Example sentences of "that i [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only as I read your article that I realised my husband had n't been receiving an allowance for a dependant — me ! |
| 2 | But you who knew me , pass on these words : that I squandered my youth for my country , that while the ship was fighting I kept to my post up in the cross trees and , when she sank-I went down with her . ’ ’ |
| 3 | It 's not so much that , it 's that I prefer my cooking to your cooking . |
| 4 | We were expected to follow the lessons in our Bibles , with the result that I knew my way about the Bible very competently . |
| 5 | None of my previous assistants has ever suggested that I change my style of management , and I can assure you that I have no intention of starting now . |
| 6 | I felt like murmuring the verses about Judas going out and hanging himself , and that he should go and do likewise , but Benjamin looked so quietly pleased with himself that I bit my tongue . |
| 7 | So splendid that I declare my godchild is an absolute motto . ’ |
| 8 | You will think that I hate my husband . |
| 9 | ‘ The TV crew on The Darling Buds Of May know that I hate my backside , so they 're always making little comments , ’ she revealed in an exclusive interview . |
| 10 | It was not until last year that I achieved my ambition to sail there . |
| 11 | Then I went out and bought some anaesthetic spray and applied it , but the pain was so excruciating that I thought my foot would fall off . |
| 12 | It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 . |
| 13 | I received it , along with her idea for making a Christmas fairy , just in time for the festive season and I 'm pleased to say that I made my fairy thanks to Mrs Sall and the post office . |
| 14 | It was then that I made my mind up . |
| 15 | Not content with claiming that I ended up in jail , many people have been led to believe that I murdered my wife , who , I can state categorically , is still living in Selly Oak , Birmingham . |
| 16 | Do you want to explain it — or would you prefer that I pack my bag ? |
| 17 | I remember that I left my bag on the table for a few minutes at coffee time in the afternoon . ’ |
| 18 | You may , perhaps , have thought that I put my point of view too emphatically to you on a matter on which you hold strong views , whereas I am not a partisan on the question of the death penalty . |
| 19 | cos there 's a little coffee table sort of thing that I put my script on |
| 20 | The reason I am writing to Mamma is to show her that I know my duty and that I am with the deepest respect her devoted son . ’ |
| 21 | It looks so sad there , all cold and lonely , that I hold my hand out to sort of stroke it , but it flies off . |
| 22 | My difficulty in breathing was such that I clutched my throat . |
| 23 | What she did n't know , of course , was that I finished my work a few days ahead of that schedule , and was not here when you — in the guise of your sister , ’ he inserted gently , ‘ arrived . ’ |
| 24 | That was that , for if I now refused my mother would see to it that I regretted my foolishness . |
| 25 | Nor was it mere coincidence that I arranged my holiday for a special part of September . |
| 26 | An artist I met that evening at Dr Caskie 's suggested that I exchange my tourist food permit for a civil emergency ration card , and do my own marketing and cooking . |
| 27 | I wish , silently , that I had my Trangia . |
| 28 | that I had my perm , and you know how it 's dead |
| 29 | And used to happen twice a year and erm sometimes somebody 'd remember my birthday or find that I had my birthday or and at Christmas time we used to get some money . |
| 30 | Then Holmes checked with me that I had my gun , an army revolver . |