Example sentences of "[adj] and my [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And , and because of this and my old hits , er I am able to have a big following , and to perform |
2 | I say to the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish and my hon. Friend the Minister that I do not see why British Rail , as ever , should be expected to bear the full cost . |
3 | What we were trying to say is there is actually a place and my Right Honourable Friend thinks that there is and indeed so do I , for people to contribute to the problem of policing in their locality who have n't necessarily for one reason or another and my Noble Friend Lord Whitelaw said , decided not to erm be on the police authority , maybe they have n't had time , maybe there has n't been their , their particular but nevertheless they do know and they do care about their locality and they have got a er er a contribution to make and we think that that would actually improve the local the police authorities , provided that they are not in an overwhelming position and that is the reason why we 've suggested that eight erm t er , er , er o of a police authority of sixteen , eight should be councillors in the majority , five should be independents and three should be er er er magistrates and My Lords and then of course the complaint was ah , but then some people may not be properly represented and the number ought to be larger . |
4 | My fingers were numb and my whole body ached . |
5 | As the girl dances close to me I can smell her perfume and all that has gone before is completely forgotten ; the slit trenches , the mosquitoes , the wounded and my dead comrades . |
6 | Would n't particularly bother me because erm I 've always managed to distract my professional and my personal career . |
7 | out of that and my National Insurance contributions , that 's all I come out with |
8 | it 's a very sad day for me with my last test flight , I started here in nineteen eighty three and my first job was to clean up the station after the air show |
9 | The prints were about my own size , 6½ and my own guess for what it is worth , since , as a cadet I did own a pair of hob-nails , is that my own almost religious love of country railways had revealed a kind of secular stigmatic effect . |
10 | But I am feeling better and my main concern is just to get well again . ’ |
11 | Thanks to you for your hard work in 1992 and my best wishes to you and your families in 1993 . |
12 | you could n't do it , but he had every opportunity the other , the twin did to get through you know and he passed his City and Guilds , but Peter 's got on alright , the other son who 's got the factory , he 's , he 's busy got an electrical panels and all that he does , you know , he 's quite good and my other son he works , he used to work at Burnt Mill , and he now has moved to erm er Stansted , he works at Stansted he works in the big food depot , that used to be years ago and he works there , he 's been there ever since he left school , since except two , two years he had in the army you know for the conscription , but he 's been there erm ever since he was fourteen and he 's now about oh , forty something now he is , I 'm not quite sure of their ages , I get muddled up I 've got , eight , eight sons altogether , so , I 've got quite a family dear . |
13 | The Bishop thought a change would do me good and my next appointment was to Port Victoria where the language was Oluluyha and I could begin again trying to make myself understood ! |
14 | I ca n't remember what was on , it was a plain , well , we , we had er french windows with a balcony , it was an upstairs maisonette and the wall that end was orange and my father-in- law made us the cocktail bar , do you remember that cocktail bar |
15 | The door-knocker was stiff and my nervous hand rapped too loudly . |
16 | The species also exhibited a character trait which was familiar to Gustave : ‘ I am , in both my physical and my mental activity , like the dromedary , which it is very hard to get going and very hard , once it is going , to stop ; continuity is what I need , whether of rest or of motion . ’ |
17 | I and my new friend then went to Ku where he took another 15,000 pesetas off me — the price had gone up , he said — and he parked me by the dance-floor and said he 'd be back in five minutes . |
18 | I and my best friend Katy lay in the long grass below the tennis courts . |
19 | I and my hon. Friend the Member for Midlothian ( Mr. Eadie ) have twice met the new chairman of British Coal . |
20 | Both I and my hon. Friend have received representations from the Southampton eye hospital , suggesting that there might be a case for extending the provisions of the Bill to ophthalmic casualty . |
21 | Currently there is a bewildering variety of software available and my first task will be to suggest a simple classification . |
22 | Brassieres were unmentionable and my dark aureoles and prominent nipples would show through my school blouse and vest . |
23 | While I spoke like that I could pretend that Syl and his house were unreal and my projected presence in it merely an extension of that fantasy , but the wedding loomed ever closer like a rock and I , poor ship , was about to founder on it . |
24 | My son had his arm slashed open and my other son has been battered with bricks . |
25 | By now the day was hot and bright and my first need was for lunch and a glass of wine . |
26 | I was badly frightened and my whole body was trembling . |
27 | ‘ Believe me , I love Ashi and my dear Sousan as much as any husband or father . |