Example sentences of "[verb] my [noun sg] 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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | I plucked one of the torches from the wall and crouched down , wrinkling my nose at the mild sour odour . |
| 8 | I made my entry at the end of the song . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It 's time to try my hand at the settled life . |
| 11 | I discharged my responsibility at the court , and that is that . |
| 12 | I went upstairs , had a wash then took my place at the dining table . |
| 13 | ‘ I changed my mind at the last minute . ’ |
| 14 | He sat next to me and I wrinkled my nose at the sweaty odour emanating from the long , black , food-stained gown he wore . |
| 15 | I 've just visited my grandmother at the chapel of rest and I 'm pleased she does n't know anything about this |
| 16 | Have to visit my mum at the weekend , thought Catriona . |
| 17 | ‘ No , I 'm really looking for the people who told my fortune at the Puck Fair , ’ I said . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Er I 'll do my conclusion at the en very end if want in my summation . |
| 20 | I received my mail at the barracks and showered there in the mornings . |
| 21 | I shake my head at the Amiga screen . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I 've phoned my friend at the hospital — a Dr Mackintosh . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I enjoy my work at the playgroup and hope I will be able to continue for many years to come ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , I can still see my mother at the urn . ’ |
| 29 | 1869 ] and finish my doctorate at the same time . " |
| 30 | Here I raised my hand to heaven and shook my fist at the sky . |