Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] my [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hide my sticky hand behind me , as if it 's brightly stained . |
| 2 | But when I criticise a tremolo system for being awkward to change strings on , or a truss rod for being inaccessible , it 's because I change my own strings and adjust my own truss rod . |
| 3 | I commend my hon. Friends the Members for Rugby and Kennilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , for Dartford ( Mr. Dunn ) and for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) for their overall appraisal of our policy . |
| 4 | If I sell my British Telecom shares , will I be taxed on any profits I make ? |
| 5 | My good sense knows you are right in your stark decision , and yet I regret my good friend . |
| 6 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 7 | I mean my poor Neil tried to commit suicide in nineteen eighty nine . |
| 8 | You see I 've got the prob I mean my initial reaction is I mean I I 've got no strong feeling to say we 've got to supply product the stuff it 's cheaper , we make more money , sod it . |
| 9 | I mean my own class . |
| 10 | Yes I think er I mean my own view is that he well er erm lead the party at the next election and he 'll win it . |
| 11 | You see my brother Joe is wrong , he should have , he 's a workaholic , and they 're doing sixteen hours a day and they 're working , can you imagine , and I mean my youngest brother Brad who 's working with him said er Joe do n't stop , a week , no a fortnight la , a fortnight last Sunday they had to put a not air conditioning yeah it is air conditioning unit in Smith 's in Staines and they had to whatever happens they had to get it working for the next day , it 's got to be in and working and they worked all day , my brother , my eldest brother Derek weld it for nine hours non stop , to the point where Brad our , my younger brother and Joe had |
| 12 | I raise my other fist nine inches from his face and he shrieks , crossing both arms before his face to ward off the blow . |
| 13 | Twice I bang my bandaged left against his cheek , and feel the cuts re-open across my knuckles . |
| 14 | Also , I make my two glasses of wine go further by adding sparkling mineral water . |
| 15 | I make my potted salmon in a shallow round white pot decorated on the outside with coloured fish . |
| 16 | I make my own friends . ’ |
| 17 | But I am myself an agent ; there remains the question of how I make my own decisions . |
| 18 | Oh he says I make my own prawn cocktail he says at home and lettuce and |
| 19 | and I perhaps then wax my legs or erm , but not to the extreme of having some one else involved in my improvements , I make my own improvements in my body |
| 20 | In one of my-newspaper clippings , he was quoted as having said , ‘ I make my own luck . ’ |
| 21 | I make my own purse nets but some of good quality can be bought from all well-stocked gunshops . |
| 22 | The white tube , the cork-effect filter , the solid hot flare of the match and my lips tell me of my lungs as I make my own smoke , with its blue drifting and acrid smell . |
| 23 | I trust my dear Eliza you are still well and that you received my letter . |
| 24 | ‘ I trust my inner wisdom and guidance . ’ |
| 25 | I hate my rotten job and I 'm still not earning enough and I do n't see the kids enough and there are n't enough people like you with enough of whatever it is to change anything . |
| 26 | ‘ I hate my fat knees , ’ she said , and went off for a ten-mile hike . |
| 27 | MUM , I HATE MY BIG BROTHER 'S GUTS . |
| 28 | I expect my own daughter will be like this in a year or two . |
| 29 | For one thing , the attitudinist view escapes an objection to subjectivism made by Moore that if when I say an action is bad I report my negative feelings towards it , and when you say it is good you report your positive feelings towards it , then there is no disagreement between us ( since we will probably both agree that the other has the feelings he reports ) which Moore thought an absurdity . |
| 30 | Reading for our , I mean er , I supply my own car , my church has recognised that whether I 'm probably if I pay the tax and the insurance erm and I just thirty two , thirty five that 's but when I 'm in business or I 'm in provinces and I 'm allowed to pay what , ten fifteen |