Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] my [num ord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Both Jessica and Nadea seemed to agree that it was fitting and appropriate when I told them my first choice would be to serve with the Royal Canadian Air Force . |
| 2 | As I see it my first responsibility is to my children and my parents . ’ |
| 3 | It was the prostitutes in Douai and Lille and Paris who gave me my first induction into their ways and wiles . |
| 4 | It was Daphne who gave me my first art book , The Treasures of Italy , in exchange for several cream wafers , and from that day on I knew I had stumbled across a subject I wanted to study for the rest of my life . |
| 5 | And , Miss Rene ’ — she paused here and put her hand out towards the eldest of the sisters — ‘ you gave me my first book , a book of poems . |
| 6 | She gave me my first mask when I was two years old . |
| 7 | We paid her my first big visit in Brooklyn , she had n't met me except on the phone . |
| 8 | Before he went though I reminded him I was going too and he paid me my last wages . |
| 9 | He gave me my first major engagement outside Sweden , Electra at Glyndebourne [ Idomeneo , 1951 ] . |
| 10 | ‘ He gave me my first winner when I started training in 1987 , and today was the 100th race of his career and his 10th victory . ’ |
| 11 | This extravaganza was directed by Max Reinhart and it gave me my first experience as an impresario , for I was commissioned by the MGM office for Canada to ‘ organize the promotion ’ of the film in our area . |
| 12 | ‘ It was just a bit of crack , but curiously enough it gave me my first taste of playing in public , something I had not yet done back home . ’ |
| 13 | Yes I could , and that 's what landed me my first part — Captain O'Hagarty , a dastardly villain in a ‘ Children 's Hour ’ serial . |