Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then you , Sir John ! lust in case I should forget , or withdraw , or hide behind my church walls , you are here , ready to lead me along the streets , remind me that there is no escape from murder , from witnessing the greatest sin of all — a man slaying his brother ! ’ |
| 2 | Was I respecting the life within me , or pandering to my own healthy terror or going through what Alice went through ? |
| 3 | Sometimes , when she was startled or frightened on my fist or as I approached her , it was painful to think that I might be responsible for her fear . |
| 4 | There have to be some standards but a track record is more important than spending three weekends away being taught something you already know , and I 'm quite happy to stand or fall on my personal record . |
| 5 | Whenever I had a sheet of paper in front of me and a paintbrush or pencil in my hand , the result was inevitable . |
| 6 | Indeed , it appears that that debate was so thorough that many Northern Ireland Members no longer wish to debate the matter or to listen to my opening comments . |
| 7 | The villagers would think I had been drinking or wandering in my wits . ’ |
| 8 | Forcing me to make that dreadful decision when we were first married — to either go abroad with him , or look after my father — was something I 've always found terribly hard to forgive . |
| 9 | And you see there 's no permanent fence to the fields and so therefore I could put gates up at that road if I wanted to , but the Council has never consulted me about going to look at it , or going over my road . |
| 10 | And that 's where the rift begins : then you have to make a choice , staying with my white friends or going with my black friends . |
| 11 | Whatever you may think or believe about my mother , you must understand that . ’ |
| 12 | For over 13 years these good people have advised me or acted in my name and your service . |
| 13 | There was nothing conscious or deliberate about my decision , if indeed it can be called a decision at all . |
| 14 | my bargaining power is based on the losses which you would suffer if you were to agree or disagree with my proposal |
| 15 | Ah that that was that was yes that was really what I was going to er behind my question or included in my question , is that what did you learn from that |
| 16 | Then I took off my little gold earrings and felt in the folds of my dress for all the money I 'd saved or stolen from my brother 's pockets over the years , and placed both the money and earrings in the palm of her hand , forcing her fingers shut around them . |
| 17 | Generally , however , I am just looking forward to another good season — and I think I 'll make it because I have never been so settled or contented in my life . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ No one is to leave or enter without my permission . |
| 19 | If I hold back the tears , the feeling becomes locked or blocked in my body . |
| 20 | I was never conscious of pain , even with a torn ear , a broken nose and split lips , but I do remember occasions of desperate tiredness , and of effort to keep my hands up or stay on my feet . |
| 21 | Cricket is the only even vaguely athletic endeavour I involve myself in , unless you count walking the dog or grovelling to my bank manager , so if I am forced to give up the game by the purchase of these new sightscreens , my fitness will suffer . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't let the success of the club stand or fail on my stage appearances , ’ she said . |
| 23 | Or paintbrush in my hand , |
| 24 | In photographs I 'm already scowling by the time I 'm two : in an Argyle Street photographer 's studio , clutching a rubber doll , dressed in a tailored coat with a velvet collar and an enormous bow in my hair ; or paddling with my parents in the sea , somewhere off the coast of Ireland . |
| 25 | I know Switzerland well , or did on my own time track . |
| 26 | I no longer had to push away the picture of Saad laid out on the floor , or banish from my imagination the sound of his huge voice , louder than the roaring of the wind , dumb for ever . |
| 27 | Sometimes they would come and lunch or dine in my hotel , sitting at a table next to ours . |
| 28 | My initial homesickness at school soon gave way to a dread of going home , home to a place where no one understood me , no one spoke the same language as I did , and no one showed the slightest interest in what I had been doing , thinking or feeling during my absence . |
| 29 | Yvonne says , fanning her mouth and hanging onto my arm . |
| 30 | I see me in my shame , the horror of this hour ; mascara fallout littering my face like ashes , my skin dank with the sweat of Crilly and myself , my underwear torn and hanging from my hips , and me , small and stoned and sobbing , beneath the stern emphatic white of Siobhan 's cross . |