Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [prep] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having her gave me strength , I do n't mean that in a ‘ strong woman ’ sense , but a drive , an immense determination to carry on with my work . ’ |
| 2 | If there were n't new and interesting things worth saying I would n't bother to carry on with my work |
| 3 | ‘ So I decided to carry on with my knee heavily strapped . |
| 4 | When we do so , I intend to carry on with my job , which has agricultural connections . |
| 5 | When I helped him into bed he said , with some echo of his old authority , that nothing was to change while he was here ; that I was to go on with my work ; that he would teach me to play chess at last ; that he was absolutely thrilled to be out of hospital , and it would be a positive delight to look after himself . |
| 6 | The time I spent alone with her … those hours allowed me to gather strength to go on with my deception . |
| 7 | Just in the middle of doing something I have to sit down with my mind blank and filling , like a pitcher , with sadness . |
| 8 | Shortly after leaving Folkestone we were preparing to enter Ramsgate harbour on a cold , blustery day which prompted me to go below for my duffel coat as I normally conned Venturous alongside from the open bridge . |
| 9 | ‘ Doctor , you fail to go along with my charade . |
| 10 | Inquisitive souls might wonder how I persuaded my publishers to go along with my plan . |
| 11 | ‘ That is to go down to my wine cellar and get a bottle of nice cold vintage champagne . |
| 12 | I was going to go down with my mate . |
| 13 | ‘ From now on , when you 're acting sergeant , everything 's going to go down in my book . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd like to change because I think good actors do alter the way they look and it 's something I plan to work on for my career in the future . ’ |
| 15 | I had spent Monday , after a cursory check of the Poles , making one or two repairs and improvements to the Factory , working through the afternoon until my eyes got sore and my father had to call up to me to come down for my dinner . |
| 16 | Well , the thing is , Pop Will Eat Itself used to come down to my place when I first had it and absolutely f— the place up . |
| 17 | I was so impressed with the ‘ Rule Breakers ’ article by Alastair McIver that I just had to write in with my opinion on the subject . |
| 18 | I receive letters throughout the year from people who have been to the Summer Exhibition wanting to know more about my work . |
| 19 | There was another side to loving myself , that for me seemed to bear directly upon my cancer . |
| 20 | I had wanted to curl up in my sleeping-bag on the ground . |
| 21 | When I was young she used to come up to my mother 's for a cup o' tea ; and I liked talking to the old lady . |
| 22 | It 's impossible for you to catch up on my record . |
| 23 | I opened the conservatory door to slip out to my bedroom the back way and noticed a pair of eyes peering at me from behind the rubber plant in the far corner , distorted by the old glass . |
| 24 | This time the otter does n't attempt to eat the fish in the water , but sets out purposefully for the shore , to disappear out of my view below the bank . |
| 25 | I had to stand back with my finger on the off button as he turned the handle which moves the grinding wheel along the blade . |
| 26 | But I did n't find it at all difficult to come out to my student friends . |
| 27 | I think the one clear thing to come out from my study is that erm with very careful preparation and with adequate thought about teaching methods that a school can successfully go over to mixed ability teaching without any necessary impact on the standards of performance of the pupils , and this has really been justified recently in the O level results of pupils who have now been through the mixed ability system and finished their O levels in the school . |
| 28 | I think the one clear thing to come out from my study is that with very careful preparation and with adequate thought about teaching reference , that a school can successfully go over to mixed ability teaching without any necessary impact on the standards of performance of the pupils . |
| 29 | ROBBIE There was something else he said , about not having to look far to find out about my mother and everything . |
| 30 | ‘ Would you like to come back to my cottage with me and clean yourself and perhaps have a drink of lemonade and a biscuit ? ’ |