Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [prep] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could have been a little hasty in my diagnosis , ’ Arty allowed with an embarrassed smile . |
| 2 | Their plight made me feel rather guilty about my concern over the mosquito bites on my face . |
| 3 | One hot after noon I was cycling on a lonely road to a country house where I had two pupils when I heard a plane buzzing rather low over my head . |
| 4 | The people who probably will be most interested in my explanation are those in Scotland and perhaps those in the North West , because those two Divisions had the distinction of ‘ advertising ’ their Annual Dinners in the Autumn edition of ‘ The Embalmer ’ , either in the Calendar of Events or as a separate notice , and saw the magazine arrive after the event ! |
| 5 | So next day I duly went to the synagogue , rather self-conscious in my trilby hat , surprised to find women sitting in the gallery only , much impressed with the singing of the cantor and the blowing of the ram 's horn , and a little taken aback by the quick exit at the end of the fast , presumably to get back home for the first square meal of the day . |
| 6 | I escaped with a few scars and I have no doubt that my greatest support was the knowledge that I was n't economically dependent on my family . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , you do seem to be remarkably interested in my love life . ’ |
| 8 | Briant Bodies Gamma and Delta — the most interesting in my estimation — carry certain personality traits , including intelligence , aggression , equanimity and emotional stress tolerance . |
| 9 | ‘ He was incredibly careful about my performance , as well as his own , ’ said Jones . |
| 10 | I am so discontented with my work . |
| 11 | It was winter and I was changing her clothes three times a day and my self-control snapped and I shook her very hard to stop her sitting down without her pants and was so upset by my behaviour and frightened by what I had done that they agreed to put her in a home . |
| 12 | But Father had been so upset by my bolting that he never wrote . |
| 13 | I felt something so strange at my heart ! |
| 14 | ‘ I was terribly upset about my husband dying and I was n't 100 per cent . |
| 15 | He was terribly upset by my news . |
| 16 | ’ I wish people would stop being so interested in my working relationship — or rather , my lack of one — with her . ’ |
| 17 | Anyway , why are you suddenly so interested in my mail ? ’ |
| 18 | But this event was entirely unrepresentational of my behaviour at that time . |
| 19 | But I felt so different about my daughter and tried to learn where she 'd gotten to . |
| 20 | But things were so different in my time , especially those years between the Wars . |
| 21 | I ca n't claim to have been entirely candid about my promise after making it . |
| 22 | The colours were rose-petals that lay so light on my skin they were hardly there . |
| 23 | She was leaning over talking to him and saying something sort of like I 've never been so embarrassed in my life ! |
| 24 | Am I sufficiently interested in my question or topic to keep me interested over the necessary time period ? |
| 25 | Wilson was obviously embarrassed by my statement and sought to identify any particular honorands whom I might have in mind . |
| 26 | He said , ‘ What I 've done , I 've left everything in the top drawer so that it 's all easier for my wife when I die . |
| 27 | He is one of the shrewdest coaches around and I learnt so much during my year there . ’ |
| 28 | My father would rage and storm , not so much at my mother as to her , and against Helen and Pat in their absence , but in the end neither of them would say anything to either of my sisters . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm Rosemary Worty ’ — so much to my horror ! |
| 30 | Just as it is almost impossible to apply what is now called the ‘ Japanese ’ system of management to other parts of the world , because of the differences of culture and background of the people who are working in industry , so it is equally unlikely that the particular , precise ways that I have found so useful will have the same application to others ; Nevertheless , since I have spent so much of my life developing these ideas it may be that some of my experience will hit a chord of recognition or cause others to reflect or contemplate . |