Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [prep] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | We were brought up nicely to go with my father who used to sing in the church choir . |
| 2 | It flattered his vanity to think himself in love with me ; it also gave him , I believe , some unadmitted pleasure constantly to long for my flesh and yet always to forbid himself the attaining of it : to deny himself was just as exciting as to indulge himself . |
| 3 | It was all to do with my ankle . |
| 4 | Suddenly she rose from the post , some 250 feet from me , and with a dozen or so leisurely beats of her magnificent wings she was angling in to land on my glove and devour her prize ! |
| 5 | I filled the crack above with belay nuts , tied off , and eventually relaxed enough to hang into my harness and haul in the rope . |
| 6 | I feel more people could benefit from changes such as I was lucky enough to have in my life . |
| 7 | As I earned only enough to pay for my childminder my father paid my train fares . |
| 8 | ‘ Karl has given me no indication that he wants to leave and Paul Dixon is the only player they have got who is good enough to get in my side . |
| 9 | This subject added : " Occasionally I hear the first movement of his Third Concerto , which I do not know well enough to construct in my mind when I am fully conscious . " |
| 10 | No , I 'm trying Can everyone be careful not to sit on my coat I have another walkman in my pocket . |
| 11 | ‘ I decided not to go to my room after all . |
| 12 | I was also advised by the Leadership not to go without my Husband 's support . |
| 13 | On his fee : ‘ I told the organisers today not to worry about my fee , just make sure I have enough to drink during the lunch . |
| 14 | But not to do with my back . |
| 15 | The upshot was I saw exactly what not to do with my life . |
| 16 | ‘ My spirits varied between depression , acceptance , and hope , ’ he said , ‘ although I found it easier not to think of my son , Antoine . ’ |
| 17 | So all I could do was to prance about waving flashcards and realia like a second-rate conjuror at a children 's party , and try not to glance at my watch more than once a minute . |
| 18 | He managed somehow to get under my skin , tangle me up inside so that I did n't know if I was coming or going . |
| 19 | Now just to clarify in my mind about , here I 'm looking at the summary of your submission , you actually refer to the fact that sixty three hectares are required to meet the needs of the city , whereas I take it you say this morning that you 're happy with the forty six , er but in reality you can only get thirty three ac thirty three hectares within the city . |
| 20 | The kind I make continually , but had hoped not to make in my work . |
| 21 | ’ I will thank you not to speak of my son , ' he said evenly . |
| 22 | I put him back in his stable again , complete with an enormous amount of bandaging and went home to wait for my vet to phone with the results of the x-rays . |
| 23 | Mike just a point of information I have been teaching in Harlow for twenty years and I 've never been asked by anybody at the playhouse what play 's who 's like to see in my school . |
| 24 | ‘ I should abandon this farce of a holiday and go home to attend to my business . |
| 25 | The mill was quite close to home so in the lunch hour I was able to go home to see to my mother who was ill at the time . ’ |
| 26 | like to look after my mother , er she was one , and she died now erm she died two years ago , I think she was one of the first to go and er , the other one they fetched him out of the street the chap then they corresponded with him up to the war but , but after that , they , I do n't know whether they stopped writing because of the war , I do n't know , but they never , never got in touch with them never again so |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm going home to play in my playhouse with Louis and look after him , ’ she yelled . |
| 28 | But the pain was more to do with my mouth and my muscles than with the burns . |
| 29 | ‘ I am taking four days off to spend with my wife and young baby , ’ he said . |
| 30 | This arrangement continued for eight years , and enabled me not only to work on several books , but also to continue with my computer research . |