Example sentences of "my [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said , I 'll tell you what , I said er cos my mum lent me seven hundred |
| 2 | Brenda ( seventeen , Jamaican parents ) commented that in Jamaica she had been teased as a " foreigner " because her Creole was not up to scratch : Oh , they call you all — " English gyal , come here English gyal ! " yeh , my sister 'ad it all , my sister ai n't English , my sister 's Jamaican , because she come over here when she was young , when she went back over there they were callin' her English gyal , the lot [ ] but when she , she ai n't forget nothin' , she can still speak it so she open her mouth and they say sorry [ ri ] ! |
| 3 | My glance allowed me sufficient time to register an abundance of well-washed hair , a rosy cheerful face , a loose-hanging tweed coat and heavily-patterned woollen stockings . |
| 4 | ‘ I was fortunate in my choice of boat , and my equipment gave me little trouble . |
| 5 | ‘ My parents got us all started , ’ she explains . |
| 6 | And when I erm , first got them cos my granny got me some for a birthday present |
| 7 | However , one still hears all sorts of rumours to the effect that it is possible for others to obtain information , yet one or two of my constituents found it difficult to obtain information about the identity of a car owner involved in an accident . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , my husband called him that . |
| 9 | A quick bath and a change into one of Elinor 's cotton caftans , a blue ribbon to tie up my hair and a dab of powder on my freckles rendered me presentable enough to be fed . |
| 10 | My guvnor told me that . |
| 11 | My job gave me awkward hours and frequent short-notice travel both at home and abroad . |
| 12 | And my granddaughter bought me some for my birthday , and my grandson bought me some for my birthday ! |
| 13 | My friend drank it all in . |
| 14 | I like him in that jumper and my friend gave him that . |
| 15 | Reggie loves it as I say my nephew bought me two |
| 16 | I had a guid record , and my wife had it all planned out . |
| 17 | My father told me one evening that neither he nor my mother would think the worse of me if I did not go . |
| 18 | My father knew them all and taught me their names . |
| 19 | ‘ And my father called me obstinate ! ’ |
| 20 | And he , my father reminded him last night and he said yeah he would have them by tomorrow morning . |
| 21 | I felt tempted to tell him that I had begun to glimpse some of the mystery behind Selkirk 's verses but my anger kept me silent . |
| 22 | The latest threat to children recently is not just wait till your dad gets home , but , my daughter told her four week old baby , if you 're not good I 'll put you on the fax and send you through to daddy . |
| 23 | My husband was here and he was a great friend of my uncle so my uncle arranged it all . |
| 24 | My Nan told me last night . ’ |
| 25 | In April the garden was a jungle of bluebells , bursting from under the trees in blue tides above your ankles , but by midsummer my grandmother had it tame again , fifty yards of earth between wooden fences bearing docile rows of hollyhock and sweet peas ; an ex-army rug was spread on the shaven lawn for the children to sit on for tea outdoors . |
| 26 | Do you know one or two of my friends castigated me two years ago for taking food to somebody who was sleeping in the gardens . |
| 27 | Meanwhile my novel brought me other letters : from dear Father D'Arcy , an old friend ; from Francis King , later to be a friend and colleague ; and from Elizabeth Taylor . |
| 28 | My doctor told me all about the pill before he prescribed it . |
| 29 | My grandfather taught me necessary skills : how to tip my tea into my saucer and blow waves across it until it was cool enough to drink ; how to cut an orange in half crossways and pack a sugar lump into each half and then suck out orange-juice and sugar together ; how to walk along the crazy-paving garden path without stepping On any of the cracks or a tiger would get you ; how to butter the loaf and then clutch it to your chest and then shave off paper-thin slices ; what saint to pray to when you woke up at night and saw the devil moving behind the curtains . |
| 30 | One Sunday my dad took us all up to see the new pit-head baths . |