Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] [adv prt] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only wish Tata had lived to see me take up my place at Bedford College . |
| 2 | Surely you do n't want me to give up my evenings too . |
| 3 | ‘ You just do n't want me to carry on my business , do you ? ’ she hit back , angered at his refusal and refusing to see the rest as a compliment . |
| 4 | She made me put on my suit and collar and tie . |
| 5 | Then she helped me put on my white satin dress , after which I pulled on my shoes . |
| 6 | ‘ Come on , you do n't expect me to give up my jacket , ’ Geoffrey exclaimed , in response to a disapproving look from Bridget . |
| 7 | On arrival at the hairpin bend I looked over my shoulder and saw that the kakar had lowered her head , and was once more cropping the grass . |
| 8 | I am writing this partly to get it clear in my head and to help me make up my mind . |
| 9 | ‘ How do you suggest I cover up my psoriasis ? ’ |
| 10 | The groups discussed my problems and in the empowering atmosphere it came as quite natural that someone should suggest I start up my own campaign . |
| 11 | I can imagine what he 'll think if you ring him up and say you 've found me weeping over my special patient ! |
| 12 | ‘ It is no use me spitting out my dummy , ’ he said , borrowing a a popular Australian phrase . |
| 13 | He 's so sincere , he helps me to work out my personal problems . |
| 14 | That is a great deal of money Minnie which I do not need to tell you and would without doubt enable me to bring over my first-born at long last . |
| 15 | So how do I write down my strategy ? |
| 16 | When I had finished I took off my coat and hung it on a nail . |
| 17 | Once I had sucked my third of a pint of milk dry I picked up my books and returned to the lecture theatre . |
| 18 | Communication soon became virtually impossible and a rope tangle forced me to take off my dachsteins briefly . |
| 19 | In Rachel Webb 's case this meant losing the right to see her daughter , ’ The judge said I gave up my rights as a parent the day I had my operation ’ . |
| 20 | He was told : ‘ No sooner had I got out my tools than there was a violent thunderstorm , the worst I have ever known . |
| 21 | Had I taken up my station on the same day two , three or even four hundred years earlier the same spectacle would have presented itself , completely unchanged . |
| 22 | I had a drip to get things going and the registrar wanted me to move off my nice comfy bed and climb onto the couch to have an epidural . |
| 23 | He smiled too , and stabbed me in the gut with the gun-barrel hard enough to make me suck in my breath . |
| 24 | Stops me going off my head , anyway ! |
| 25 | And then you see I gave up my home in Liverpool and came to Anglesey to my people . |