Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] my [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went up to his suite at the Monogram and was just opening my sample case when , imagine my surprise … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm afraid you 'll have to be content with just knowing my room number ! ’ she snapped . |
| 3 | ‘ But I was terrified to tell anyone what had really happened — he was quite capable of deliberately sabotaging my degree work if I did . |
| 4 | The letter acknowledges me as a mature and responsible individual , always paying my credit-card account on time . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm forever forgetting my gas mask or identity card and having to go back for them , ’ Anne said . |
| 6 | You know in the dinner party scene , when I 'm downstage doing my incest speech … 7 ’ |
| 7 | On the first day Odd-Knut gave me a tobacco tin of worms and told me to keep them warm , and they have travelled the Arctic inside my second layer of clothing ever since , even sharing my sleeping bag at night-time . |
| 8 | I have found great relief from back pain , my tension and worry is very much reduced , and my doctor has given up even taking my blood pressure . |
| 9 | Labour landslide : rushing through Sainsbury 's cackling like a demon , zooming up to prosperous-looking people and hurling my head back , opening my throat wide , then thrusting my face right into theirs , screaming terrifyingly into their terrified eyes ‘ Ha ha ha ! |