Example sentences of "[prep] my [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lifting one Pelton ‘ can ’ off my ears the ambient cabin noise was well below even some modern designs . |
| 2 | I was even more pleased to find that all of them could see me almost immediately , and the one I chose inspected the car as soon as I arrived and had the quote dropped through my letterbox the next morning . |
| 3 | Going through my files the other day , I vaguely remembered sending you a little effort called Offensive from Quasar 13 — just over seven months ago , it must have been . |
| 4 | Something of that strange that strangeness and that irony lies behind the famous claim ‘ I will try to express myself in some mode of life for art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can , using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence , exile and cunning . |
| 5 | For my money the 1954 version has more edge to it . |
| 6 | Both the storm and the rarer Leach 's petrel were known to frequent Sula Sgeir , but for my part the all-pervading guano stench made any other odour indistinguishable . |
| 7 | For my tastebuds the best way to dilute sparkling wine is with fresh orange juice to make the traditional Bucks Fizz . |
| 8 | I discovered soon after my illness the same energies walking beneath the cliffs of Lyme Regis , in the shadow of Mary Annan and the ichthyosauruses as I do in this hamlet . |
| 9 | Apparently when they pulled me out of the river and bashed the water out of my belly the first thing I said as I came round was , ‘ Riddled with diseases , I 'm sure ’ and the crew broke up in this hysterical laughter . |
| 10 | Our Tory MP did jump off his LandRover to shake my hand and take one of my leaflets the other day , but as far as I could tell I was the only voter he met that morning . |
| 11 | Plus I learned that you know from from our group reading of my play the other week , I learned what the function of a director was because you know obviously I should n't have given you all your parts to read for a week to sort of work out what the inflection should have been . |
| 12 | I do n't have at the tip of my fingers the total level of funds managed , but |
| 13 | There is little doubt in my mind that the case was Nitric Acid from the very beginning but nevertheless given the imperfectness of my prescriptions the gentle stimulation of the vitality by the 50 millesimal potencies uncovered the necessary clues in the end . |
| 14 | Sepp was really Septimus , the seventh , and I called one of my calves the same name . |
| 15 | ‘ I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race . ’ |
| 16 | " Having given you the best years of my life , I now appeal to your justice and well-known liberality for a retiring pension , humbly requesting that in the event of my death the same may be continued to my child for his education till he attains 15 years of age , he being now in his 7th year . " |
| 17 | She picks it up and she tried to get in the bath with some of my daughters the other day . |
| 18 | I moved out of my office the same afternoon . |
| 19 | He has given me and many of my colleagues the firm impression that he has listened to our recommendations and suggestions , and that he will continue to do that in the years to come . |
| 20 | ‘ After trying the fluid on a small unnoticeable area , you now wish to wash all of my trousers the spirited way , am I right , madam ? |
| 21 | I can feel again beneath my fingers the vigorous resentment of the caterpillar , the wet , leathery hydrangea leaves , and my mother 's little work-worn hand . |
| 22 | Behind my back the four smokestacks of the power station pointed upwards , the threshold of an unfinished building of inconceivably vast and dreadful size . |
| 23 | Behind my annoyance the self-preserving part of my mind was pointing out that the sooner I got going , the sooner I could be a long way from Fraxilly farmland . |
| 24 | Oh , on Radio one listening with my mum the other day . |
| 25 | One eye yet looks on thee , But with my heart the other eye doth see . |
| 26 | She 's forgiven me for being such an ass with my ultimatum the other day , ’ he added , then sighed , ‘ I do wish she was coming back to her flat . ’ |
| 27 | That voice I 've missed wasting no time in telling me its owner had dined with my secretary the previous evening . ’ |
| 28 | I have n't been very successful with my aubergines the last couple of years , as they keep being eaten by caterpillars . |
| 29 | I stayed at the banquet with my brother the entire evening . |
| 30 | I could not in the court of law swear that you had been under my observations the whole time we were making the ascent . ’ |