Example sentences of "[vb past] my [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I there soon experienced my first dealings with corporal punishment .
2 When we made love that day in your room , and I experienced my own frailty , it shook me .
3 It was much later that I realized my subconscious tendency towards preferring complicated solutions , merely to demonstrate my clever mental logic .
4 I was gardening and he said er er I bent over to do something and he said I just went dizzy , he said , and I fell over he said and then I realized my right side was paralysed .
5 Well I did n't know anything about any none of us knew anything about anybody in those days , cos it was so early on in the , and we were n't , I was influenced more by people like blues er black blues singers , American blues singers like Muddy and Lightning , all those old blues , , er they were the heroes for me that I grew up with playing skiffle and and then Lonnie became my first Lonnie became by first hero and I er modelled a lot of my early singing on Lonnie .
6 But the Jaguthin who became my close companions were summoned at night , during the full moon .
7 She became my legal guardian .
8 So Anna became my legal guardian .
9 became my intimate terror .
10 Our local library , Macdonald Road , Edinburgh , produced a book on fishing that became my firm favourite .
11 From then on the hospital became my second home .
12 Therefore the new girl became my best friend and has been ever since ( with a few eruptions ! ) because she is a very loyal , trustworthy , non-possessive , generous and kind girl .
13 I meant the hon. Gentleman , but he almost became my hon. Friend because of his grudging acceptance of the principle of testing .
14 People of all shapes and sizes became my biggest threat and a vital potential source of assistance .
15 I got my personal weapon and kit together , checked under the car , and headed for Angelo .
16 Finally I got my long-awaited appointment to see Dr John Randell , the ‘ patron saint of transsexuals ’ .
17 ‘ I struggled and twisted and got my right hand free .
18 I glanced at my reflection to admire the effect and then I got my second shock that evening .
19 As the day of rehearsals approached I got my usual attack of the ‘ I 'll never do its ’ .
20 I got my current job in 1990 .
21 I got my new trousers
22 South bank as well 'cause that 's where I started , where I got my first board ever .
23 On the first Thursday , I got my first dose of an ‘ on-call ’ period .
24 Er and I , I do n't know whether that was where I got my first idea of being a nurse .
25 Alan explains : ‘ I got my first chance of management about 10 years ago when Ronnie McFall was in charge at the Oval .
26 And it was n't a shock when I got my first hit record because I was trying for that all our lives and so she backed me all the way .
27 Then I splashed out and got my first Alembic — cost me £890 in 1980 , serious cash .
28 When I got my first laser printer many moons ago , my bank manager almost had a heart attack .
29 ‘ I suppose I really understood what was at stake when I got my first glimpse of the castle , ’ she admitted , unable to disguise a rather wry smile .
30 After acquiring the relevant paper qualifications in 1979 I got my first sales and marketing job in 1980 .
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