Example sentences of "[vb past] my [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In another case , headlined as ‘ The Alleged Hooligan Tragedy ’ , a man died after a street-fight and it was reported that on arrival at hospital he had made a statement to the effect that , ‘ I got my injuries in the Borough through being kicked to death by Hooligans . ’ |
| 2 | When I got my hands under the protruding portion I realized there was no point in heaving . |
| 3 | It 'd be easier if we met my troops for the first time at the concert , ’ he said . |
| 4 | When I was out on the road I mean before I came into training I was so I laid my cards at the table at this point in time to say yes I need to sell insurance erm and I always remember particular broker who you go in and and he 's saying well so how many of these particular products would you sell over the next year and he said oh twenty five and you go in great , guy 's promised to sell twenty five domestic contents policies over the next year . |
| 5 | Prost , who appeared at the same conference , said : ‘ I made my apologies to the world council . |
| 6 | I shook the rain out of my hair and wiped my feet on the doormat , then stepped into the porch and tried the inner door . |
| 7 | That is why I cherish the work of Messrs David Alford and Ted Hynds of the People , who condensed my musings on the subject of my nasal ingestion of the powdered and refined fruits of the coca leaf into the terse , pithy and intriguingly erect motto , ‘ Cocaine And Me , By Funny Man Fry . ’ |
| 8 | However , I must stress that the word ‘ vigilante ’ in fact never passed my lips during the interview conducted by your reporter . |
| 9 | I stopped a hundred yards down the road and checked my bearings in the paperback A-Z I keep taped behind the sun visor . |
| 10 | While walking the Pennine Way I cooled my feet in the beck before continuing south to Airton and Gargrave . |
| 11 | ‘ I have met the Luciferi , ’ I replied , and heard Madame Ralemberg moan as I briefly described my assailants in the alleyway and the appearance of my mysterious protectors . |
| 12 | I trained my binoculars on the reeds closest to the hide ; an up-and-down bobbing movement had caught my eye . |
| 13 | I gulped , and fixed my eyes on the blood-red pen on the desk . |
| 14 | I eventually found my parents in the sponsor 's tent in a huddle with Jack and his delightful wife , Jenny . |
| 15 | I stood , swayed , dropped my hands to the steps and crawled up . |
| 16 | Embarrassed , I dropped my eyes to the hymnsheet in front of me . |
| 17 | The Second Son did indeed meet me as always , but this time I stayed once again in his bedroom in his father 's Abu Dhabi villa , and this time I ate my meals with the Sheikh , his men and his two eldest sons . |
| 18 | Wind rattled and swayed the trees and filled my ears with the old songs of the land , and the sun shone through the moving boughs in shimmering ever-changing patterns . |
| 19 | Accordingly I directed my researches to the first steps on the ladder , the branch and workshop . |
| 20 | I opened my eyes to the sun riding high over Fair Hill . |
| 21 | I opened my eyes to the sound of yet more crashing of dustbin lids , gales of laughter and the occasional scream coming from behind the bushes . |
| 22 | As so often occurs in these situations , I had become blind to the obvious — that is , until my pondering over the implications of Miss Kenton 's letter finally opened my eyes to the simple truth : that these small errors of recent months have derived from nothing more sinister than a faulty staff plan . |
| 23 | Yes , it opened my eyes to the plight of socialists and Labour Party members in England and to the fact that not all the English voted Tory , particularly in the north . |
| 24 | I drew myself up to my full 4 feet 8 inches , flared my pupils at the teacher , picked up my scarlet skirt , Vivien Leigh-style , and , with a thud , parquet met felt and felt met parquet . |
| 25 | I clasped my forearms over the pain and bit my lips . |
| 26 | I drummed my fingers on the desktop . |
| 27 | I never paid my bills for the last month |
| 28 | The expensive , state-of-the-art scoreboard ablur with speeding rows of changing numbers and names confirmed my announcements at the speed of light , and the almost unanimous winner was Stephen Lee Garden . |
| 29 | Er and you actually acknowledged my comments about the hairpin bends and the crossroads . |
| 30 | A rough horseblanket rubbed against my chin and a lacy canopy of cow parsley shaded my eyes from the bright light . |