Example sentences of "[conj] in my [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All through that October and November , in my claustrophobic college room or in my dark-curtained hotel apartment , I grew to desire more of him than just his presence at my side as we wrote . |
| 2 | Not in business , or in my private affairs . |
| 3 | I had never lived there , although in my early childhood I had stayed for short periods ( but then my mind was occupied in forming pictures ; the time had not yet come for looking at those pictures , for interpreting them ) . |
| 4 | There is little point in getting worked up about the way different people use words ( although in my nonprofessional life I am quite prepared to get worked up about people who boil lobsters alive ) . |
| 5 | I decided that in my present state I could n't face Moscow , and having discovered about the hot , spring baths of Budapest and the chess players who stand in water at 76 degrees Celsius , leisurely moving the pieces , decided that it was the place for me . |
| 6 | I assure you that in my professional capacity I come across many jurors who are both indigenous Britons , and quite advanced in years , who do not fit into the ‘ long tradition of honesty and fair-mindedness ’ . |
| 7 | In this study a 13 year old , when asked about being teased in his comprehensive school , replied , ‘ I should think that in my first week or so there was a fair bit . |
| 8 | Not that in my young days there were never some wild moments . |
| 9 | I have to admit that in my own university tutorials references to Dennis Potter 's television series The Singing Detective or to the film Dead Poets Society arouse enthusiasm from students who have little to say about writers such as Spenser , Milton and Pope . |
| 10 | The introduction and distribution of safety representative kits is an important factor in the role of G M B members at local level , and I 'm proud to say that in my own region , ninety three percent of the reps receive their kits . |
| 11 | I think that in my secret eating I was saying , speech also being an oral activity , all the resentful and hostile things I wanted to say about the school and about my life in general . |
| 12 | Can I , for the benefit of members opposite who , who always seem to believe that people on this side of the chamber are townies and do n't know anything about anything other than street lighting for the benefit of members opposite and for the public gallery outside , can I say that in my younger days , a million years ago , I rode with hunt . |
| 13 | ‘ In that case I can tell you that in my humble opinion this place is the meanest , tightest little arsehole in the entire fucking country . |
| 14 | Fans have besieged me of late claiming that in my last programme notes I announced the opening of a club shop . |
| 15 | More marble-sized lumps have sprung up on my neck and in my right armpit and the lump on my thigh is growing fast . |
| 16 | I became one of about 30 examiners out on the road , either on my own or with one colleague , and in my two year stint conducted 10 separate enquiries ( often involving more than one company ) . |
| 17 | I 'll walk all the way , and in my bare feet , too … |
| 18 | Sir , we are much obliged to you for your consideration upon this matter , and I assure you that I shall do my best to avoid in the evidence which I shall give and in my other remarks apparently proposing a washed-over status for the village as a whole . |
| 19 | I had been successful as a boxer at Eton and in my first term at Oxford I was selected to box against the Army . |
| 20 | And in my spare time |
| 21 | I would I 'd like to be a dance teacher when I grow up and in my spare time I would do I would like to do dancing and swimming . |
| 22 | You get to ask for shells and in my wee toilet and I do n't |
| 23 | My father worked on the railway and in my conscious life he was a supervisor , he was called an inspector , Inspector . |
| 24 | Everyone , including the Indians , seemed to be happy and laughing , and in my surly mood I unkindly wished them all in hell — chiefly because no one was in any hurry to serve me and I had to sit and watch a party at the next table consume a feast that looked to me as if it had issued straight from Nirvana , before I was even shown a menu . |
| 25 | People have been attacked by the eagles and in my younger days there was an occasion when I myself attacked a visitor . ’ |
| 26 | Many other people have rights , including those concerned with fishing , and in my native Scotland the value of fishing has a significant part to play in the local economy , particulary in remote areas . |
| 27 | However , he added : ‘ On my few visits prior to my appointment , and in my short time here since , I have found it very far from that . |
| 28 | Fear , real fear , is something I had only experienced once in my life , and that , strangely enough , was not on the round-the-world race , but in my own little boat , and in my own waters off Blakeney . |
| 29 | In my own case , he wrote , and I can speak only for myself , in my own case and in my own life there have been very few genuine beginnings , only three or perhaps four . |
| 30 | I think in any marriage or in any family the father and the mother both play different parts , and in my own life I can remember things my mother did and things my father did and together it made for a happy home . |