Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] my [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | much enjoyed my three years here but |
| 2 | In treating the subject in this way , I have necessarily imposed my own interpretation on the material . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've only had my usual pint . |
| 4 | My ‘ old ’ boat was well known to the local seals , and they would allow a really close approach , but I have only had my present boat a couple of years and they are still suspicious . |
| 5 | The last few hours had so driven my off-duty life from my mind that , momentarily , I had no idea what she was getting at . |
| 6 | When Clement Attlee became Prime Minister in 1945 I had just completed my Higher School Certificate in the traditional three subjects , with a year to spare before being called up for National Service . |
| 7 | I had just received my first commission from the world 's greatest rock read and I had less than 24 hours to deliver the goods . |
| 8 | I bloody well hope it 's on Monday night cos I 've just arranged my entire work schedule around it . |
| 9 | I HAVE just collected my fifth State pension bonus of £10 . |
| 10 | I have just made my first skirt — a straight style in tuck stitch — and I found that my dressmaking skills came into their own when making up and finishing the skirt . |
| 11 | As the mum of a 12-year-old son , we are both learning as we go along how to use the Amstrad 5086 , my son concentrating more or less on games and school related programs , myself for the odd game , but mainly word-processing ( I have just written my first book ) , genealogy and cheating on addressing the Christmas cards . |
| 12 | After I had finally collected my British passport from Petty France , I bought an Evening Standard and found that I was n't in the team . |
| 13 | I have just bought my first lightweight and have noticed some funny groaning noises from the floor area . |
| 14 | Right okay thank you you 've just preempted my next question . |
| 15 | Q I 've just had my first perm and I 'm a bit disappointed that my hair has lost its shine . |
| 16 | I had just had my forty-first birthday and had been going through a very unhappy time , not eating properly because I was economizing so much , and becoming properly run down . |
| 17 | I had already negotiated my free transfer as part of the deal when I came from Celtic . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Meg , ’ she said into the telephone , 'a bird has just hit my front window . |
| 19 | about the Olympic champion , he 'll be in Rome , he 'll be ready for the World Championships , I think he 's had an easy summer so far , but we 've got the likes of Sergio Lopez who 's just taken my European record away , there 's two Americans ; Kirl Stattel and Mike Barryman who 've just gone under the old World Record , so there 's perhaps a dozen of us that are really shouting and trying to get up to number one position . |
| 20 | I have just read my first Smollett — ‘ The expedition of Humphrey Clinker ’ , and found it most entertaining , as well as throwing quite a different light on the eighteenth century . |
| 21 | ‘ I had already established my own gallery in an old ironmongers in Porthmadog , after realising that there was a market for prints of original paintings . |
| 22 | And although I have since had my own shows in West End galleries in London , the excitement of being part of the Summer Exhibition has never worn thin . |
| 23 | I have capriciously given my second preference to a candidate of the Communist Party . |
| 24 | I have always done my own dressmaking and last year , with a growing interest in knitting , I decided to buy myself a machine . |
| 25 | I 've still got my twenty shillings . |
| 26 | I 've also still got my old Gibson Melody Maker ; I put humbuckers in it many years ago and it 's got a really warm , big sound . |
| 27 | She told me this when I was very small , so I 've always known my real mother did n't just give me away . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 've always wanted my own car and I 'm thrilled to bits . |
| 29 | As I had mistakenly left my only pair of worn-in boots in Salford — I had been wearing them when I packed the kit , and changed into shoes to travel to North Africa — I now had blisters under the balls of both feet and another running from the top of my left heel right under the foot . |
| 30 | I do n't do any sort of job at all , yet when I go on strike , I am still paid my Civil List and the police have to protect me . |