Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] my [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | for example , if you were sacked you can be prepared , not with a feeble-sounding excuse , ‘ The office manager and I did n't hit it off , he was a very difficult man ’ , but with a positive statement , ‘ Yes , the job did n't suit me and I was asked to leave but I was lucky enough to get a place on a word-processing course so I was much better prepared for my next job and I stayed for two years ’ . |
| 2 | Strictly speaking , the caves of Isturits arc in Basse-Navarre , a mile or two on the wrong side of the invisible boundary of Labourd , and so belong in my next section . |
| 3 | On an outing to the obscure Gate Crag in Eskdale we picked a route called Bosigran — this had to be climbed because I 'd just returned from my first climbing trip to Cornwall . |
| 4 | I duly arrived for my first drive . |
| 5 | This same point about the divisibility of roles which are ordinarily assumed to be interchangeable is further exemplified by my second example which is another piece of classic ethnography . |
| 6 | I also babysit for my next door neighbour sometimes and , and are also good as they are quiet and get to sleep well . |
| 7 | I am now entering on my sixty-fourth [ ? ] year ; and bless God , I am still hearty and well … |
| 8 | When I talk with children I used to coach , who are now working their way up the ladder of older and older age groups , I often think of my first experiences of cross-country running . |
| 9 | But if there had been any doubt in my mind it would have been immediately resolved by my first breath of the crisp , tangy air . |
| 10 | Personally , I doubt that I have ever completely recovered from my first experience of a communal shower almost 20 years ago . |
| 11 | True , if understood to relate to candidates as persons : my third preference for Brawny can never count against my first preference for Beefy . |