Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [prep] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would say it was reasonable , since under our current agreement I shall be totally cancelling out your debt , that you contract to remain in my employ for three years . ’ |
| 2 | I want to go to my bed ! |
| 3 | ‘ Thank you , but — I just want to go to my room . ’ |
| 4 | I want to go in my seat . |
| 5 | I want to arrange for my body to be closed up in a transparent plastic parallelepiped ’ . |
| 6 | I want to try on my costume . |
| 7 | But , I suppose you , only want to know about my wife . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If Enya did say , ‘ I want to work with my husband from now on ’ , it would be a sad day , ’ says Nicky . |
| 9 | ‘ I want to work on my boat , ’ Sam objected . |
| 10 | I want to concentrate on my constituency , but before I do I shall make two points . |
| 11 | It would be a great honour but at the moment I want to concentrate on my game and just be one of the members of the team . ’ |
| 12 | I would say : if you want to talk of my thinking it in such circumstances then the least misleading thing to say is that I think it in saying it . |
| 13 | I want to play for my country and believe I am the man for the job . ’ |
| 14 | PETER Beardsley last night clarified his England future by insisting : ‘ I still want to play for my country . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You throw drink all over me , expect to sleep in my flat tonight and you tell me to shut up ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If so , I want to apologise for my timing . |
| 17 | Then they would n't find me , and I could plan my life and find a job and a flat and go home in six months ' time having proved I 'm adult and they 'll have to let go and let me do what I absolutely , passionately want to do with my life . |
| 18 | But there is a great deal more that I want to do with my life and I think I should start while I still have the energy and enthusiasm . ’ |
| 19 | I want to live nearer my sister . |
| 20 | I want to get into my lab . |
| 21 | No , I want to get into my speech . |
| 22 | I want to get at my product knowledge up to scratch , I 'm going to get my sales skills up to scratch . |
| 23 | I want to ask about my sin , but Pa is already through to the Lord , praying h rd on my behalf . |
| 24 | The particular songs of his which affect me have helped me to understand what I ultimately want to make of my music , and what I 'm failing to make of my music . |
| 25 | I go to night schools and force myself to mix , but I only tend to socialise with my present or former care assistants , former Le Court friends and a few other people . |
| 26 | Your learned friend very fairly set the sort of orders one would expect in the case of this sort , erm , can I only add one thing which erm there is still a , failing erm his right there should have been an adjournment this morning that the question of a structured settlement could be investigated , all these people who have indeed , it must be from the plaintiff 's point of view as well , desirable that those investigations be erm carried out , with the greatest , greatest speed possible , obviously it takes time to er instruct the and so on and erm , it seemed er to me that it would be appropriate to include some of the I happen to discuss with my friend , erm providing for the matter to be brought back not later than a certain time |
| 27 | Oh they seem to stick in my mouth . |
| 28 | And as I watched him hurl handfuls of salt round the ring as a prelude to hurling handfuls of Japanese wrestler around the heads of the spectators , I could feel my heart begin to beat behind my nightie and the partisan words begin to form on my open lips : ‘ Tear ‘ is ‘ ead off , Sall ! |
| 29 | ’ I like to work on my house , paint , by myself . |
| 30 | I like to read about my time and it was only really in the style magazines that I could get in touch with people of my generation — black or white . |