Example sentences of "[verb] my [noun pl] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 'd be easier if we met my troops for the first time at the concert , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Only your good news banished my cares for a while . |
| 3 | To continue my predictions for the future . |
| 4 | There was one about a fortnight ago , and would have given my ears for the sort of civilian committee , and the methods that they 're using here , compared with the ones I saw in London . |
| 5 | So it is possible to meet my standards for a quality basic marine system for below £250 and it was time to go cap in hand with a swift apology to the PFK Editor for doubting his judgement . |
| 6 | I switch on the fire and warm my hands for a bit . |
| 7 | Now the junior minister says she is pleased ‘ that the West Midlands County Council have accepted my proposals for a sensible and reasonable division of responsibilities . ’ |
| 8 | I was saving my energies for the return journey . |
| 9 | So we were sitting there , in this horrible place where the ‘ glass of white ’ is even more noxious than the yeoman 's brew , and their selection of Highland malts is less than the finest , and I 'm getting these pancreas-piercing whiffs of other people 's nicotine ( hit me with a gasper , go on , do it to me — I 'll betray my country for a Silk Cut , I 'll betray my friends for a Winston ) when Stuart , with a creepily smug look on his face , suddenly announces , ‘ We 're taking off , you know . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Take them off and let's get them dry , you can borrow my slippers for the time being . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't choose my friends for the size of their wallets , you know . ’ |
| 12 | As a youngster in the 1950s my greatest delight was to run on to the pitch at Murrayfield after the full-time whistle , pat my heroes on the back and not wash my hands for a week , much to the disgust of my mother . |
| 13 | Please accept my apologies for the damage done to one of your photos . |
| 14 | Will my hon. Friend accept my thanks for the helpful way in which he dealt with my representations on this subject ? |
| 15 | TO ALL Telecom engineers , please accept my thanks for the effort and care you put into getting our phones back in order . |
| 16 | I have n't cleaned my teeth for a week . ’ |
| 17 | I never paid my bills for the last month |
| 18 | However , Muslim ex-singer Stevens , now Yusuf Islam 's reaction was anything but angry : ‘ I 've been trying to get record companies to stop selling my records for a long time . |
| 19 | Oh , I 've had my suspicions for a while now , not that I was the only one . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've got my papers for the Army , Mr Fitz . |
| 21 | ‘ If only I 'd got my clothes for the wedding , ’ she mourned . |
| 22 | ‘ Please convey my thanks for the help your service station gave me . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ The only way you will get any results at all , is for me to take your boys in my school , on my horses , two or three times a week , from now through until the summer , and for the boys to use my horses for the competition . |
| 24 | To cut a long story short , it was n't until Wednesday that I could fit my shoes for the wedding , which was Thursday ! |
| 25 | I put it with other money I had and part exchanged my irons for a full set of top quality blades which had been in a sale after that my game improved immensely I got my handicap by putting in three cards two terrible scores of 86 and the good card which was 72 my handicap was then 15 I played in a junior competition and came third in the lower handicap section a week later and played in a medal and came down to a handicap of 14 . |
| 26 | And most of all , could I complete my duties for the day without causing a major disturbance ? |
| 27 | Do you want to erm , well I 've come today as the partner responsible for recruiting my men for the audit of the County Council , together with my colleague Stephen Critchley , who is the partner responsible for the regularity audit , the main accounts of the County Council accounts . |
| 28 | Pat had been attending my classes for a long time — years in fact . |
| 29 | ‘ Keep my products for the time being , will you ? ’ |
| 30 | Surely I could forget my surroundings for an hour and a half . |