Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] on my [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He caught me on my right thigh , my left foot came down and I did the splits . |
| 2 | I only got to know her a little as a teenager when I visited her on my own in the single-end where she lived in a Parkhead tenement , sleeping , washing and cooking in one room . |
| 3 | I thought that if I never tried it on my own , I would always wonder whether I could . ’ |
| 4 | I made on the deal , but when I switched it on my first thought was : uh-oh . |
| 5 | I met him on my first day at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1965 . |
| 6 | I met him on my last visit to Glasgow recently : a jolly , likeable man today . |
| 7 | The Coroner complimented me on my prompt reporting of the find , and after a short deliberation declared them not to be Treasure Trove and handed them back to me . |
| 8 | Someone complimented me on my beautiful baby , and I suppose that was when the idea came into my head . |
| 9 | I felt it on my own … ’ |
| 10 | It was the latter who inspired me on my first day at the tech . |
| 11 | I still have that little book of selected poems you gave me on my twelfth birthday . |
| 12 | Lady Diana stayed on and accompanied me on my first walk with the pram out of the garden . |
| 13 | I did it on my own . |
| 14 | ( I got a bent line if I did it on my own , but here was one to follow . ) |
| 15 | ‘ By the time you 'd ripped my character to shreds , lectured me on my grasping capitalist principles , then forced yourself to be nice to me out of commendable loyalty to your family firm , I was hooked . |