Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] my " in BNC.
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1 | And that annoyed me enough to drive me to my cabin , to clean myself up and choose fresh clothing . |
2 | And there is nothing I can do only to remember you in my prayers , which I do every Sunday , and wish you all the very best . |
3 | I agree that it would if I constantly compared her with my current partner , or wistfully mentioned her name from time to time . |
4 | ‘ I 'd better see him on my own . ’ |
5 | People write me letters saying that although they only know me from my photos , they feel that they know something about my personality . |
6 | Aye , I think " till do , but the pleasure of considering I shall so entirely have her in my power is not a little disturbed by reflecting how terribly the poor creature will be shocked at finding that innocence betrayed she has so long and worthily defended . |
7 | I played the drums when I had to , I played the bass when I had to , and I felt after a while I could kinda have it as my own . |
8 | He enters me as fortress , I can only thank him from my battlements ; I am the pearl the knight must capture to win heaven and the drug that will detain him from his quest . |
9 | ‘ Better have it in my place , I have to watch the kids . ’ |
10 | ‘ Oh , it 's got nothing to do with business , ’ Alison replied with a laugh that ever so gently reprimanded me for my mercantile preoccupations . |
11 | He 's only doing it for my own good but I still do n't like it . |
12 | He had made himself an internal picture of me and now only examined it against my external appearance ’ . |
13 | ‘ Better pass it to my mate then , ’ Jos chipped in , smiling at Mungo . |
14 | She gently tells me of my mistakes , and praises me if I do well . |
15 | But I said , well look , I think I 'd better put it in my bag , do n't you , it wo n't do any harm there . |
16 | She only liked me for my wealth , and when I , disguised as the gipsy woman , told her that I had only a little money , she and her mother lost interest in me . |
17 | As you yourself so candidly pointed out , she was only marrying me for my money — and , of course , to get out of a fix . ’ |
18 | The smell of couscous and other grain which filled the air constantly reminded me of my own situation . |
19 | ‘ Mildred Hubble , perhaps you would be kind enough to assist me in my predicament ? ’ |
20 | Perhaps that was one of the reasons which prompted my father to teach me to read , and so divert me from my inexorable pursuit of my mother . |
21 | I think the players would have been men enough to tell me to my face . |
22 | If I was good enough to employ , surely I was also good enough to make it on my own ? ’ |
23 | MONDAY 6th OCTOBER X only wanted me for my body I will commit suicide |
24 | I scarcely met him during my time at COHQ ( 1944–46 ) ; by that time Mountbatten had left , the influence of COHQ had much declined and Zuckerman had more important jobs to do . |
25 | ‘ But , for your information , Doreen is no longer reminding me of my mother . |
26 | When I hate doing it is with my own records ; I 've just heard it in my head for so long . |
27 | Just watch it , said Jay , sipping brandy , breathing fire , I may just stomp you with my hairy great mammoth foot . |
28 | Well I 'll just do it in my flat I suppose |
29 | I am just an ordinary Daleswoman and if I began to think or act otherwise I know a few people around here who would soon bring me to my senses . |
30 | Diarrhoea , which I had now had for five days , finally drove me from my bed at six-thirty . |