Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would say it was reasonable , since under our current agreement I shall be totally cancelling out your debt , that you contract to remain in my employ for three years . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Thank you , but — I just want to go to my room . ’ |
| 3 | I want to go to my bed ! |
| 4 | I want to go in my seat . |
| 5 | I want to arrange for my body to be closed up in a transparent plastic parallelepiped ’ . |
| 6 | After the horror stories about the dogs I hesitate to go near my first one , but with us they are just big balls of fur . |
| 7 | ‘ Mama , I want to try on my new dress , ’ Anna said . |
| 8 | I want to try on my costume . |
| 9 | But , I suppose you , only want to know about my wife . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If Enya did say , ‘ I want to work with my husband from now on ’ , it would be a sad day , ’ says Nicky . |
| 11 | ‘ I want to work on my boat , ’ Sam objected . |
| 12 | I want to concentrate on my constituency , but before I do I shall make two points . |
| 13 | It would be a great honour but at the moment I want to concentrate on my game and just be one of the members of the team . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I feel I shall die of misery … when I die I want written on my tombstone : ‘ Here Lies a Child Who Perished Miserably From Homesickness ’ . ' |
| 15 | I would say : if you want to talk of my thinking it in such circumstances then the least misleading thing to say is that I think it in saying it . |
| 16 | you want to look at my things , what things do you want to look at ? |
| 17 | My hobbies involve caring for my family , cooking , reading , watching TV soaps and decorating the house . |
| 18 | I want to play for my country and believe I am the man for the job . ’ |
| 19 | PETER Beardsley last night clarified his England future by insisting : ‘ I still want to play for my country . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You throw drink all over me , expect to sleep in my flat tonight and you tell me to shut up ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If so , I want to apologise for my timing . |
| 22 | Then they would n't find me , and I could plan my life and find a job and a flat and go home in six months ' time having proved I 'm adult and they 'll have to let go and let me do what I absolutely , passionately want to do with my life . |
| 23 | ‘ I know now that we 've all been wrong about what I want to do with my — ’ |
| 24 | But there is a great deal more that I want to do with my life and I think I should start while I still have the energy and enthusiasm . ’ |
| 25 | But what I want to do at my present moment is maintain my share of the business . |
| 26 | I want to sleep in my old room , so what I do is take the mattress and stick it back in my old room . |
| 27 | I want to live with my paintings . ’ |
| 28 | I want to live nearer my sister . |
| 29 | I want to argue with my friends and console my secretary , Meri McCall , whose son , Kevin , was with an armoured division in Saudi Arabia . |
| 30 | I want to get into my lab . |