Example sentences of "[det] [noun] to my [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm off to Leeds this afternoon to my parent 's house . |
| 2 | ‘ This reduction to my citation index is probably partly due to the rejection of my paper by another prestigious journal for reporting experimental therapy not done in accordance with ethical rules nor with the Helsinki code or charter . |
| 3 | With Marion 's baby due next month and my being absent on leave , I would n't put it past the ‘ high heid yins ’ to cook up some deal to my disadvantage . ’ |
| 4 | usually look forward to half term to my feet to recover because the children walk all over me . |
| 5 | ‘ Bob is very demanding in what he wants and he added another dimension to my game . |
| 6 | Yet I must have conveyed some uneasiness to my parents . |
| 7 | So clear is this conclusion to my mind that , notwithstanding anything which has been said in other cases , I would be very slow to concede that the word ‘ appropriates ’ in section 1(1) is in its context ambiguous . |
| 8 | Now just to complicate the issue who probably probably is the oldest person in the village I 'm note sure , erm has brought another name to my attention . |
| 9 | I am sending some recipes to my father , the Earl of Argyll , ’ to remind him . |
| 10 | It brought a few tears to my eyes . |
| 11 | In another letter to my wife I have the following comment : |
| 12 | ‘ D' you think I 'm so stupid I 'd glue this thing to my head on purpose ? ’ |
| 13 | I looked toward him for some answer to my curiosity but his eyes were expressionless . |
| 14 | In so far as decorum allows I have tried to do so myself , and at some cost to my reputation for a sympathetic bedside manner . |
| 15 | The some way to my left contained a number of exters — some insectile and leggy , some reptilian and scaly , some piscine and finny . |
| 16 | When I spoke about this problem to my parents-in-law they only laughed . |
| 17 | I was determined that I would not communicate this nervousness to my sons , and so I did my best not to react should we come across a dog in the street . |
| 18 | But in that no-man's-land twilight after the long X-ray session and before receiving another summons to my surgeon , I noticed a grave deterioration in that fern . |
| 19 | And I used that panic to my benefit . |
| 20 | is to be honest she 's of little benefit to my organization . |
| 21 | There 's no insurance on that hall to my knowledge there 's no insurance . |
| 22 | ‘ But ’ , wrote Priestley , sadly , ‘ the only person who gave much attention to my experiments was Mr Hey , the surgeon ’ . |
| 23 | The decisiveness and fresh conviction it brought made no difference to my theology and very little difference to my choices and values seen from the outside . |
| 24 | But no one 's touched that room to my knowledge , since I came here as a bride in 1929 . |
| 25 | ‘ When you would not dine with me on Tuesday , I drove that evening to my parents in Plzeň , but had I known you would sound so pleased to hear me , I would have driven back sooner than last night , ’ he lost no time in taking advantage . |
| 26 | I leave that job to my son Tim , ’ said Etherington . |
| 27 | After all , when I taught these secrets to my art students , they had one eye on their future interview . |
| 28 | How could 1 , by taking these things to my house , save my friend 's life and peace of mind ? |
| 29 | My grandfather was a pillar of the Kirk , a gentle man with a pawky wit , and it used to amuse him to read aloud these rhymes to my Granny , exhorting her to choose one for him . |
| 30 | I went through the drill that I had taught many times to my students , and with a little sideslip brought John 's creation back to earth . |