Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] my [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it 's just erm ah I do n't know , I mean there 's there 's certain things I mean , it it 's like this maths I mean , I I spoke to her erm and she said yes Lee had come on and everything in his maths and I said we the thing is , I said , knowing Lee has difficulty in in th l in the high level maths , yes you do n't want to drop him , but surely I said I 'm willing to help in my spare time , Lee 's willing to do it and I said ca n't you show Lee I said I 'm not I was n't trying to tell her |
| 2 | Primarily , I greatly respected the culture and customs of the people and , as a western woman , although free to dress in my own cultural fashion , I dressed respectfully for an Islamic country and covered my hair , arms and legs and wore loose fitting clothes , so I felt comfortable drawing and was protected from the heat of the sun . |
| 3 | I love it knitted in three or four strands of fine polyester thread in a mixture of colours for a really light and summery confection , or make it very plain and simple to wear with my latest love , a pleated double jacquard skirt in light summery yarn ( or make it a two-ply wool for warmer wear ) . |
| 4 | I found it almost impossible to mix with my fellow students . |
| 5 | I am delighted to respond to my hon. Friend 's invitation and I entirely agree with his remarks . |
| 6 | 12.02 : Left to return to my own school . |
| 7 | I did n't have long to wait for my first recovery , because the next day a kid arrived at the house carrying the ghastly yellow-coated corpse of a starling . |
| 8 | ‘ It feels great to win at my seventh attempt , ’ he added . |
| 9 | It would have been too depressing to go into my own shops . ’ |
| 10 | I am happy to agree with my hon. Friend . |
| 11 | I shall be happy to talk to my hon. Friend about her constituent 's case . |
| 12 | ‘ When I think , ’ he said happily , ‘ that I , Pumblechook , was able to help in my small way , by taking you to play at Miss — ’ |
| 13 | Once I was able to escape from my orange box and ferret around among the other barrows , I quickly discovered that he was reckoned by the locals to be the finest trader in the East End . |
| 14 | ‘ I am one of those people ’ , he has said in the past , ’ who must take exercise not only to be able to give of my best , but just to survive — I mean , I ca n't function without it . |
| 15 | ’ Now I feel that I 'm able to fight for my full rights as a woman and as a human being … |
| 16 | I have been a lifelong Labour supporter , but I have to say that under the present Government I was able to save in my last years at work without seeing my savings disappear in inflation . |
| 17 | Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest . |
| 18 | Those sessions nearly wrecked my hearing for life , but they made me laugh so much and took up so much of my off-duty that , as time went by , sometimes , just sometimes , I was able to laugh at my one-time passion for Bill . |
| 19 | I am able to say to my right hon. Friend that I raised that matter with President Yeltsin very forcibly indeed . |
| 20 | I will be able to prove to my own satisfaction that you are lying , and we will have an unhappy business relationship . |
| 21 | ‘ Obviously , I was pleased to score against my old club , but the shine was completely taken off by the result , ’ he said . |
| 22 | ‘ The signorina is very kind to think of my aching legs , ’ bowed the waiter . |
| 23 | They think I 'm too young to live on my own . |
| 24 | But I was surprised to discover on my first full day at Thornfield that Mrs Fairfax was not in fact the owner , as I had assumed , but the housekeeper , and that my new master was a Mr Rochester , who was often away from home . |
| 25 | Still more are the public fed up with escapes which succeed , and they will be appalled to hear from my right hon. Friend that the cost of damage to our prisons last year exceeded £100 million . |