Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] my [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was superb throughout , counselling me to stay out , and this made my eventual decision all the more poignant . |
| 2 | Not being a cancer expert , my information about the enemy was scant , and this seemed my weakest point . |
| 3 | This ruptured my left kidney . |
| 4 | Strangely enough , at no time did I have real doubts that I would be elected , and this determined my public attitude during the three successive ballots that were necessary . |
| 5 | This followed my 1981 legislation which had introduced the first road-safety measures for fifteen years and was used ( as I knew it would be ) to introduce compulsory seat-belts . |
| 6 | The intention of the work was to interrogate the way in which pictures of my past , of my mother and myself as a baby or with my brothers and sisters , excluded and included certain stereotypes , perceptions and ideals and how this mediated my own experiences within a non-represented area — having a premature and sick baby . |
| 7 | They all knew my younger sister , for example . |
| 8 | When I first met my Working Group I was astonished to discover that they were far more progressive in outlook than the members of the Kingman Committee . |
| 9 | As the pleasurable feelings which first fuelled my psychological addiction decreased and began to turn sour , it became easier to give up the habit , something which would not be possible with a physically addictive drug such as heroin . |
| 10 | That did my poor legs a world of good , of course . |
| 11 | That increased my initial suspicions about you . ’ |