Example sentences of "[prep] my [adj] year [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 At first it amused me ; after my first year it drove me to distraction ; in my second year I learned to take a novel with me to work and , with a bit of luck , get through it in a two-day shoot .
2 At the end of my final year I stood as a sabbatical officer for the Union .
3 Towards the end of my last year I was called by Bishop Knight and asked where I would like to serve .
4 This has happened before and no matter what people say I think in my second year we were about 16th or 17th . ’
5 In my second year I did n't do very much work , but I did lots of acting and directing .
6 At first it amused me ; after my first year it drove me to distraction ; in my second year I learned to take a novel with me to work and , with a bit of luck , get through it in a two-day shoot .
7 Well in my second year I coxed one of the women 's university boats against well underneath the famous Sue Brown .
8 My next effort was a ‘ coffee table ’ book on English Sporting Prints , also out of print , and , in my hundredth year I am trying to complete a Catalogue of English Sporting Prints c.1750–1880 , promised twenty years ago .
9 In my sixth year I did make myself a smaller canoe , but I did not try to escape in it .
10 In my third year I learned to adore the man ; he can virtually do what he likes and I 'll still adore him .
11 I have always got up early and even now in my 75th year I can hunt , climb mountains and cover an 8 ‘ ft ‘ by 4 ‘ ft ‘ canvas in one day .
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