Example sentences of "my [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | On 26 April 1991 the Bank of England , who have entered the action as interveners pursuant to my order made on the first day of the hearing last Tuesday , served on the defendants a notice pursuant to section 39(3) ( a ) of the Banking Act 1987 , requiring them to produce at Threadneedle Street at noon on 9 May 1991 a number of specified documents ( comprising all or some of the documents covered by the injunction ) and stated to concern or relate to the accounts or related business of seven of the plaintiffs including A , on the ground that they were reasonably required by the Bank of England for the performance of its functions under the Act . |
| 32 | I knew an immovable object when I saw it , and I retreated through the first sleeping car , where grooms in T-shirts lolled in open day compartments ( shut off by heavy felt curtains for sleeping ) , on my way to consult with the Chinese chef in the forward dome car 's kitchen . |
| 33 | He 's been visiting family ; I 'm on my way to write about the Russian submarines in Murmansk — maybe interview a submarine officer if I am lucky . |
| 34 | Many of these principles are illustrated by the work my class did on the Fibonacci sequence . |
| 35 | As my section settled into the straw-filled barn , I dumped the rucksack , and slinging the rifle over my shoulder , went off in search of something to eat , coffee or whatever was going . |
| 36 | Ahead I could see the rest of my party plodding towards the final slope that leads to the west ( main ) summit . |
| 37 | The war came nearer and my family went with the last train out of Maymyo , with hundreds of Anglo-Burman mothers and children proceeding northwards to Shwebo or Myitkyina for air evacuation to Assam . |
| 38 | I come from quite a large family but most of my family live in the same area . |
| 39 | spend my time doing over the past few years . |
| 40 | They did n't attack me : my arms were pinioned and I was turned round , my face pressed into the dank wall of the alleyway . |
| 41 | I could n't believe my eyes when the consultant in charge of my pregnancy came round the antenatal ward in my local hospital , puffing away on a cigar . |
| 42 | I put two chairs together , sat down on one with Dawn and got my mother to sit on the other chair with the cat . |
| 43 | Now my intimations of the complicity between The Fat Controller and my mother grew into the utter certainty that it extended even into these murky areas . |
| 44 | For the benefit of your readers , my mother resides in the Maximum Security Wing in this rest home on the outskirts of Melbourne . |
| 45 | She knew few other details and left my bedside to gossip with the other nurses in the hallway . |