Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adj] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Meaning that I 'll need all my strength in the next few days . |
| 2 | Do I really enjoy all my exercise ? |
| 3 | I 'll pack All my courage and my |
| 4 | I would rather give half my country away than know the secret of this powder . |
| 5 | I would give all my life for that to happen . ’ |
| 6 | Well I did do all my housework , you 'd never know I 'd done it . |
| 7 | ‘ I let Bruno do all my business work . ’ |
| 8 | This might , he appreciated , mean putting sections of the house ‘ under wraps ’ , but would I bring all my experience and expertise to bear to ensure such losses were kept to a minimum ? |
| 9 | ‘ If Father agreed , I 'd spend half my time with you . |
| 10 | In PARAGUAY — God said something to me which I will remember all my life . |
| 11 | Okay I 'll keep all my Christmas cards somewhere . |
| 12 | I would spend all my time trying to capture this place on paper . |
| 13 | So I did not spend all my time peering upwards , searching the skies for those rumoured golden eagles . |
| 14 | I would spend all my time out there if I could . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't spend all my time down in London ! |
| 16 | But my confidence did not remove all my fear , and I stayed hidden in the high grass until after midnight . |
| 17 | I do n't know who it and apparently he asked him that , are , are any of your men gon na be there and if there are he said , I 'm , I 'm gon na pull out and use all my influence to stop the march and the I R A police said no there would not be any gunmen there so I thought yeah , fucking right , oh yeah that 's easy to say , and then if like the reporter said and , and you believe him and you have the feeble excuse towards a small community he said , you know what 's going on |
| 18 | I 'll muster all my talent , all my wit |
| 19 | ‘ If I were your woman , God forbid that I should ever be so cursed , I 'd cut all my hair off ! ’ she hissed back through gritted teeth , devastatingly aware of the effect his nearness was having on her traitorous body . |
| 20 | Her cream uniform made a packety sound — a sound in which , I felt , I could repose all my yearning and my trust . |
| 21 | All the people that I 've seen trying to do it have all my sympathy , because I know what they 've been going through . |
| 22 | My brother , your father , will have all my money and my house after my death , and you will have it all when he dies . |
| 23 | You ca n't have those my dear , those things do n't work . |
| 24 | He says that I might not need to get it , right , because , if , he can only tell half my blood . |
| 25 | It wo n't pay all my brother 's cos they 're cheapskating bummers . |
| 26 | I 've just got ta record all my conversation |
| 27 | It was a tradition that Edwin should frame all my father 's work but his death made that impossible in this instance so Francis returned the picture . ’ |
| 28 | Can I pass all my correspondence on to members of |
| 29 | If I can prove such scandalous stories are a tissue of lies , I will tell both my brother the King of France and His Holiness of their source . |
| 30 | She said I 'll put one more pound in gon na lose all my money in here . |