Example sentences of "[verb] my [noun] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I certainly feel like celebrat ing my painting at the moment — I have n't done any for weeks . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm really enjoying my game at the moment , because it 's been a top end to the season for us , ’ he enthused . |
| 3 | For a moment she was taken aback , realising for the first time that she had n't explained herself very well , then , gathering her wits together , she retorted briskly , ‘ If you had n't assaulted me and accused me of being a burglar I would have told you that the Svend I 'm looking for is a student who met my sister at the Roskilde music festival and afterwards entertained her and her friends here in this apartment for several nights . ’ |
| 4 | When I was out on the road I mean before I came into training I was so I laid my cards at the table at this point in time to say yes I need to sell insurance erm and I always remember particular broker who you go in and and he 's saying well so how many of these particular products would you sell over the next year and he said oh twenty five and you go in great , guy 's promised to sell twenty five domestic contents policies over the next year . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I felt dreadful about it , and one morning I went to see my godfather at the Admiralty and begged him to get me into the Navy . |
| 6 | The limit to which the RCM was prepared to go in this matter was revealed in March 1939 , when Grunpeter was told that his salary was to be held to £2 a week , a sum ‘ which will make it impossible to continue my work at the camp as resident minister ’ . |
| 7 | I can appreciate Edouard would rather have me wasting my time at the museum instead of going round to his flat and trying to persuade Barbara Coleman to leave , but sending someone to kill me was rather an over-reaction . ’ |
| 8 | I plucked one of the torches from the wall and crouched down , wrinkling my nose at the mild sour odour . |
| 9 | I made my entry at the end of the song . |
| 10 | It is because of that commitment and my understanding of the values and decent opinions of the Province that I have placed my resignation at the Prime Minister 's disposal . |
| 11 | It 's time to try my hand at the settled life . |
| 12 | I discharged my responsibility at the court , and that is that . |
| 13 | I went upstairs , had a wash then took my place at the dining table . |
| 14 | ‘ I changed my mind at the last minute . ’ |
| 15 | He sat next to me and I wrinkled my nose at the sweaty odour emanating from the long , black , food-stained gown he wore . |
| 16 | I 've just visited my grandmother at the chapel of rest and I 'm pleased she does n't know anything about this |
| 17 | Have to visit my mum at the weekend , thought Catriona . |
| 18 | ‘ No , I 'm really looking for the people who told my fortune at the Puck Fair , ’ I said . |
| 19 | I dropped my rope at the base of one of the trees and started to rake , struggling to keep from slipping on the steep slope with its loose pine-needle surface . |
| 20 | Er I 'll do my conclusion at the en very end if want in my summation . |
| 21 | I have a pee , then I wash my hands at the sink . |
| 22 | I received my mail at the barracks and showered there in the mornings . |
| 23 | I shake my head at the Amiga screen . |
| 24 | So I put my mind at the place where the character I 'm playing is , and whatever is making her cry , I work on that and make that affect me . |
| 25 | I 've phoned my friend at the hospital — a Dr Mackintosh . |
| 26 | The sharks seemed less intimidating , so I gulped a lung-full of air and flapped like crazy in an effort to regain my position at the bottom of the tank , clutching my hair-brush and trying to control miles of floating red chiffon . |
| 27 | On the contrary she roused my indignation at the two conspicuously Christian aunts who had made her childhood in that dark house at Newport miserable . |
| 28 | I 'm just describing my attitude at the time , which I shared with most of my fellow students : an attitude of complete boredom and feeling that nothing was worth making an effort for . |
| 29 | I enjoy my work at the playgroup and hope I will be able to continue for many years to come ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , I can still see my mother at the urn . ’ |