Example sentences of "my [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I realised I had to stop putting it in though , ’ Kaye admits , ‘ when a friend of one of my sons told me the house looked more and more like a church every time he came round . ’ |
| 2 | So in the end we got a mortgage from a building society , and my parents gave us the money to do it up . |
| 3 | My husband gave me the news that my father had died back in the village . |
| 4 | As to Maurice , my godmother gave me the money to buy a bit of property when I left Southport . |
| 5 | My father sent me the cheque , needless to say , so David and I thought we 'd better get married because that was the reason he sent the cheque . |
| 6 | ‘ My father taught me the value of manners and being a gentleman . |
| 7 | Antique furniture , yes , erm , because I 'd bought that during the war in various antique places , you know , and erm , what did we buy , no I think my father gave us the bedroom furniture was , which was at the |
| 8 | Funnily enough , it was one of my nephews brought him the message — Josh 's eldest boy , Jimmy . |
| 9 | I was short of a few quid to do anything about it so my mate lent me the money , we went to a scrap yard , picked up a spare and he delivered me back here in his motor , then your chaps picked me up . ’ |
| 10 | My dad gave him the sort of look that only someone declared clinically dead can manage . |
| 11 | But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein , so presumably they saw signs of something better . |
| 12 | ‘ When my mother left him the topaz , Vitor vowed he would save it until he met his soulmate , ’ the older woman explained . |
| 13 | My mother gave you the calm . |