Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] my [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that today is Saturday because already I am thirsty for a dry , hoppy pint of bitter at the end of the afternoon : an aperitif to sharpen my appetite for this evening 's Indian meal . |
| 2 | He lay there dead , his blood soaking my shoulder for half an hour . |
| 3 | In the story I have just told , I explain how self-image dominated my life for a time . |
| 4 | There is no peace says my God for the wicked . |
| 5 | Bob sends a letter to Housing Dept supporting my request for a transfer . |
| 6 | They themselves invited a little girl to share my bedroom for a while . |
| 7 | I put it with other money I had and part exchanged my irons for a full set of top quality blades which had been in a sale after that my game improved immensely I got my handicap by putting in three cards two terrible scores of 86 and the good card which was 72 my handicap was then 15 I played in a junior competition and came third in the lower handicap section a week later and played in a medal and came down to a handicap of 14 . |
| 8 | Will my hon. Friend accept my thanks for the helpful way in which he dealt with my representations on this subject ? |
| 9 | A friend does my hair for me , she 's a freelance hairdresser . |
| 10 | Perhaps your father shared my taste for Beethoven . ’ |
| 11 | Only your good news banished my cares for a while . |
| 12 | I was not of that minority , but the argument sharpened my concern for the education of the most-talented pupils — a concern that was to run through my last years in Banbury and into my work in Oxford . |
| 13 | As I mentioned at the beginning , many of the methodological problems are faced by other social scientists , and , of course , sociologists of religion will also employ other sociological methods and techniques that I have not specifically mentioned ( it was , for example , important to use a pilot questionnaire to test my questions for ambiguities and so on ) . |
| 14 | I was persuaded against my better judgement to withdraw my request for a transfer . |
| 15 | If I think I am going mad , and let a psychiatrist make my decisions for me , the goals I borrow become means to keep out of trouble and recover my health . |
| 16 | My dad blames my mum for the way things turned out for me . |
| 17 | Just a quick memo to express my thanks for all that you did on Friday/Saturday . |
| 18 | But that in no way affected my admiration for what Winston had done , and I am pleased to think that on one or two occasions I have been able to render him some modest service in the way of a reward for this particular display of public courage . |
| 19 | ‘ But it probably will surprise you to hear that I managed to resist the temptation to indulge my talent for marriage-wrecking and confined myself to one already divorced man and one bachelor . ’ |
| 20 | In the meantime , my thirteenth birthday was coming up , and it seemed like a good time to revive my request for the perfect present : a bird of prey . |
| 21 | I do n't know whether you 've found time to consider my request for help with the publication of this response ? |