Example sentences of "my [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the first step can be steroid injections , my GP referred me for surgery at Wanstead Hospital , south London . |
| 2 | I had that and my mum sent me to ballet classes |
| 3 | ‘ The extra few days off helped Gough , but it was n't my intention to play him at Aberdeen if the midweek game had been on . ’ |
| 4 | My great-uncle brought them from Italy ; he was terribly proud of them . ’ |
| 5 | My accusation fills me with shame . |
| 6 | It was hardly surprising , therefore , that my refusal to accompany him to America so irked him . |
| 7 | Then she added with an air of responsibility , ‘ It 's my job to keep them in order . |
| 8 | This was eventually made doubly plain when each member of my crew took it in turn to brief me on his particular duties , and I in turn had to perform in his position . |
| 9 | At least the President saw enough sense to agree to my request to put you in charge of the unit . |
| 10 | As regards res as my friend put it in opening , |
| 11 | I and my colleague thank you on behalf of the people in for this opportunity of presenting our case for acceptance of this petition . |
| 12 | On that first occasion my father took me through Craven Hill Gardens into Porchester Terrace , showed me the blank brick back of the facades and lifted me up on to the wall so that I could look down into the shaft . |
| 13 | but anyway , erm , it came as a bit of a shock to me when who was at that time the Horticultural Adviser or Horticultural Organiser as they used to call him , turned up at home at Debenham where we lived at the time and er said he 'd come to collect my typewriter we had no notice of this anyway was erm a jolly old soul and erm he went off with my typewriter and erm shorthand machine and the next day my father brought me into Ipswich and erm , well I saw and did a bit of typing and erm , that 's how it all started . |
| 14 | I remember when I was five , my father telling me of World War I starting , you see . |
| 15 | This was all in addition to the usual lessons my father gave me on mathematics and history and so on . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sure that was a better lunch than my father gave you in Rouen . ’ |
| 17 | I mean , erm , I know my youth officer in my area takes them as individuals where the , they are youngsters who perhaps would benefit from that . |
| 18 | My father-in-law bought it for £26 , did it up and gave it to us for a wedding present in June 1969 . |
| 19 | I had to use my knife to cut them to pieces as they flew around me . |
| 20 | My wit numbs them to speechlessness . |
| 21 | My voice holds them at bay . |
| 22 | ‘ You introduced me to Paris and it will be my turn to introduce you to England — not that I know very much about London . |
| 23 | ‘ I fell apart at the seams — I was in tears all the time , and my doctor put me on pills . ’ |
| 24 | They thought they could make fun of a country girl , but my answer took them by surprise . |
| 25 | my dad puts them to bed Oh we 're gon na have fuck all and |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , ’ I interrupted , ‘ when my master told you about Selkirk 's mutterings , you seemed alarmed , even disturbed . ’ |
| 27 | My godfather took me to dinner here and we played poker afterwards with a few of the members . |
| 28 | ‘ My son had it from Woolacombe — and you know how thick he is with Benedict Beckenham — that the boy had expected more than a hundred thousand . ’ |
| 29 | The most piddling aspects of my embodiment furnished me with prophecy : hanging on whether the flap of gum skin comes away , then … the leaf will fall or not fall , I will die or be immortal , the sun will rise or not . |
| 30 | My mother sent it from London and it was just a bit too big . |