Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I was n't about to vice either that thought or any of the others that were gathering in my mind . |
| 2 | ‘ Those were painted by my grandmother , ’ said Ianthe , seeing that Sophia was examining the watercolours of Italian scenes which hung in the hall . |
| 3 | When six cartons of drugs , bandages and serums were heaped on my study floor there was the business of finding out when and how they should be administered . |
| 4 | My dad , well in fact , we , we were laughing at my dad because we said , we said , it shut her up for a bit ! |
| 5 | ‘ Miss Levington , you were caught on my boat with enough heroin to — ’ |
| 6 | In a strange way I felt almost embarrassed that such things were happening in my name . |
| 7 | The tarot reading and astrology were presented by my mage at a fairly down-market level . |
| 8 | We went to Doping Control , where pieces of paper for me to sign were pushed under my nose and there was a lot of shouting in Korean . |
| 9 | Gradually vague notions of a career in journalism were forming in my head . |
| 10 | Yet here they were looking at my chest . |
| 11 | I mean , it looked as if you were looking at my chest , and just staring at my chest . |
| 12 | ‘ I did not know you were looking in my direction , Khan . ’ |
| 13 | It happened because me and my little boy were living with my mam . |
| 14 | After four years in Kent , we were moved by my company back to Scotland . |
| 15 | Because of a lecture I gave last weekend I 've to write a paper on how P R audits can be applied to the military which is great fun and an acknowledgement that people of a senior level were listening to my lecture but , um it 's put quite a bit of work on me . |
| 16 | ‘ You were lying on my lilo this morning . |
| 17 | I sat by Toby , and stopped myself asking the questions which were dashing through my head . |
| 18 | were turning from my nakedness … |
| 19 | I guess he taught me the right way , because after a couple of years , when I heard something , I knew what it was before any intellectual wheels were turning in my head . |
| 20 | In the course of ten years , some fifty students were trained , about half of whom went on to ordination and a few of the others were ordained after my time . |
| 21 | All these thoughts and many more were racing through my head as I polished the silver teapot which she would be drinking out of . |
| 22 | All these thoughts were racing through my head when I came face to face with you , and when you did n't show me out I could n't entirely understand why . |
| 23 | All kinds of questions were going through my mind ; How many people would be working there ? |
| 24 | Now that events were moving in my favour , it was as troublesome finding out what was needed as it was getting it . |
| 25 | ‘ I mean that all my fears about marriage were based on my experience with Cherith . ’ |
| 26 | The only occasion when rail closures were raised in my time at the Transport Department was in the spring of 1981 . |
| 27 | I was also suspended by my feet , and by my wrists while they were tied behind my back . |
| 28 | My wrists were tied behind my back , an iron brace fixed around my neck and the long chain which hung from it secured round my ankles . |
| 29 | Then I began to realize that my hands were tied behind my back and my legs were also secured to something . |
| 30 | I , on the other hand , had backache and climbed it as though a cattle prod were taped to my spine . |