Example sentences of "[vb past] my [noun pl] [prep] [art] " 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 | I ran a fragrant bath through muslin bags of mint and lavender and flung my clothes onto a chair eager to get in . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Only your good news banished my cares for a while . |
| 7 | Prost , who appeared at the same conference , said : ‘ I made my apologies to the world council . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I have wept copiously and shared my feelings with a woman , that is , my intended . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | However , I must stress that the word ‘ vigilante ’ in fact never passed my lips during the interview conducted by your reporter . |
| 12 | I stopped a hundred yards down the road and checked my bearings in the paperback A-Z I keep taped behind the sun visor . |
| 13 | Nat turned and shouted this garbled message to me and I hooked my dogs to a tree and went forward to talk to him . |
| 14 | While walking the Pennine Way I cooled my feet in the beck before continuing south to Airton and Gargrave . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | I trained my binoculars on the reeds closest to the hide ; an up-and-down bobbing movement had caught my eye . |
| 17 | I gulped , and fixed my eyes on the blood-red pen on the desk . |
| 18 | I eventually found my parents in the sponsor 's tent in a huddle with Jack and his delightful wife , Jenny . |
| 19 | Suddenly I was jumping , yelling out as the flagstone beat my feet like a cudgel or stone cricket bat . |
| 20 | Her sudden vehemence stopped my tears like a slap in the face . |
| 21 | I framed my remarks in a hypothetical context following on from delegation to the regional arts boards , and I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman was not there to listen and to learn . |
| 22 | Have I in any respect misused the resources which Thou gavest me , or used my senses to no purpose , or my preconceptions ? |
| 23 | I sat on the wheelbarrow and sank my teeth into a fresh loaf . |
| 24 | A doctor told my parents of a children 's holiday scheme in Switzerland . |
| 25 | I compared my yardages with a wheel once , and we were no more than two paces out for the whole course . |
| 26 | I stood , swayed , dropped my hands to the steps and crawled up . |
| 27 | Embarrassed , I dropped my eyes to the hymnsheet in front of me . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Using SHE as justification , I snooped through drawers of drawers and subjected my chums to a barrage of impertinent questions . |