Example sentences of "to [be] my [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it . |
| 2 | I had noticed it too , and I was all the more pleased with the prospect of doing something in what was coming to be my other sphere of interest , namely , literature and especially poetry . |
| 3 | This was to be my first climb on ‘ real rock , ’ as I had only experienced exercises on short problems in an old gritstone quarry during the previous winter . |
| 4 | At that time the navigator and bombardier starting going on missions because evidently they were short so by the time the Gdynia mission came around the bombardier and the , and the er navigator had missions under their belt so this was to be my first mission . |
| 5 | 9 am on Tuesday was to be my first lesson . |
| 6 | Well , crazy , I suppose I 'm crazy , I 've always thought runners were crazy , I 've always , you know , said friends and colleagues that used to run were mad , it only started off to get fit for skiing , and well , I hit , you know , I 've got the bug , and er well it 's going to be my first marathon and it 's definitely going to be my last marathon . |
| 7 | A difficult moment for me occurred when Phil Collins came on the show , simply because what I knew but he did n't , was that he was going to be my first guest on This Is Your Life the following week . |
| 8 | ‘ Did n't it have to be my right hand that 's out of action ? |
| 9 | I am a librarian , and it seems books are going to be my only companions . |
| 10 | Let's all have a drink together , I hope all my girlfriends will meet steady boyfriends , but as Helen organized this party and is going to be my chief bridesmaid , I 'd like to wish happiness to Helen . |
| 11 | ‘ You still want to be my chief fuel technician ? ’ he teased , but she gave a mock pout . |
| 12 | Although I had kept in contact with several school friends from St Paul 's , I knew only one who was likely to have surplus accommodation in London , and I considered she might well turn out to be my one hope of not having to spend the rest of my life on a train somewhere between Romford and Regent 's Park . |
| 13 | I keep those best and where these then , these used to be my best shoes , . |
| 14 | She 'd been wanting to be my best friend for ages . |
| 15 | I finished equal fifth and , although I got as far as the final qualifying round for the Open and won through two rounds of the Amateur Championship , that was to be my best result for the year . |
| 16 | ‘ It has to be my best deal , ’ says Virani . |
| 17 | Could it possibly be mere chance , I asked myself , that this manna from God knew where just happened to be my absolute favourites bar none ? |
| 18 | On the contrary , I was mocked within the family for my ‘ posh ’ accent , and for what was considered to be my general childishness , especially as far as my sense of humour was concerned . |
| 19 | Colin MacDonald is writing from Napier University in Edinburgh , which I think used to be my primary school . |
| 20 | I am still friends with my ex-husband who takes it on himself to be my personal agony aunt . |
| 21 | Then I discovered a section on sailing vessels and decided that travelling the world by schooner was going to be my main occupation post-release . |
| 22 | I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary . |
| 23 | I said well I 'm trying to I said this bloke what happens to be my oldest brother I said , and he wo n't even tow it for me ! |
| 24 | I spent the rest of 20th February , which happened to be my fortieth birthday , taking the girl students back to their homes in and around Rangoon . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , do n't say that ; it 's supposed to be my special day . ’ |
| 26 | You 've made things admirably clear , and I 'm the more grateful to the Commissioner for taking what may turn out to be my unfounded worries so seriously . |
| 27 | 1962 was to be my big year ; Pop had me weight training three times a week , my statistics were now 40-24-36 and I was in the final of the Mecca ‘ Miss England ’ Contest . |
| 28 | It was supposed to be my big break , do you remember ? |
| 29 | My friend the candidate , soon to be my hon. Friend the Member for Kincardine and Deeside , supports me and my hon. Friends on that policy as on so many other policies . |
| 30 | Berkeley did after all turn out to be my last dalliance with the education system . |