Example sentences of "my [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I can colour my hair to fill in the gap . |
| 2 | Severe wind turbulence caused my canopy to go down a lot faster than normal . |
| 3 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 4 | ‘ I used my shirt to put out the flames . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 6 | It does n't improve his nerves now to see me sitting on his carpet timing Casey 's phone rings with my stopwatch to work out the number he dialled . |
| 7 | I could smell the citronella that I put on my skin to ward off the mosquitoes and feel the breeze beginning to rise from the river . |
| 8 | My mum goes out every Sunday for lunch . |
| 9 | My sister picks up a |
| 10 | My mind went back a couple of months to when Charlie 'd asked me if I 'd like to make a bit on the side . |
| 11 | The phantom of the opera is here inside my mind pull back the curtains |
| 12 | ‘ They were old and shredded but it crossed my mind to get out the glue stick . ’ |
| 13 | I 've got millions of beer bottles in my cellar , or My car breaks down every five minutes |
| 14 | It had been my intention to seek out a further interview with Mr Cardinal with minimum delay , but this proved to be impossible , owing largely to the arrival that same afternoon — some two days earlier than expected — of Mr Lewis , the American senator . |
| 15 | My dilemma points up a basic dichotomy in the educational aims of the school . |
| 16 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
| 17 | My boss put down the Record , rose and stretched expansively . |
| 18 | ‘ But my daddy babbled out the truth . ’ |
| 19 | About four weeks ago I visited Mourneview Park to witness my team pull back a one goal deficit and win 2–1 . |
| 20 | ‘ My team put up a good workmanlike performance . |
| 21 | My eye skips down the page . |
| 22 | In fact my gynaecologist looked up the other day and said , ‘ Dame Edna , when will you stop giving ? ’ |
| 23 | My confidence came back a lot towards the end of the season . |
| 24 | I set about building up an act with the aid of Rag magazines , joke-books , a gag nicked from here , a gag nicked from there and at my next engagement , four days later , I was billed as a comic and my fee went up a few quid . |
| 25 | Then one time when I put my hand in my sleeve to bring out the compass , it was n't there . |
| 26 | Every pore in my body cries out a message of underlying wretchedness . |
| 27 | I start running , but my body puts up a fight . |
| 28 | I 'd sit up in my room bashing out the blues like I was Blind Lemon Matlock . |
| 29 | My husband gets out the car |
| 30 | When I first came to live here this room ran through to the back of the house , but my husband put up a partition , so we have a small room at the back where we can have our meals . |