Example sentences of "[vb past] to my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After I moved to my apartment in the Hotel España I kept hoping I might be able to persuade you to come and share it , or at least to take the one next to mine , which was empty . |
| 2 | Blunderingly , I moved to my left among the boulders , being careful to keep behind them and not be seen . |
| 3 | I asked for a bowl , there was an embarrassed silence when no one moved to my aid ( thinking I felt sick ! ) — and my waters soaked the kitchen floor . |
| 4 | Using the corner to steady myself , I slowly and silently turned about and moved to my right , into the blackness of the side alley . |
| 5 | In my case there was no homosexuality — or heterosexuality , for that matter — to conceal , but I think there was a certain amount of gender confusion , nurtured by circumstances both at home and at school , which contributed to my sense of loss , the loss of self . |
| 6 | May I through the Journal , say thank you to all my friends and colleagues who contributed to my retirement present [ camcorder ] — a gift that 's much appreciated and will always remind me of my 32+ years at JS . |
| 7 | He intended to take Papa 's money and use it to keep his long-term mistress and their children ; he laughed at me behind my back … while he pretended to my face that he admired and loved me dearly . |
| 8 | They proposed to my father that he make a list of all our properties in Palestine so that they could buy them . |
| 9 | The resources devoted to my law and order programme will be substantially increased . |
| 10 | Without the Rivas of the world , no ben Issachar would ever have been born to learn the arts devoted to my undoing . |
| 11 | I span my Phazer round , the wave lifted me up towards God , and I rose to my feet . |
| 12 | I forced a smile and then turned and fled to my room . |
| 13 | And , while she was suddenly a little mesmerised to see a return of that charm , ‘ You mentioned to my secretary yesterday that you were hoping to see something of my country , ’ he reminded her . |
| 14 | There was a note from Lisabeth Sellotaped to my door telling me that Frank had phoned and that Salome was ‘ comfortable ’ which was heaps better than ‘ stable ’ , and he 'd talked about her being moved to town . |
| 15 | Quite the contrary , ’ I told him , then put the phone just a little away from my mouth and shouted to my father : ‘ It 's only Jamie again , Dad ! ’ |
| 16 | In fact , although there was a cloud hanging over my future , I found to my surprise that I was enjoying life in the present more than I had before . |
| 17 | Calling in at Lowestoft I found to my surprise that I was on the promotion list and viewed the prospect with mixed feelings as at the time this meant that I would no longer be eligible to crew on the cutters . |
| 18 | And although much of this was , by the record that he gives , painful , at the very end of it he says , quote , ‘ I found to my surprise that I was quite glad to be done with the whole subject ’ . |
| 19 | When doing this last summer , I found to my amazement a whole langoustine who sadly had not been trained to crawl backwards . |
| 20 | WHEN my NHS three-tooth bridge had to be replaced , I found to my horror that what had cost £150 three years ago would now set me back some £650 if supplied privately . |
| 21 | Then I became the black sheep and I found to my horror that everyone thought I was off my bloody head . |
| 22 | I found to my horror that it was " Engaged " ; I had taken off with " George " in control . |
| 23 | The hon. Members for Birkenhead and for Halifax ( Mrs. Mahon ) and my hon. Friend the Member for Macclesfield referred to my part in the events of 1990 . |
| 24 | My Lords , erm the , the th the most I think perhaps er th th th the Noble Lord , Lor Lord erm referred to my amendments and particularly to Amendment twenty-one which I share with I share certainly share this view with him that that is probably the most important of the ones which is which er I am concerned and to which I put my name and also I do n't think it necessary at this stage to add to my remarks , but I do believe that the that the overwhelming need here is to strengthen the representation of elected erm members on police authorities and to er walk er to tear away from the trend as I see it which is in which is erm the er my Right Honourable Friend , the Home Secretary has written into this Bill of increasing the power of the central Government . |
| 25 | He referred to my rods as stepped-up fly rods , and his I called tent poles . |
| 26 | This referred to my office ! |
| 27 | He even behaved to my mother , his exact contemporary , as though she were much older than he , deferring to her opinions with an air of youthful naivete . |
| 28 | The problems I had getting Dawn used to my family were made worse for two reasons . |
| 29 | used to go on a Sunday say come on we 'll go and I used to my dinner , oh fucking hell my dinner this is desperate , them wee were gorgeous too . |
| 30 | Er , it just occurred to my family . |