ‘ sick woman ’ ( God , but you 're a trooper ) , and the show went well . |
| 4 | Every day , almost my first act is to glance at the hills near my home . |
| 5 | For the moment , look closely at the faces of my masks . |
| 6 | ‘ Ah good , ’ he said cheerily , trying in a manly way to calm the frenzy of my wrath , ignoring the foam at the corners of my mouth . |
| 7 | at the corners of my mouth . |
| 8 | Sweat was running from my temples , stinging at the corners of my eyes , and when I paused to wipe them Edward shouted , ‘ Come on , come on , give me the bloody axe . ’ |
| 9 | I stop for a moment at my gate and look up at the windows of my house . |
| 10 | The waitress looked at the marks on my face and at Stok 's uniform . |
| 11 | The hot water had prickled pleasantly at the nameless place at the tops of my thighs when I got in ; cooler now , it lapped at the dome of my stomach . |
| 12 | At least , the bits that I recalled in the morning were about Anne , but behind the dreams , somewhere at the edges of my mind , an image of Poppy seemed to be lurking . |
| 13 | And throughout the journey , the question asked by that woman in the beginning anchored the emphasis of this book , it shook a fist at the ghosts over my shoulder ( because like most people I give to others the power to intimidate and censor from afar ) and it forced me to make the chronicle accountable to its subjects . |
| 14 | I wanted to be at the pictures with my family . |
| 15 | She pulls at the hairs on my chest . |