Example sentences of "[subord] my [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent times I have been able to go down to the hostel , where my good friend Richard Megson gives me the opportunity to wash in lovely hot water . |
| 2 | Where my nearest brush with show business was when my father , a tailor , made Ronnie Hilton 's jacket for Buttons in Cinderella at the Hull New Theatre . |
| 3 | Ameliaranne Stiggins , they suggest , has not been forced to take in washing to support the several children of her unfortunate failed early marriage — she did a New Horizons for Women course at her local community centre , passed her CQSW , and now works as a social worker in Tower Hamlets , where My Little Sister is her team leader . |
| 4 | The sleeping-car attendant sighed deeply at so much opulent femininity and philosophically returned to his roomette , and I went on up the train into the next car , where my own bed lay . |
| 5 | Across the landing which interrupted the downward curve of the stairs was a front bedroom where my youngest aunt slept until my grandmother took to her bed — and afterwards when left alone . |
| 6 | A kind choirman gave me a threepenny bit , so my total spending money for the day amounted to tenpence . |
| 7 | ‘ So my first thought was of a time-space machine ( thanks to H. G. Wells ) in which contemporary characters ( one of whom I wanted to be a 12–13 year old ) would be able to travel forward and backward in time , and inward and outward in space . |
| 8 | Sunday was bath-night , so my big sister Etty would be given the task of looking for my younger brother Jerry , Anna , the youngest of our family , and myself . |
| 9 | Like some people get a kick out of crossing the Atlantic in an old bath , so my particular surgeon , for all his great skill , is not quite right in the head . |
| 10 | He was rather vague about that , so my Hon. Friend asked him more questions . |
| 11 | As life in general was unreal and remote — seen through a sheet of glass — so my own suffering seemed unreal . |
| 12 | ‘ So my own cottage on the Donegal shore where I can slip away when I 'm not filming is the answer . |
| 13 | I come down stairs sideways , so my whole foot 's on the stair so there 's less chance of me falling down . |
| 14 | GET TO KNOW ME BETTER THAN MY BEST MATE DOES ! |
| 15 | It mocked me , but at the same time I knew I was in danger of surrendering to it , that damned semblance of what I wanted — I was being weakened by it , seduced into yielding to your power over me , and it 's so much more comprehensive than my one-dimensional influence on you . |
| 16 | Inside , I was barely able to stand upright at the highest point , for I was head and shoulders taller than my sinister host ; and it did not escape my notice that the roof at its highest point was infested with cobwebs , in the corners of which sat large square spiders . |
| 17 | I realized as I turned its pages that this was probably telling me more about the country and its people than my actual visit . |
| 18 | ‘ I opened Keith 's shirt and saw a bullet hole just a little bigger than my middle finger nail . |
| 19 | Mr Lawson responded pleasantly : ‘ I am glad that my honourable friend raised that issue because , although it is an absurdity , it is believed by many people other than my honourable friend , who understandably picks up things that he hears other people say . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ No worse than my first day as a medical student , anyway . |
| 21 | It was far worse than my first day on the wards . ’ |
| 22 | Less , indeed , than my late brother 's good name , which I consider to be more important than any financial inconvenience you may be caused by the expiry of copyright . |
| 23 | Despite a pile of unread reprints now measuring 16 inches tall , I read this book because of the nagging suspicion that in a field that has grown as rapidly as vascular biology and medicine I might be missing more than my 16 inch stack suggested . |
| 24 | It would mean more than my greatest wish to have a family living next door in time for Christmas . |
| 25 | At the time Pete was fifty , making the challenge of his biking this wilderness more meaningful than my personal quest . |
| 26 | 5/5 Natrel Plus , Ylang ‘ This is much better than my usual brand . |
| 27 | Or , at least , the bat 's sensation of her mate may be no more different from my visual sensation of a flamingo , than my visual sensation of a flamingo is different from a flamingo 's visual sensation of a flamingo . |
| 28 | ‘ My dear Tim , ’ he says , ‘ fifteen thousand dollars is slightly more than my annual pension . ‘ |
| 29 | Some of the fabrics draped across workbenches cost more than my annual wage , but the workers are wearing jeans or polyester florals . |
| 30 | There may be truth in such a suggestion ; and my own dislike of it may stem from nothing more profound than my intense dislike of the word ‘ leisure ’ , suggesting to me , as it does , the spectacle of some drone-figure sitting in a deck-chair while someone else mows the lawn , or a grim marina , packed with empty yachts . |