Example sentences of "[vb pp] my [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I commented a little earlier to somebody , I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven-year-old . |
| 2 | Well they 're a lot of fun and kids love them , and as I commented a little earlier to somebody I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven year old . |
| 3 | As I commented a little earlier to somebody , I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven-year-old . |
| 4 | There was one about a fortnight ago , and would have given my ears for the sort of civilian committee , and the methods that they 're using here , compared with the ones I saw in London . |
| 5 | I have also disclosed my intention for the effect that the book will have . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm a free agent and have regained my appetite for the game . |
| 7 | I 've done my diary for the |
| 8 | ‘ I 've done my bit for the day . ’ |
| 9 | One Sunday morning , about a week after I had seen my dad for the second time , I was lying in bed when I heard voices in the street below . |
| 10 | I said , ‘ You have n't seen my work for the past year , have you ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 've got my papers for the Army , Mr Fitz . |
| 12 | ‘ If only I 'd got my clothes for the wedding , ’ she mourned . |
| 13 | Sir , — I would like to make known my support for the devolution of Scotland . |
| 14 | Now I am never ashamed of anything , for I consider shame to be a bourgeois and petty emotion , but this was the one occasion when I felt ashamed of myself , and I have never forgotten how sad it made me to have denied my principles for the sake of friendship and love — or what I imagined to be love . |