Example sentences of "[prep] my [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was also very rude about my new hairstyle I 'll have you know Jane , but this guy |
| 2 | About my ruined clothes I felt less concern , for I noticed that the flood had made many people shabby . |
| 3 | During my sheltered youth I had two fleeting experiences which gave me some indication that I was not alone . |
| 4 | When I walk through my front door I hear the TV playing loud . |
| 5 | For my additional assessment I had to plan a facility for a chosen client group . |
| 6 | In preparation for my new job I had attended a three week Radar Observer 's course at the Sir John Cass School of Navigation in London and obtained my certificate which is obligatory for budding Commanders and is identical to the ticket held by Masters and Mates of the Merchant Service . |
| 7 | For if I should wish to love you and no other except for my wedded husband I shall not fail to tell you . " ) |
| 8 | And then for my main course I tend to choose |
| 9 | ‘ After my recent adventures it 's not really surprising , is it ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ When I first left school I did a foundation course in art but after my national service I went into industry . ’ |
| 11 | From the safety of my heterosexual relationship I wore my Gaysoc badge out on the streets . |
| 12 | I heard no more of the debate and to the astonishment of my fellow delegates I stormed out of the auditorium and locked myself away in the Ladies to howl out my rage , alone . |
| 13 | For 22 years of my married life I maintained these two old people . ’ |
| 14 | At the end of my final year I stood as a sabbatical officer for the Union . |
| 15 | In the back of one of my homemade guitars I used a bit of thin foam , rolled up tight , to hold a battery in place ; then I had a brainwave to use a piece of this and lay it across the springs , between them and the rear plate . |
| 16 | But towards the end of my anorexic period I think I was verging upon mental illness in the sense that even those who disbelieve in it might accept , that is , I had become out of touch with reality as perceived by others and unable to cope with demands of everyday life . |
| 17 | It 's at this point nearing the end of my open study I 've realised a connection between the four characters I have just compared . |
| 18 | However , cautious and pragmatic as ever , I realised that before I could take part in the airier abstractions of my chosen profession I needed to confront the nitty-gritty , the hard business of actually selling things , specific products , to industrial customers . |
| 19 | Having listened to the arguments of my Hon. Friends I do not know why the Minister has not leapt to his feet to say that he accepts the new clause . |
| 20 | With the rod in my right hand and the line between butt-ring and reel looped over the middle finger of my left hand I wait impatiently for a bite . |
| 21 | And I forget which of my old colleagues it was who was canvassing , blue rosette ablaze , in a particularly Labour-dominated council estate in Sheffield , when he came upon an elderly voter planting primroses by the door . |
| 22 | I netted the same ground six weeks later and had a very good kill of rabbits , but in the whole of my long-netting career I have never known a net to be genuinely swept away by the weight of the rabbits it caught . |
| 23 | I be lucky I get any bloke fer more'n two monfs togewer like my ol' lady I suppose an' if I get a bloke 'e 'll be aht a' work or 'e 'll set me ter the bleed'n game like 'er I would n't be surprised but if you reely want ter now jus ' fer now for this minute I wanner enjoy it . |
| 24 | Unlike my old man I did n't go much on pubs , the dogs or cribbage but I still went on supporting West Ham most Saturday afternoons . |
| 25 | If he did tell me anything it would be a pack of lies , because obviously the secret would n't be a secret any more if he told me the truth , and he can feel , as I do , that with my increasing maturity he needs all the holds over me he can get ; I 'm not a child any more . |
| 26 | Bernadette : With my other babies they 've mostly left them quite close to me , but she was put over to the side , the doctor was slow in coming , and she went over and checked her over , instead of coming to speak to me as they usually do — she went out again and did n't even look at me [ laughs ] … |
| 27 | With my other hand I pressed my stomach . |
| 28 | Other sites in connection with my current project I can visit by car . |
| 29 | If I win a prize with my Premium Bond we will go together . |
| 30 | With my unfortunate disability I usually have to , as though I was a bloody woman , but I hate it . |