Example sentences of "my [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A good diet is all my pairs require to keep breeding regularly ; a top name flake , supplemented with various live foods , according to season . |
| 2 | One of my pairs is actually reluctant to spawn if there is no-one from whom to defend their territory . |
| 3 | If I had to select one of my pairs of binoculars for observations of nebulæ I think I would choose the × 7 instrument , though I agree that the more powerful binoculars can bring out more details in the fainter nebulæ . |
| 4 | As I work freelance from home my days/hours can be completely flexible . |
| 5 | I feel it with my mandibles — |
| 6 | And as to Spasov and being saved — ‘ Il me semble que tout le monde va à Spassof ’ — there is still some comic devillife in him as he quotes the Saviour against his bible-selling saviour because she is taking thought for the morrow , and as he turns the gospel on its head with ‘ Happiness does n't pay me because I start at once forgiving all my enemies . ’ |
| 7 | Swift cursed 280 years ago , ‘ May my enemies live here in summer ! ’ ) |
| 8 | My mouth derides my enemies , |
| 9 | Through the vapours I can even grasp at the idea that the hatred and malice of my enemies , their whisperings and pointings , are but emanations of one of the form , of love . |
| 10 | And as he was about to depart he looked back upon his own home , and when he saw his hall deserted , the household chests unfastened , the doors open , no cloaks hanging up , no seats in the porch , no hawks upon the perches , the tears came into his eyes , and he said , My enemies have done this … |
| 11 | The Queen thought my life was in peril , and she should get rid of my enemies . |
| 12 | Such action , I believed — and still believe — would have played into the hands of my enemies . |
| 13 | ‘ Aha , but if you are my enemies you 'll know about that . |
| 14 | What I and my friends put down to evil witchcraft , my enemies are likely to attribute to incompetence or bad management . |
| 15 | During my term as manager I have made few friends and my enemies stalk the boardroom in ever increasing numbers . |
| 16 | I know my enemies . |
| 17 | convinced my enemies as well as friends . |
| 18 | But I try to be indifferent to the slurs of my enemies . |
| 19 | So I probably knew it better than most of my enemies . |
| 20 | Leaving Frejji to it , I slid into the pod and headed down , to mingle with my enemies . |
| 21 | To be my sword arm and my scourge , the bane of my enemies and the defender of my children . ’ |
| 22 | My enemies are stronger than I am . |
| 23 | Now they are all my enemies — Isabella and Edgar and you ! |
| 24 | ‘ After your arrival I received another anonymous letter , informing me that you had been planted by my enemies . |
| 25 | You may say also that I think it well that the musters of the northern counties should prepare themselves for possible action against the Scots at the same date , and those along the south coast should be ready to resist any assault by sea from my enemies in Europe . |
| 26 | All men are my enemies , and every living hand is turned against me . ’ |
| 27 | I wish to see the dark acts of my enemies . |
| 28 | To love my enemies . |
| 29 | You 're with me , or with my enemies . |
| 30 | The blood of my forefathers , all men of the sea … tingled at the very thought . ’ |