Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] my [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the organist began the introduction , the lights dimmed to add ‘ mood ’ , allowing me my first sight of the sparse audience . |
| 2 | Spookily enough , I had come full circle : I was back working for Alan Lewis , the man who 'd given me my first music press job — as his secretary at Sounds , back in ( gulp ) 1977 . |
| 3 | This place has given me my first identity really . |
| 4 | Both Jessica and Nadea seemed to agree that it was fitting and appropriate when I told them my first choice would be to serve with the Royal Canadian Air Force . |
| 5 | ‘ Cost me my last five bob . |
| 6 | Before he went though I reminded him I was going too and he paid me my last wages . |
| 7 | He rang off and I felt a warm glow of appreciation for Fred Workman who had just offered me my first full-time job in journalism . |
| 8 | We paid her my first big visit in Brooklyn , she had n't met me except on the phone . |
| 9 | ‘ It was the biggest mistake he ever made buying me my first board . ’ |
| 10 | Yes I could , and that 's what landed me my first part — Captain O'Hagarty , a dastardly villain in a ‘ Children 's Hour ’ serial . |
| 11 | I do want you to know how clearly I understand my deep obligation to you for giving me my first insight into the real problem we were facing and my first understanding of the nature of clinical research ’ . |
| 12 | This time I finished third and this earned me my first indoor international , with a place in the 4 × 200 metres relay team , against West Germany . |
| 13 | However , the run earned me my first individual outdoor international selection for a match against Finland at Lappeenranta . |
| 14 | It was the prostitutes in Douai and Lille and Paris who gave me my first induction into their ways and wiles . |
| 15 | He was in the top three after round one , and that gave me my first taste of a possible major win . |
| 16 | And , Miss Rene ’ — she paused here and put her hand out towards the eldest of the sisters — ‘ you gave me my first book , a book of poems . |
| 17 | This extravaganza was directed by Max Reinhart and it gave me my first experience as an impresario , for I was commissioned by the MGM office for Canada to ‘ organize the promotion ’ of the film in our area . |
| 18 | The annual camp for secondary schools Cadet Corps gave me my first holiday away from home , but I was so homesick that a fortnight seemed an impossibly long time before I could get back to my parents and family . |
| 19 | Then editor Ian Pye gave me my first assignment : ‘ Do the gig guide . |
| 20 | He gave me my first major engagement outside Sweden , Electra at Glyndebourne [ Idomeneo , 1951 ] . |
| 21 | We got ours in 1956 , and the filmed reports of the Hungarian uprising and of its refugees arriving in Britain gave me my first image of dramatic world events . |
| 22 | She gave me my first mask when I was two years old . |
| 23 | ‘ It was just a bit of crack , but curiously enough it gave me my first taste of playing in public , something I had not yet done back home . ’ |
| 24 | It was Daphne who gave me my first art book , The Treasures of Italy , in exchange for several cream wafers , and from that day on I knew I had stumbled across a subject I wanted to study for the rest of my life . |
| 25 | ‘ He gave me my first winner when I started training in 1987 , and today was the 100th race of his career and his 10th victory . ’ |
| 26 | I have a great number of new and interesting species to make known etc. but have an idea of making it my next illustrative work . |
| 27 | As I see it my first responsibility is to my children and my parents . ’ |