Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] my [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Running downstairs we found that my eldest sister , Gertrude , who had been helping Mum , had caught her fingers in the rollers . |
| 2 | There was about a grand in the old account — my dad 's money came by standing order — but I would n't use it , and what I regarded as my own finances were judging from the tone of the bank 's increasingly frequent letters somewhere in the deep infrared and in serious danger of vanishing from the electromagnetic spectrum altogether . |
| 3 | At that moment of jubilation I realised that my own philosophy on life and that of football management go hand in foot . |
| 4 | I noticed that my swaying foot had rubbed against him , leaving a dusty mark on his navy trousers . |
| 5 | Steve was in the lead , on the Fourth Brittle Ice Thing , when I noticed that my left crampon had broken . |
| 6 | A recent survey showed that my local authority , Wigan metropolitan council , was one of Britain 's top 10 councils in terms of giving value for money . |
| 7 | They reckoned that my extra weight had protected my heart , and I was also wearing heavy , rubber-soled safety boots . |
| 8 | The hairs on the nape of my neck tingled and my tired heart lurched with fear . |
| 9 | They were perfectly civil but I sensed that my private engagements had a pretty low priority . |
| 10 | Stopping for lunch near Messkirch , en route for Ulm , I discovered that my three days ' neglect of the groceries in the car boot , together with the intense heat , had reduced some of them to a suppurating , soggy mess . |
| 11 | Later , to my surprise , I heard that my own letters were still in existence . |
| 12 | I would n't have known ‘ The Food of the Gods ’ existed if my Great Uncle had n't spoken of it . |
| 13 | No test was available for HTLV3 ( as it was then called ) , but an immunologist established that my immune system had abnormalities . |
| 14 | I watched as my dear man made his way across the tarmac to the small Doha airport . |
| 15 | I watched as my veiled friends chatted busily to each other or rose to greet some relative , touching burgah to burgah , then fluttered down again like so many birds of paradise . |
| 16 | If I 'd been smarter , or less vain , I might have realized that this meant that my former role was now vacant . |
| 17 | Suddenly my eyes opened wide : I saw that my faded garment was being hung in the closet next to four well-tailored officers ' overcoats , gold stars shining on pale blue epaulets , the insignia of the AVO , the state security police . |
| 18 | Just then I felt that my unspoken liberation , symbolised by the backpack , was a criticism of their trapped unemployed state . |
| 19 | I always thought that my Taurean nature — though on the cusp with Aries , looking forward towards another double-image sign , Gemini , which made for imbalance — was far from typical ; but certainly the bull was well and truly there in my strong sexuality . |
| 20 | I thought that my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth , East was extremely eloquent about the importance of levelling the playing field between the private and public sectors . |
| 21 | BELVILLE : To answer this black charge , I will give you a brief history of my passion for this dear girl ; how it commenced and increased and my own struggles with it . |
| 22 | I enjoy going out to buy something , having saved up for it , far more than I ever did when my favourite phrase was ‘ charge it , please ’ . |
| 23 | a boys ' school and the headmaster there advised me not to put him there , he said send him to Newport Grammar school it 's the best school in Essex , best grammar school in Essex and he said that my two boys go there |
| 24 | Nor did he dismiss it outright , though he said that my first duty should be to my family , with which of course I concurred . |
| 25 | I thereupon obtained from him the name of the solicitor instructed by Randolph , telephoned him and said that my own firm would accept service of the writ . |
| 26 | One officer said that my youngest sister , who eventually grew to be just 5 feet 4 inches tall but who was still at school at this time , had her arm around his neck trying to strangle him . |
| 27 | I said that my hon. Friend 's arguments were always powerful , persuasive and seductive and he has just demonstrated that fact once again . |
| 28 | I went across and threw it open , exasperated that my holy moment had been so brutally shattered . |
| 29 | ‘ They explained that my immune system was rejecting the baby , ’ says Allison . |
| 30 | I caught a glimpse of her , eyes red with fury , and I wondered if my last hour had come , but Bill , the man who was on guard , managed to push her back with the aid of a large plank , and she soon quietened down when we passed her babies back . ’ |