Example sentences of "[to-vb] my [noun] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently , I tried to cancel my appearance at a benefit as my pianist was ill . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I felt dreadful about it , and one morning I went to see my godfather at the Admiralty and begged him to get me into the Navy . |
| 3 | I would turn down an Oscar to see my boy at a baseball game or my girl at a song recital . |
| 4 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 5 | The limit to which the RCM was prepared to go in this matter was revealed in March 1939 , when Grunpeter was told that his salary was to be held to £2 a week , a sum ‘ which will make it impossible to continue my work at the camp as resident minister ’ . |
| 6 | But this purported resolution of the paradox , as Fried concedes , only demonstrates the compatibility of uninhibited freedom to enter contracts with respect for autonomy ; it ‘ does not show that I am morally obligated to perform my promise at a later time if to do so proves inconvenient or costly ’ . |
| 7 | They 've started to restore my beauty at last she signed with relief . |
| 8 | I 've promised to meet my cousin at that Inn on the Point at half past one . |
| 9 | It 's time to try my hand at the settled life . |
| 10 | Have to visit my mum at the weekend , thought Catriona . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've got to set my mind at rest , ’ she said . |
| 12 | The sharks seemed less intimidating , so I gulped a lung-full of air and flapped like crazy in an effort to regain my position at the bottom of the tank , clutching my hair-brush and trying to control miles of floating red chiffon . |
| 13 | I tried to stab my beak at them , to catch them with my talons , to use what strength was left in my wing , but the pain of it all was terrible and I was weakening with each second that passed by and before each new attack . |
| 14 | ‘ And since you were apparently too engrossed in it to hear my knock at the door , I simply let myself in . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I just wanted to let you know that I intend to resign my post at the District . ’ |
| 16 | As a 1933 graduate of Bristol University , I would like to express my gratitude at being remembered in 1991 . |
| 17 | In a letter to staff he said : ‘ I have to express my disappointment at the proposed changes . |
| 18 | " They said they 'd see me in three years to do my D.Phil. at Oxford . |
| 19 | If I was to pop my clogs at work or any time you 'd get fifty five thousand eight hundred eighty pounds . |
| 20 | I use the rear brake , I 'm using my knee and I 'm using a lot of upper body weight to keep my weight at a certain angle to the bike . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If the wind carries on blowing , I will have to play very solid stuff to keep my score at around level par . ’ |
| 22 | As a child I remember I used to call my mother at home , ‘ mammy up the raw ’ , and grandma was ‘ mammy down the raw' … |
| 23 | I have to confess that on that , in so far as those that I 've attended , and I 've had a couple in my area I have to confess my surprise at the efficiency of them ! |
| 24 | I do n't want to document my thesis at length , but Slovak conflict with Czechs , Croat conflict with Serbs , could not exist before 1918 when these peoples were put into the same states . |
| 25 | and it 's quite I need to get my b's at the top |
| 26 | I prefer to pay my forfeit at once ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's so kind of you to have my welfare at heart . |
| 28 | They were typical of part of what it was like to be homeless — having nowhere to go ; having to avoid all representatives of authority ; feeling tired and generally run-down ; and needing to have my wits at their sharpest at a time when they had become critically undernourished . |
| 29 | I 'm pregnant and find my sexual feelings much stronger than before — I have to rub my clitoris at night . |
| 30 | A few days passed , then came a letter instructing me to join my unit at Enfield , London . |