Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Where I go in my free time is none of your business , you interfering old cow . ’ |
| 2 | Although I said to my husband when I was pregnant , what if I have a handicapped baby ? |
| 3 | They realise that their route to the Community can be opened only if their countries are practising real democracy in respect of human rights , and multi-party Parliaments — although I said to my Polish friends , ’ You can go a bit too far . ’ |
| 4 | Neither could I conceal that although I wrote to my parents once a week ( a school rule ) they scarcely ever wrote to me , and failed to send me the necessary supplies of toothpaste , stockings , etc. , so that I was always having to borrow from other girls ( strictly against the rules ) and getting into trouble as a result . |
| 5 | But although I wrote in my diary that I wished I were dead , I never seriously considered death — suicide — as a solution to my problems . |
| 6 | That is my advice , although I emphasise to my hon. Friend that I am not a clinician and he does not need to be told that . |
| 7 | Although I called to my father , he took no notice , appearing totally absorbed in his conversation with the white-faced man . |
| 8 | Better than I had on my twenty-first . ’ |
| 9 | Another , making a joke out of his poverty , hit a good drive and sighed , ‘ That 's gone further than I went on my holidays . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I probably committed more fouls in that game than I have throughout my entire career — I was that determined to do well . ’ |
| 11 | around the m around the Mansfield =field , and these Children , at School they know far more than I do at my age I think . |
| 12 | ‘ It is n't just long steady runs — in fact I did n't do any more plodding about before Twin Cities than I do for my 10,000m training . |
| 13 | I spend more time on my face and skin than I do on my hair . |
| 14 | It 's the people , I mean the people in this room know a great deal more people than I do on my own for example . |
| 15 | For example , I share a greater proportion of my genes with my sister than I do with my cousin . |
| 16 | Of her time at Somerville Sue comments : ‘ I 'm afraid I got far more from my extra-curricular activities than I did from my studies ’ . |
| 17 | We 've certainly got more in common than I 'ave with my real brother . |
| 18 | The rotting wooden walkway looked too perilous to risk any injury so I continued on my way to the shed , now some seventy or eighty yards away . |
| 19 | I was warm and sleepy but my master kept haranguing me : compliance seemed the easiest way out so I put on my boots , grabbed my cloak and accompanied him down to the Templar chapel . |
| 20 | I was wanted in Formula 1 , then I was n't , so I went about my own business , creating my own new future , then all of a sudden I 'm wanted again . |
| 21 | ‘ So I went through my phrase-book to search for something like ‘ Shut up ’ . |
| 22 | I was all alone in my flat , so I crawled to my phone and rung a friend to beg for help . |
| 23 | It appears to me that I have collected his and everyone else 's quota of the annoying little bastards , so I return to my trench , wrap myself up , and sleep fitfully until I am awakened to take my turn on guard . |
| 24 | I prodded the inert soldier , but he seemed pretty dead so I got to my feet and moved slowly and quietly away from the noise and excitement . |
| 25 | I am not able to eat and talk at the same time , so I apologized to my neighbours for this . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't want to work in a shop or a bank so I wrote to my local radio station , West Sound , asking if I could make the tea . ’ |
| 27 | I also wanted to see Mussolini , who was coming to Trieste on an official visit , so I wrote to my godmother 's sister , Poldka , who lived there , to ask if she could put me up . |
| 28 | Richard moved about in the bathroom ; the light hurt my eyes so I turned on my stomach and hid my face in the pillow . |
| 29 | I do n't have a guitar roadie there to do everything for me , so I interact with my guitar on every level . |
| 30 | I could not go back for some time as the Germans had obviously built up their air force to great strength , so I threw in my lot with Fulham church in my rare off-duty times . |