Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to shake it from my mind as I shook the water from my hair , but I knew what that face felt like from the inside . |
| 2 | I tried to remember what my sister Mary had said about ignoring old wives ' tales and I tried to put them from my mind , but after that I often caught myself glancing at Granny 's picture and it seemed to me that her black eyes came alive and followed me round the room . |
| 3 | When he tried to put it in my back passage , I said no . |
| 4 | I tried doing it with my fingers but |
| 5 | I worked on this for some time and extended , integrated and tried to twist it to my style . |
| 6 | Same country accent : I tried practising it in my head , pretending I was a rosy-cheeked barmaid serving cider . |
| 7 | It was against this background that Peter Thompson , the chief executive of NFC , together with his chairman , Bobby Lawrence , came to see me in my small office on the Cabinet floor of the House of Commons on 18 May 1981 . |
| 8 | When our daughter Rebecca was three she came to see me in my office one day and said , ‘ Daddy , you 're the leader of the church , and you know everything . ’ |
| 9 | I came to know it with my eyes shut , by its noises and its smells . |
| 10 | c I think I she 'd seen me at my worst on Friday |
| 11 | No , he went out to the car and brought my cards , he said he 'd got it in my notes . |
| 12 | After you 'd deserted me to my dubious fate . ’ |
| 13 | If they 'd glued him to my back he could n't have slept |
| 14 | And so , before Reldresal came to tell me of my punishment , I went to the north of Lilliput , where our ships lay . |
| 15 | He would not see me there ; he condescended to see me at my hotel . |
| 16 | ‘ I happened to see it on my way back from the nursing-home and I thought it would go particularly well with the dress . ’ |
| 17 | She immediately arranged to buy me from my master . |
| 18 | This was long before the De Lorean affair began to cast its long shadow over Chapman 's empire , but the two incidents served to keep me on my toes . |
| 19 | I much enjoyed having him as my guest . |
| 20 | I read both books this year and found them so interesting and closely related , that I decided to use them for my coursework . |
| 21 | I remember the shock of realizing that this was my last ever second-year class , then my last ever third-year class , and then people started asking me about my leaving party . |
| 22 | Wendy and I saved up two days ' leave for New Year , and we decided to spend it with my cousin , through whom we had the marriage connection . |
| 23 | It fell forwards and I managed to catch it on my outstretched forearm . |
| 24 | So I went to meet her without my make-up on and demonstrated how I made myself up . |
| 25 | Somehow I managed to cover her with my coat and put out the flames with my hands . |
| 26 | I managed to fit it to my machine but how to make it work defeats me . |
| 27 | I keep remembering how it felt to hold you in my arms — like this , ’ he murmured as he slid his arms round her . |
| 28 | Where is that thieving , sneaking hag who thought to oust me from my rightful inheritance ? ’ demanded the strident tones of Mrs Araminta Quatt . |
| 29 | Naturally , when I made this suggestion to St John and his sisters , they protested strongly , and it was with great difficulty that I finally managed to convince them of my firm intention to carry out this plan . |
| 30 | I found Malpass 's pistol and torch behind the table and after a bit of contortion I managed to stuff them into my jacket pockets . |