Example sentences of "my dear [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My dear ma'am , I assure you I do n't look for matrimony . |
| 2 | ‘ My dear Shannon , for someone so pitifully characterless , you really have had the most fascinating life . ’ |
| 3 | ABBERLEY : My dear love , you make yourself sound so old . |
| 4 | BELVILLE : Why , my dear love , there is still a melancholy air in your countenance . |
| 5 | There had been a moment when he sat back and looked at her , naked and submissive in the grass , and his heart started to sing and his mind spun into a dazzling vision of what might be … because we can only ever be a might-have-been , my dear love … that little boy with dark mischievous eyes , slender and supple , and Ireland 's future Prince … |
| 6 | And then she looked back at the bed and saw the naked longing in his eyes , and something that was better than desire and that was more enduring than passion broke within her , and she moved forward , and said , ‘ Oh , my dear love ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , forgive me , my dear love , ’ he said at last . |
| 8 | ‘ Finally , my dear friends and brethren in Christ , I must explain . |
| 9 | My dear friends , this is it , yes ? |
| 10 | My dear friends , let us love one another . |
| 11 | ‘ We have Ingrid , making her debut in a leading role , and above all , my dear friends , this season is very special because , for the first time , we have a soprano of outstanding quality , a soprano who was , and is , truly a great star . |
| 12 | Then Mrs Hollidaye said , ‘ My dear girl , you have to start making a home . |
| 13 | ‘ My dear girl , I know he 's your cousin . |
| 14 | ‘ Lie down , my dear girl , ’ Tremayne said . |
| 15 | ‘ But my dear girl , you do n't know these other pupils , ’ she had said when Eve had politely requested that she should not be put in a public position of a non-fee-paying student . |
| 16 | ‘ My dear girl , ’ Emily said , worried . |
| 17 | ‘ My dear girl , you 'd have thought him very ill-bred if he 'd talked about money to you , and even if he had , you would n't have understood the relevance of what he was saying , any more than he understands how well off we are . |
| 18 | ‘ My dear girl , ’ he said , ‘ it will be just the same . ’ |
| 19 | " My dear girl ! |
| 20 | ‘ My dear girl , are you sure you 're not recalling rather more than happened ? |
| 21 | My dear girl , it 's a small fortune ! |
| 22 | ‘ My dear girl , he 's one of the best architects in Brisbane , and he has n't reached the top yet . |
| 23 | ‘ My dear girl , you could never in your life look like an old hag , and you seem to forget that so far I 've never seen you at your best . |
| 24 | ‘ My dear girl ! |
| 25 | ‘ My dear girl , it would be so kind of you , but I hardly like to trouble you . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Theo , my dear girl , your country sojourn has made you hoydenish . |
| 27 | My dear girl , I 'm a writer , not a private investigator . |
| 28 | ‘ My dear girl , ’ Malik called to Maisie , ‘ dance ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Be guided by me , my dear girl . |
| 30 | ‘ My dear girl , you 've hardly started ! |