Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like all British officials of the Egyptian Government I had been dismissed from my university post eighteen months before , and I was glad that the British Council was able to offer me a small post in Athens , instead of piece work in Cairo . |
| 2 | The first thing that struck me was that of about 100 different offerings at least half a dozen times I 'd been stopped in my tracks by absolutely classic flavours . |
| 3 | ‘ Where two or three are gathered in my name , I shall be there with them ’ ( Matthew 18:20 ) |
| 4 | The language of special education had long been tucked under my belt , but now I was faced with filling in timetables with terms such as ‘ DD ’ time — departmental duties , to the uninitiated — in other words , time when I was not actually in direct teaching contact with students . |
| 5 | ‘ I must not omit to tell you , ’ wrote Gould nonchalantly in a letter to Jardine on 16 January 1837 , ‘ that Mr Darwin 's Collection of Birds ( made during the late survey under Capn FitzRoy ) are exceedingly fine ; they are placed in my hands to describe ; some of the forms are very singular particularly those from the Gallipagos [ sic ] . |
| 6 | I am weeping in my pillow . |
| 7 | He flicked imaginary dust from the sleeve of his jacket and informed her , ‘ As you must surely be aware , Kirsty has already been placed in my custody . ’ |
| 8 | Both these methods for improving the cast-on edge are taught on my video Course No. 7C . |
| 9 | Those consequences have been highlighted by my hon. Friend with specific examples from industries within his constituency . |
| 10 | These , too , are examined in my next chapter . |
| 11 | ‘ , ‘ The dumb words are fastened in my throat , / And will not come … . ’ |
| 12 | This was made very clear to me early in my fieldwork when I offended a neighbour by trying to make explicit return of food that had been given to my wife and me . |
| 13 | NEXT day I took the advice I had been given by my friends at the Union and went to see the exhibition of the Bibliotheca Corviniana in the National Library on Castle Hill , partly because Matthias I , or Matthias Hunyadi , known as Corvinus because of the crow motif on his banners , was one of the most striking and decisive characters in East European history , straddling the histories of Transylvania , Hungary , Bohemia and Austria . |
| 14 | I am honoured beyond my deserts . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ The matter has been referred to my insurers who will contact the company 's previous insurers . ’ |
| 16 | I have been struggling with my marriage for years largely because of my mood swings . |
| 17 | They said hello cheerily as we passed , and for no particular reason other than mindless banter I concluded our exchange with some hopeless attempt at humour , which happily has been blacked from my memory . |
| 18 | Like the other office-holders , I am debarred by my office from membership of the professional conduct committees . |
| 19 | I feel reasonably relaxed if I am interviewed on my own ground , but find TV stations rather stressful and alien situations . |
| 20 | ‘ You are forbidden by my Creator to be in here ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps I am atoning for my misspent youth , ’ he replied amiably . |
| 22 | Wherever I play , I seem to be confident in myself and I am revelling in my return to fitness . |
| 23 | Mr Stott 's workshop was actually on the Roman Wall and every time I cast , or see my rod bend in anger , I am reminded of my beautiful Northumberland home . |
| 24 | I feel like I was behind glass , and for a moment I am reminded of my dream , but Jancey pulls me by the arm back into reality and asks , ‘ You want to come say hello to your friends ? ’ |
| 25 | So I am constrained by my material world — the practicalities of my material circumstances — just as much as by my physical world . |
| 26 | I am committed to my partner . |
| 27 | I am dying in my own death and the deaths of those after me . |
| 28 | She must have sensed that one day I would be leaving her again , and that nearly broke my heart , knowing the sadness she must feel all too well in my experiences with lovers who never stayed long but left me feeling as if part of me had been torn from my body . |
| 29 | ‘ I had been rowing with my dad since I was little , so I did n't want to go to his new family with my brother . |
| 30 | The crimes in question had been committed by my body , not by me . |