Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv prt] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | where I burn off my life without blossoming . |
| 2 | I was at a meeting in London yesterday where I handed over my report . ’ |
| 3 | We called at Brigade H.Q where I picked up my bagpipes . |
| 4 | Or I bring out my mates . |
| 5 | ‘ It was then that I made up my mind that r would never leave England , ’ declares Lotte Bray ( Lowenstein ) . |
| 6 | Oh , well that the money that I found out my pocket and the payment granny gave me . |
| 7 | So I closed all those books and it was then that I opened up my eyes and looked around me and said , ‘ Now I 'm reading ’ . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I could n't afford to replace it , ’ he said , ‘ so I put up my own , with bamboo . |
| 9 | Again you just looked at me , and I knew I had to do as you had done , so I stretched out my right hand and touched the bones , which were slightly sticky . |
| 10 | On and on he droned about how we should n't fear death but welcome the joys of heaven , so I picked up my two horse pistols and gave the sod both barrels . |
| 11 | One came right up to my face , so I pulled out my sword and cut open his stomach . |
| 12 | The gathering of men pressed closer to see my watch , so I held out my wrist . |
| 13 | ’ Once I make up my mind to do something , Mr. K. , wild horses wo n't shift me . |
| 14 | I took off the yellow waistcoat with its white lining and hung it on a hanger , and I took off my shoes , but rather like George I still felt myself to be on duty , so I switched off the light and lay on top of the bedclothes watching the black Canadian land slide by , while the free northern show went on above for hours in the sky . |
| 15 | By that time the sun was well up , and I took off my jacket to lay it with my bags and binoculars . |
| 16 | I went for an audition to his flat , and I took along my little piece of paper and music score and everything . |
| 17 | And I made up my mind — " Now Mary Edgar you 'll be terribly sea-sick , " so I was prepared for the worst . |
| 18 | And I felt very glad I 'd come out and I lifted up my head a bit and let the rain come on to my face and I thought ‘ rainwater 's good for the skin anyway ’ . |
| 19 | I was dialling it when I heard the door of Flat 2 open and I glanced over my shoulder to see Fenella , who had added pyjama trousers to her stripey shirt , and Lisabeth , in an ankle-length woollen dressing-gown , creeping down the stairs like they were doing a commercial for a new edition of A. A. Milne books . |
| 20 | He sweeps under the bench I 'm sitting on , and I lift up my feet so he can sweep under them . |
| 21 | I 'd bought two bottles of cider and I went down my friend 's house and I had two neat vodkas and two vodka-and-limes and I got drunk . |
| 22 | He moved away , and I put on my strained smile again for the next patiently waiting customer . |
| 23 | I chose a time when I knew the Trunchbull was out of the way teaching the sixth-formers , and I put up my hand and asked to go to the bogs . |
| 24 | We made camp that night in a clearing in the woods , and I put up my tent in what appeared to be a large sandpit , in the vague hope that perhaps the mozzies might not like it . |
| 25 | They jumped out excitedly and I picked up my pen to record what they said . |
| 26 | So , when the house is full , and my husband 's away , and I give up my room to some guest like your Rainbow 's Aunt Goldie — I spend the night in my father 's study , and reading all the texts that were n't written for the eyes of women . |
| 27 | D. A. I was on a school-crossing duty for disabled children and I held up my hand for a motor cyclist to stop and he rode right past me . |
| 28 | ‘ I am a teacher of English at a school in Cologne and I gave up my job at the end of March and returned to England . ’ |
| 29 | I went into Diary and I printed out my appointments for next week . |
| 30 | ‘ A good dealer gives a service — everything I sell is in perfect condition and I buy back my stuff if need be . ’ |