Example sentences of "[verb] my [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 31 | At the end of 1985 he qualified as a solicitor ( ‘ this was the safety net and I had written my thesis on the copyright laws , which has been very useful to me ’ ) , but he had already decided to take the plunge as a full time professional musician . |
| 32 | I smiled politely and scalded my mouth on the tea . |
| 33 | I put my candle on the table , and sat down here , where I am sitting now , to listen to their story . |
| 34 | I put my name on the list with everyone else , but was absolutely dumbfounded when I was told one day that it had come up , along with that of one of the other Waafs , and if we wanted to go we were to report to RAF Wyton at 10.00 hours the next day . |
| 35 | ‘ I put my name on the road-traffic-accident victim and I walked out with UNIDENTIFIED clutched in my paw . |
| 36 | With every nerve on edge and my heart pumping I put my foot on the first stair . |
| 37 | I put my forehead on the steering-wheel and exhaled slowly . |
| 38 | With all sorts of primeval fears about dark cupboards and traps and ghostly animals I put my hand on the handle , turned it , pulled and jumped back . |
| 39 | I put my hand on the last page , and hesitated . |
| 40 | God help me , I put my hand on the ruin of his head , and then I knew he was dead . |
| 41 | I put my hand on the place where your heart was meant to be . |
| 42 | Oh I wondered where that pen had got to now where 's my cardigan ? put my cardigan on the floor . |
| 43 | I put my bag on the cobbles , rubbed my aching shoulder and sat myself down . |
| 44 | ‘ I do not presume to counsel my sovereign on the choice of her advisers , ’ he once grandly told a journalist who had rashly asked him how he was going to vote in a parliamentary election . |
| 45 | ‘ You 've lost me , ’ I said truthfully , parking my bum on the edge of a table . |
| 46 | Probably too weak ; and , even if she was n't , I expected she would just let me crack my skull on the pavement because women like to see men helpless . |
| 47 | Ed 's comment : Regular readers may remember my attack on the practice of dying Glassfish in an editorial last year calling for a complete ban . |
| 48 | ‘ It was very comfortable , ’ he surprisingly recorded , ‘ and I could always keep my eye on the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 49 | I am sitting in the darkness , straining to hear my tutor on the phone in the dining-room on the other side of the hall . |
| 50 | I do n't know why ; only that I want to hear my voice on the answerphone . |
| 51 | I rested my elbow on the bell-push and just kept right on resting . |
| 52 | For the first few years I rested my chin on the concrete wall separating the spectators from the players and saw many wondrous things . |
| 53 | I rested my head on the glass , and up went a pigeon . |
| 54 | I bought a new pair of flannels and paid my membership on the spot . |
| 55 | When I came round I felt much better and I turned my back on the lake and went home . |
| 56 | I turned my back on the lochan and walked a dozen paces away from the edge before heading back towards the road . |
| 57 | Outside I turned my back on the stairs and walked on down the passage . |
| 58 | He tried to steal my strip on the Island ? ’ |
| 59 | I 'm in the band , it 's got my name on the cover and it 's something I helped produce . |
| 60 | So he s , I said to him is it alright , says am I in danger of coasting if I 've got my foot on the if , if I 'm taking the corner in first and I 'm slipping and I got the clutch , I 'm using the engine but I 've , not much |