Example sentences of "my lord " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Shaw answered : ‘ But they do , my lord . |
| 2 | Lords : We do , my lord . |
| 3 | Lord Wapping : My Lord , t is none of these today , I fear … |
| 4 | Wapping : My Lord , this is the way I always stand And have stood so for 60 years or more . |
| 5 | Wapping : I can not say , my Lord . |
| 6 | Wapping : How very interesting , my Lord . |
| 7 | Emma : My Lord , I have not time to waste on that - I have an interview with Vogue ere midday strikes . |
| 8 | ‘ To see my lord and master , what else ! ’ she laughed . |
| 9 | Steve Cauthen rode his 163rd winner of the season on My Lord at Leicester , where ten races attracted a crowd of less than 600 , and announced that he would not be riding again on the flat this season . |
| 10 | I can take comfort in this , knowing that my Lord has entered into our humanity and brought it home to God . |
| 11 | ‘ No , my lord , ’ ( such courtesy again , and such artful courtesy too , as we shall see ! ) ‘ hear me ; I give you the field , and I give you the cave that is in it ; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you ; bury your dead . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ My lord , ’ he replies , still with the utmost courtesy , ‘ listen to me ; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver , what is that between you and me ? |
| 13 | ‘ They belong to your servant Jacob ; they are a present sent to my lord Esau ; and moreover he is behind us . ’ |
| 14 | When Esau next asks him about the purpose of the three droves sent on ahead ( it would appear that the slaves accompanying them have not passed on Jacob 's message ) , Jacob answers , ‘ To find favour in the sight of my lord . ’ |
| 15 | Still the disappointment of ‘ my lord ’ , but that is balanced by a profound play on words . |
| 16 | To Esau the reunion means they must now journey on together , but when he suggests it Jacob replies : ‘ My lord knows that the children are frail , and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me ; and if they are overdriven for one day , all the flocks will die . |
| 17 | Let my lord pass on before his servant , and I will lead on slowly , according to the pace of the cattle which are before me and according to the pace of the children , until I come to my lord in Seir . ’ |
| 18 | Let my lord pass on before his servant , and I will lead on slowly , according to the pace of the cattle which are before me and according to the pace of the children , until I come to my lord in Seir . ’ |
| 19 | Let me find favour in the sight of my lord . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Please you , my lord ’ , she said to James Beaton , archbishop of Glasgow , handing him the letter , ‘ to read a pasquil ’ ( lampoon ) . |
| 21 | MY LORD JOHN by Georgette Heyer Arrow , £4.99 AT THE time of her death , Georgette Heyer was working on a large-scale historical sequence based on the character of John , Duke of Bedford , third son of Henry IV , and known to us primarily as the goody-goody prince of Shakespeare 's Henry IV . |
| 22 | In a plea for leniency after a finding of guilty , defending counsel tells the court : ‘ My Lord , my client is very much a Walter Mitty character . |
| 23 | This is unusual in the Near Eastern religions , although Christians sometimes talk of Jesus as ‘ God ’ ( as in the words of Thomas after the Resurrection , ‘ My Lord and my God ’ — John 20:28 ) , and in the doctrine of the Trinity it is made clear that the Father , the Son and the Spirit are all ‘ God ’ ( as stated in the Athanasian Creed ) . |
| 24 | In his celebrated letter to Chesterfield , Samuel Johnson asks : ‘ Is not a Patron , My Lord , one who looks with unconcern on a Man struggling for Life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ No , my lord . |
| 26 | ‘ Aye , my lord ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I know you love Hector , my lord , but I have to say it , if you kill me for it . |
| 28 | There are rooms awaiting you , my ladies , and you , my lord , and hot water being taken up to them this instant for you . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ My mother , my lord , she 'll need me , and my grandfather ill ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I might be asking you the same thing , my lord . ’ |