Example sentences of "[v-ing] my [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when the public started seeing my name on the back of these albums , the subsequent demand was staggering ! |
| 2 | ‘ But it 's not decent to go to war over something like this , ’ I screamed , thumping my fist on the table so that the cups on the dresser rattled . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm afraid of slipping in the dark and cracking my head on the edge of the bunker , ’ I had said . |
| 4 | I gave a short address with one foot on each side of the peace-line [ a sleeping policeman — concrete ] basing my theme on the marvellous passage in the second chapter of the Gospel according to St. Luke — the song of the angels , seen and heard by the shepherds , ‘ Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace and goodwill to all people ’ . |
| 5 | A reflective dream of my own occurred when I was in the midst of writing my doctorate on the role of REM sleep in consolidation of memories . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've lost me , ’ I said truthfully , parking my bum on the edge of a table . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , I can , ’ he said as I finished my meal and leaned back , wiping my mouth on the back of my hand , more to annoy him that anything else . |
| 8 | On 12 June 1965 an Honours List was published containing my name on the list of life peers . |
| 9 | Since my return I have been busily employed in recommencing my work on the Birds of Australia … |
| 10 | It hit me and I fell , cutting my head on the door . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) by focusing my eroticism on the object of my unnatural fear : my body and the bodies of other men . |
| 12 | ‘ I see my role as being a catalyst for change , for getting the job done , so that means working as an integral member of the production team : joining the morning production meeting and taking my turn on the duty rota . ’ |
| 13 | Taking my place on the touchline , I noticed as we kicked off the reassuring sight of Ken Mentle in the grandstand giving me the thumbs up before disappearing through his tip-up seat . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh — exercising my cynicism on the American Women 's Movement ; falling hopelessly in love ; visiting my mother ; failing to see my son . |
| 15 | Throughout 1979 I was busy preparing my book on the case which I decided to call ( pace Mr Justice Cusack ) Wicked Beyond Belief . |
| 16 | ‘ Very good , ’ I replied , placing my pack on the bed . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't mind putting my neck on the line when I have to , or when there 's a percentage in it , but anybody who fools with the Severn in these parts just for the hell of it , is an idiot . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He wants you , not Sammy or anyone else , and if you wo n't do it , then you 're not just putting Ellen 's money at risk , but you 're putting my commission on the line too , and I might not like that . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't live my life looking up to other people , setting my life on the example of others , yeah fair enough |
| 20 | Well now I 've been clearing my mind on the role of the Chief Constable a and of the Police Committee . |