Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] my [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kept my birthday a secret , except that some students wanted me to sign some books , and as I signed them I put the date and I happened to say that ‘ I am signing this on my 44th birthday ’ , and after that the news spread mysteriously and my whole class greeted me with ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in English , and today , when I saw the other class , they sang ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in Portuguese . |
| 2 | I noticed that on my first visit to Kinghorn . ’ |
| 3 | Suppose on the other hand that as a thoroughly loyal supporter of the Fruity Party I give all of my first three preferences to all of its three candidates — to Cherry as well as to Apple and Banana . |
| 4 | And I can remember one of my first patients I had to take blood from , and it took me quite a few goes on that poor lady but she 's still friends with me so she 's forgiven me . |
| 5 | The gangs are killing hobos for less than a dollar and I get 19 on my first try . |
| 6 | Let me develop that with my second illustration . |
| 7 | ‘ I now feel fine after my second reserve game against Halifax this week , and look forward to being back in first team action … ’ |
| 8 | I was very impressed by the care and attention I received in labour and the concerned approach of the consultant and all the junior staff to things that I felt wrong with my first delivery . |
| 9 | My time was slow ( 10.14 ) , but on the other hand I had run fourth in my first World Championship . |
| 10 | ‘ You realise we did this on my last birthday ? |
| 11 | I got four in my first game for Newcastle against Leeds and nine in my first five matches . |
| 12 | going to ask that as my next question . |
| 13 | You take three from my last one , why was that ? |
| 14 | I think I have sufficiently erased most of my first eighteen years , puréed them into harmless baby food . |
| 15 | I 'm just glad to get this game out of the way and hopefully I 'll be feeling better for my next match . ’ |