Example sentences of "[vb pp] my [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robin and Patsy Dunbar ( 1975 ) have developed my pioneering studies of gelada baboons in Ethiopia ( 1966 ) through detailed analyses of interactions within harems in the natural habitat . |
| 2 | For instance , when I first started writing , and had completed my first novels , I was not allowed to sign a contract for it . |
| 3 | He was so loving and in a moment I had bared my few troubles , and felt it almost criminal to worry him with one 's little difficulties . |
| 4 | Whatever may be said about his lordship these days — and the great majority of it is , as I say , utter nonsense — I can declare that he was a truly good man at heart , a gentleman through and through , and one I am today proud to have given my best years of service to . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been given my marching orders . |
| 6 | ‘ Because I 've been given my marching orders , ’ Ellie said more shortly than she 'd intended . |
| 7 | By 9.15 Callahan and Ted still had n't showed at Jocko 's , and I 'd forgotten my webbed gloves . |
| 8 | He was lying half submerged in his pool , and Robert , after looking at him closely , said , ‘ I 've forgotten my rubber boots . |
| 9 | I have enjoyed my twelve months as secretary and would like to thank the other committee members for their help and support , especially Alan . |
| 10 | I 've enjoyed my four years at Widnes but I think a change of clubs will help me get back on the international scene , ’ said Tait , 27 , who has agreed a three-year contract with the Headingley club . |
| 11 | much enjoyed my three years here but |
| 12 | ‘ Meaning that I should have trusted my first impressions of you . ’ |
| 13 | But because you 're an old-fashioned , besotted old woman I 'll laugh at you while I tell you that your dear Andrew has not missed my wifely attentions at all . |
| 14 | Mum look , I done my own buttons |
| 15 | I am bespoke in the evening , but the daytime is free , once I 've done my domestic chores . |
| 16 | Always keen to do things economically if I could , I 'd made my own jesses . |
| 17 | ‘ The residue of my estate , including Merchiston Lodge and its contents other than those already specified , together with the grounds in which it is set , I bequeath to the one person who has made my last days worth living , Miss Theodosia Kyte . ’ |
| 18 | Afterwards , too late , I realized how I should have used my twenty-two seconds . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've had my greatest moments here on my birthday for the last 20 years and I do n't intend to stop now . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've had my tough times , too . |
| 21 | ‘ What might I not have done if I 'd had my own clubs for the first two rounds ? ’ |
| 22 | And although I have since had my own shows in West End galleries in London , the excitement of being part of the Summer Exhibition has never worn thin . |
| 23 | What would it be like though if I had n't got my eleven appointments ? |
| 24 | I mean it came out well I thought , it came out very well , considering it was , you know , different process , and it certainly does the job and I still have n't got my damn postcards have I ? |
| 25 | Got my new shoes at Frasers . |
| 26 | I have n't got my new stories today . |
| 27 | So erm and the other thing was the erm the maternity bill er what is the other one that so interests me that , I 've got my two favourites , erm and that is the cervical , the cancer smear test . |
| 28 | I 'd got my 10 pences , but if I stopped to use a phone box I 'd lose him . |
| 29 | I 've got my special clothes with the trademark all the way thr |
| 30 | So I would have heard enough on the phone er because I have n't got my original notes here , I would have heard enough on the phone er Robert to have suggested that it was a good idea to get face to face . |