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Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Personally , I am rather too fond of my sanity to risk it in this way .
2	I suppose I 've done my part to help them by writing extensively about laser weapons for New Scientist and other magazines .
3	I found no great welcome ; people seemed quite oblivious of my arrival , and no doubt it was unconscious arrogance on my part to expect it to be otherwise .
4	Some adolescents seemed concerned about a lack of knowledge or deficiency in Creole on their own part : For my English oral , last year , I had to read a Patois poem , so I aksed my mum to read it for me , and that 's how I got to , you know , sort of pick it up just for that poem … kept letting her read it over and over again till I get the sound .
5	Just my luck to get one with vandalistic urges !
6	I am a present looking at the dozen or so cones sitting on the floor and am making up my mind to do something with them , but even with ingenious ideas , how does one find time with all that knitting to do ?
7	It 's a thought that crossed my mind to help you as a trainer .
8	‘ It would never for one moment cross my mind to accuse you of being a sentimentalist . ’
9	Then , with a smile that set all the butterflies off again , ‘ It 's my intention to take you to where the food is really good , and also show you something of the city by night . ’
10	‘ It — hmm — never was my intention to take you on the couch in my drawing-room , ’ he commented gruffly , purposely putting some daylight between them .
11	‘ The extra few days off helped Gough , but it was n't my intention to play him at Aberdeen if the midweek game had been on . ’
12	I spoke to him like a mother but he was determined to put an end to her life , so on 11 January 1987 , when Paulette was leaving the home of her friends on the way to her own home , [ the defendant ] stopped her and shot her and then placed a call to my home to inform me of the murder .
13	I make it my business to acquaint myself with where objects properly belong in a house .
14	I used my right to haul him to me , and I use it again to punch his head .
15	‘ At Marriage Guidance , ’ went on Henry , ‘ I did n't feel able to discuss my need to tie you to the bed and whip you with my pyjama cord .
16	‘ But it 's not in my nature to allow myself to be altered by another .
17	I also had a rather childish trust in the police until the day they turned up on my doorstep to question me about a murder .
18	It was hardly surprising , therefore , that my refusal to accompany him to America so irked him .
19	'Cos he took them boots and it was my job to take them to the big house for the gentleman . ’
20	It was my job to bury her in the church .
21	And I see it as part of my job to help them to be able to judge their own work …
22	‘ I consider it part of my job to know everything about everybody , ’ Mandy muttered abstractedly .
23	Then she added with an air of responsibility , ‘ It 's my job to keep them in order .
24	At least the President saw enough sense to agree to my request to put you in charge of the unit .
25	By that time the sun was well up , and I took off my jacket to lay it with my bags and binoculars .
26	‘ Of course nothing can be formally arranged just at this present , ’ went on Miss Merchiston , and Theda almost laughed out to see the burgeoning hope in the poor man 's face , ‘ for with dear Mama in this sad condition , I could not reconcile it with my conscience to leave her in the care of other hands .
27	She was hysterical and distraught and I took her through for my wife to comfort her before telephoning the police . ’
28	Indeed , I may say it was not my wish to see you at all .
29	I had to use my knife to cut them to pieces as they flew around me .
30	I retained a friendship for George Brown , although he regarded me with rather dubious approval because of my omission to drink anything at any dinner party .