Example sentences of "the [noun] my [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | For that reason I suppose when I first heard about the money my first reaction was to say ‘ No . |
2 | But for the present my principal interest is in meanings qua explicitly posited topics of discourse . |
3 | ‘ When I went to the Slade my sole intention was to become art master at some comfortable school . |
4 | On the substantive point , my hon. Friend will know that I agree with him , for I refused earlier this week to agree in Europe to the sort of laws that would have had the effect my hon. Friend sets out . |
5 | At the moment my preferred delivery date is Monday 24 May , and I wonder if we could collect the items from you — or have them delivered to us — at around 9.15 that morning . |
6 | However , at the moment my only concern was that we had completed the circuit of the park . |
7 | As for the point my hon. Friend raises about the Opposition 's attitude to legislation , it is up to the Opposition to speak for themselves — and I say that knowing that they will do so honourably . |
8 | Come the end of the match my worst fears became a reality . |
9 | The sexuality of Black males is further emphasised in this short sequence by the comment , ‘ The terrible thing is , I am unable to give the chicks my full attention in this weather ’ , and ‘ the weather is turning my blood to ice ’ . |
10 | There was n't any new town or anything and er they 'd built those er Council houses in the front in and he also erm , he said would I like a nice new house , to have plenty of hot water for the boys for bathing and everything , so I moved into a four bedroom and er I was there , er brought my family up there for , till er , unfortunately my mother came to live with me and unfortunately erm I had to go away erm because I was n't very well on a holiday and I was called back cos she was found dead on the toilet my poor mother and er after that erm I came back and erm , in the middle of the week from holiday , oh bother it will it be okay ? |
11 | ‘ Right from the beginning my fellow directors have regarded me as part of the team and have been tremendously supportive . ’ |
12 | At the minute my own branch is in the middle of a row . |
13 | There has been a highly informed debate on the King 's Cross Bill since the day my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing , Acton ( Sir G. |
14 | " Just want to see the set-up my little girlie 's embarked on , " he had said down the telephone . |
15 | ‘ I 'd love to splash out on lovely bits of lacy stuff , but I 'd do better spending my money on a deep-fat fryer for all the notice my other half would take . |
16 | I knew far better than to turn my head , but I had the feeling my old builder stayed squatting by the roadside . |
17 | Send the Colonel my best wishes when you see him again , Sergei . ’ |
18 | It is this that I had in mind in proposing at the outset my three notions and calling one of them , the last , language as replay . |
19 | Give the candidate my complete attention ? |
20 | My Lord erm just to sweep up one or two of the other , very briefly the points my learned friend has just raised , erm I , I think it follows that our provisional position at the moment is that we think that reference is probably more satisfactory than simply going to the commission , what went , if your Lordship went to the commission and then found that they were unsatisfactory or did n't really take matters further , for one of the reasons it might very well not , is because the original complaint put to the commission was not framed in the same way as the defence and counterclaim are now framed , er there 's been a very considerable amount of refinement , both parties would no doubt wish to put submissions into the commission as to how the answer should be put or to provide information so the commission can answer them and so on and so forth and it may not be any quicker doing it that way |
21 | The amount my ordinary bank charges forgetting any sort of bank loan , nothing like that at all , interest , nothing like that , just bank charges for standing orders to the finance company er are something like sixteen seventeen hundred pound a year . |
22 | From time to time we emerge from the factory to buy raw materials at Safeway or Mothercare , and in the end my daily discipline only echoes the great Baconian System when I purchase a frozen chicken . |
23 | At New Year 1983 it screened the light-hearted ‘ One In Five ’ : it has also shown the film My Beautiful Laundrette , the sitcom ‘ Cornerhouse ’ , documentaries such as ‘ Veronica 4 Rose ’ , ‘ Breaking The Silence ’ and ‘ Bright Eyes ’ , and the fictional ‘ Domestic Bliss ’ . |
24 | I 'm usually quite clear-minded , but it was strange the way my unconscious set to work , pushing back my maternal goalposts and persuading me that another year or two would do my hoped-for child no harm . ’ |
25 | It always fascinates me , the way my other self appears as I carefully apply concealer and foundation , shader and blusher , eye shadow and liner . |
26 | We got on very well together and when after only two months with the company my immediate boss — the marketing manager , a sallow individual with a Solihull whine — suffered a perforated ulcer ( I could n't prevent myself from eidetiking this , the wall of his duodenum like a rusty car door , sharp flakes of oxidised tissue spearing into him ) , I got his job . |
27 | But sometimes a tin of Heinz 's best seems to reach the parts my homemade mash , carrots and gravy fails to reach . |
28 | ‘ And throughout the series my white coat does come in very handy in the event of accidents such as the exploding ice scream ! ’ |
29 | At the time my athletic naivete was such that I did n't even know what a Director of Coaching was . |