Example sentences of "[vb past] my [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got my schooling on the hoof . ’ |
| 2 | You say you met my daughter on the train to Boston , that she was running away from home , that she ended up on your doorstep when her brother refused to house her ? ’ |
| 3 | That morning I met my father on the middle landing of the stairs , and we were alone together for the first time in the holidays . |
| 4 | He went up and clapped my master on the shoulder . |
| 5 | Having doubts about this picture 's authenticity and surmising that it might be the same picture he had seen several years before , he again sought my opinion on the basis of a good photograph . |
| 6 | The Boyfriends haunted my stay on the North Shore . |
| 7 | I fixed my attention on the tower of the library which the priest , Sauniere , had built on the edge of a precipice overlooking the distant village of Esperaza . |
| 8 | I practiced my trade , I simplified my life , I was on my way to becoming the " Compleat Airman " , I also felt that I should get an overseas tour out of the way , and was quite pleased when I found my name on the PWR+ ; I then awaited eagerly to learn where . |
| 9 | I bumped my head on the door moving your mattress through the laundry , ’ said Tom . |
| 10 | " Alone , " she told my mother on the first night . |
| 11 | " The old bird we were chasing just put on an extra spurt , and I banged my chin on the ground so hard I though a tree had fallen on me ! " |
| 12 | One evening as I was nearing Farr 's entrance , I was running , tripped , with the result that I banged my head on the pavement . |
| 13 | I dribbled , I wet my pants , even banged my head on the furniture , and bawled … bawled almost nonstop . |
| 14 | I smiled politely and scalded my mouth on the tea . |
| 15 | I rested my elbow on the bell-push and just kept right on resting . |
| 16 | For the first few years I rested my chin on the concrete wall separating the spectators from the players and saw many wondrous things . |
| 17 | I rested my head on the glass , and up went a pigeon . |
| 18 | I bought a new pair of flannels and paid my membership on the spot . |
| 19 | When I came round I felt much better and I turned my back on the lake and went home . |
| 20 | I turned my back on the lochan and walked a dozen paces away from the edge before heading back towards the road . |
| 21 | Outside I turned my back on the stairs and walked on down the passage . |
| 22 | I hung my thermometer on the wall , and do you know what it registered ? ’ |
| 23 | I placed my hand on the top of the skull and waited . |
| 24 | ‘ If someone came and pinched my bum on the escalator I 'd k-i-c-k him as far as I could down the escalator , ’ Topaz responded with gusto . |
| 25 | I had a bullock , a nice quiet beast , called Charlie , and I lost my grip on the shovel when he knocked in to me . |
| 26 | What a pity I lost my hat on the way here ! ’ |
| 27 | Then a wave of feebleness swamped me and dumped my body on the top step . |
| 28 | I fell onto the settle , hit my elbow on the carved arm-rest , and drew in my breath to scream again . |
| 29 | ’ ’ I 'm sure I 'm going to leave the ground and float up and hit my head on the ceiling , and all the time the voices are call ‘ DO IT DO IT DO IT … ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I hit my head on the kerb when I fell and when I went to hospital two days later they told me I had severe bruising of the brain , ’ said Walter after his Kempton win on Mithl Al Hawa . |