Example sentences of "my [noun pl] were [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We lay still for what seemed like ages , my eyes were riveted to the figures lying in the road . |
| 2 | We entered the room and Mum began to look round , but my eyes were drawn to the bed . |
| 3 | I saw white wool carpets on the gleaming floor and also glimpsed clothing of the costliest taffeta , lace and cambric , but my eyes were drawn to the great silk-draped four-poster bed . |
| 4 | I remember paramedics getting her out of the car , but I could not get out of my seat because my legs were trapped under the dashboard . |
| 5 | I do n't know quite why that should be except that in the Fifties all my peers were fascinated by the industrialised , consumer society of which the USA was the supreme example . |
| 6 | I was n't watched closely ; I had opted out of the ( sexual ) competition with my sisters ; and some of my eccentricities were tolerated on the grounds that my presence in the house was only temporary and , in the long run , of little relevance to its essential life . |
| 7 | A month later my parents were met on the open plain outside Addis Ababa by Lord Herbert Hervey and a deputation of Abyssinian notables who escorted them to the Legation , at some distance to the east of the town , in an extensive compound at the foot of the Entoto hills . |
| 8 | My dogs were straining against the sledge now and yelping as if badly hurt . |
| 9 | They thought I was really funny , but when my particulars were taken at the end of the week , I was again brought across the counter to sign other folk on . |
| 10 | That week in Abu Dhabi my days were spent beside the pool under a shade umbrella , with my books and notes at my side . |
| 11 | Two of my constituents were awarded by the courts compensation for damage that a burglar had done in their house . |
| 12 | In the report of this study 14 of 28 episodes of severe hypoglycaemia which occurred in my patients were attributed to the wrong insulin and patients were subsequently excluded selectively . |
| 13 | Soon my buttocks were pressing against the ceiling , then the back of my head , and I hauled myself to the edge of the rug to look for a way down before I was crushed . |
| 14 | Some of my members were overwhelmed by the sheer numbers there and it brought a lump to my throat , but that 's what it 's all about , solidarity . |
| 15 | ‘ Maybe my players were overawed by the packed crowd — our best ever . |
| 16 | Eight of my men were killed in the pile-up . ’ |
| 17 | The girl 's body was curved and slender and my hands were straying to the ribbons on her bodice . |
| 18 | My hands were trailing in the water . |
| 19 | My suitcases were stacked against the wall along with those of the boys which contained the rest of their clothes . |
| 20 | My musings were interrupted by the thunder of hooves and wild cries ; the Hulton herd was approaching . |
| 21 | The vinyl binders which had contained my slides were discovered amongst the ashes as a single , solidly welded lump . |