Example sentences of "my [noun sg] i [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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1 | It worries me , because it 's there again tomorrow … in my mind I 've got a fixed routine , but I know I have n't got one really … |
2 | I went to the Maly Opera Theatre that night and saw Verdi 's Otello , and with the voices still occupying my mind I decided to take a subway down the Nevsky and have a drink at the Astoria . |
3 | and er , Miss I told Mrs that I ca n't write and she goes you 'd better write dear she said you got a test , I said it 's not my fault I 've got a , a sore hand she , I goes |
4 | and er , Miss I told Mrs that I ca n't write and she goes you 'd better write dear she said you got a test , I said it 's not my fault I 've got a , a sore hand she , I goes |
5 | I I 've used , in my script I 've used a very loose language , like er , very , er , well , non-standard English then , because they now , erm , you know , especially after having it banned . |
6 | In despair , I told my husband I 'd bought a book on how to cure children 's sleep problems . |
7 | Black Oil ? ’ ) , the socket set and a large hammer , and to my astonishment I had fitted a new wheel and mudguard . |
8 | In the less demotic phases of my career I have given a number of lectures , most of them described as the Disraeli lectures , some as the Macmillan lecture and some even as the Macleod lecture . |
9 | If radical politics have provided one consistent thread in his career , cricket has been another — going back to his early days in Derbyshire when he played for Littleover in the Notts & Derby Border League and was taught to bowl legcutters by twice-capped county coach Denis Smith : ‘ I suppose I ultimately failed him because in my rebelliousness I refused to have a decent short haircut , ’ he recalls . |
10 | But I I 'm wearing them all a little bit longer , except in the the winter cos I ca n't ca n't alter my coat I have got a longer summer coat to wear but the the one I had last year erm all the skirt showed beneath , I could n't walk about like that . |
11 | Somewhere in my house I 've lost a twenty pound note . |