Example sentences of "[to-vb] my [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I slept badly and had a dream that was to confirm my fears about the ghost . |
| 2 | I began by reading English and French and , after my mother 's trial , I was allowed to continue my studies by the personal intervention of Rákosi — by his special grace — because my godmother , my father 's first wife , was an extremely popular actress on the national stage , a great star . |
| 3 | To continue my predictions for the future . |
| 4 | ‘ Now 's the time to nail my colours to the mast , throw away the scabbard , buckle to , go the whole hog , cross the Rubicon , grab the bull by the horns , put my shoulder to the wheel and leave a note out for the milkman . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ At the same time , ’ he said , ‘ I must also get to know my colleagues on the Board as fast as possible . |
| 6 | It obviously took a while to find my feet with the group but when I had done I really started to enjoy myself . |
| 7 | Fred tells me , a little horrified , about a girl in Los Angeles sitting on his lap in a restaurant who , by way of introduction , ‘ started to massage my bollocks under the table ’ . |
| 8 | Whilst in going to the abbey , I should be exchanging one kind of prison for another , she told herself , I should no longer have to pass my days amongst the remnants of the court ! |
| 9 | I am delighted to be able to express my congratulations to the Society on the occasion of its 40th anniversary celebrations . |
| 10 | I am writing to express my views about the Graf/Seles situation . |
| 11 | I am doing my utmost to persuade my colleagues in the Council of Ministers that it would make no sense , for the European Community as well as this country , if the directives were promulgated in their present form . |
| 12 | By some miraculous quirk of fate , I have so far managed to get through life as a jobbing hack without ever once having to put my opinions on the preachers into print . |
| 13 | I hurry on past — I do n't want to put my fingers through the glass . |
| 14 | I am going to put my hands above the slenderly tapering flame of the candle for a moment . |
| 15 | To weigh my principles against the risks I appear to be running . |
| 16 | But true to his plan not to do anything to interrupt , or to deflect me from , my studies , while I was up at Oxford , he took the first opportunity , now that I had gone down , to enlist my services with The Criterion . |
| 17 | ‘ The only way you will get any results at all , is for me to take your boys in my school , on my horses , two or three times a week , from now through until the summer , and for the boys to use my horses for the competition . |
| 18 | To each his fun in his own way , of course , but I much prefer to use my ferrets to the full , clearing each burrow in turn as I come to it . |
| 19 | I would like to record my thanks to the members of all sites who have given such enthusiasm and interest to this problem , this topic and that the erm County Council is now resourcing rights of way in a way which we felt was necessary and I would thank our staff for their persistence , patience and their continuing efforts with great er verseatue we I am grateful Chairman . |
| 20 | I know have to give my conclusions to the resolution of that conflicting and often very , very massive evidence as to how the plaintiff 's care routine will change , when it will change and from where the carers will come . |
| 21 | I have been asked to give my views on the most important events and changes in the ‘ domain of art and artistic culture ’ over the last ten years , which I have agreed to do , as much out of friendship for the Giornale dell'Arte ( and its editor ) as out of vanity ( let's be honest ) . |
| 22 | Would Mills Roberts wish to retain my services as the Brigade Piper or would he send me back to Achnacarry ? |
| 23 | Much of the attention to detail that was wont to mark my dealings with the gentler sex . |
| 24 | ‘ I want to run my hands down the length of your legs . |
| 25 | And as for me , I 'm going to stretch my legs in the town , while I can . |
| 26 | I would be grateful if you could try to protect my interests in the same way . |
| 27 | To protect my heaterstats from the Oscar and the Perruno , I use a 2″ diameter tube drilled with 6mm holes . |
| 28 | ‘ Kathie and Laura have helped me to keep my feet on the ground , ’ says John . |
| 29 | As I warily got to my feet I felt a compulsion to retrace my steps in the direction of Jock 's trench . |
| 30 | ‘ You want me to share my feelings with the group ? ’ |