Example sentences of "to my [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To my utter horror I was put on Fry House , which was the house for pregnant women at that time . |
| 2 | Oh yes , yes in the , in the window yes I think and many and many a ticket I got when I first got married to my first wife I used to do my mother-in-law 's little tickets for all the various custards , and , and Eccles cakes and four for thruppence ha'penny it does n't of course I could print right you see she said , being a draughtsman I always could print right so I used to do the four for thruppence ha'penny . |
| 3 | To keep the training crew occupied I sent them away to this vessel for a day 's rummage and to my pleasant surprise it was not long before they returned with the news that they had unearthed a vast cache of spirits and cigarettes in the ship 's hospital . |
| 4 | In a duty report to my chief constable I mentioned I had written to Police Review . |
| 5 | To my absolute horror I found that all my controls were completely frozen , I was quite certain I had seen the ground crew go round and remove all the external locks before I had climbed aboard . |
| 6 | When this government talks about safety nets for those in need , I tend to look six inches below ground level to find it often the G M B is the only safety net above the ground which leads me to my second word we do this because we care we care about our country our economy , and our people . |
| 7 | But I just say to my honourable friend I do n't think er compulsion er is the route with that we should follow . |
| 8 | To my everlasting surprise I stayed in the main presenter 's chair — even though the programme 's title changed . |
| 9 | This was a very tense time and to my complete amazement I took 2nd place in the amateur class . |
| 10 | To my young mind it seemed a most unScottish thing to do . |
| 11 | I th stick to my former line I think that we 've all had a look at this , er we , I believe it 's a useful , serviceable instrument and I rest my case . |
| 12 | All large , cheerful girls in their late teens , to my great relief they wore long skirts and mats around their waists , tied as tradition dictates with a braided kiekei band . |
| 13 | In fact , on all the windows wired up now , and I walked up to him , and I just said , would you like to give to me , son , and he turned round and looked at me , and to my great surprise he gave it to me . |
| 14 | To my great delight they all did comfortably worse than Arosa . |
| 15 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
| 16 | To my great annoyance I found myself jealous . |
| 17 | There was something inside me after all , and whatever it was — to my untutored mind it seemed that it must be exceedingly unpleasant , even hideous — it was not well . |
| 18 | However , thanks to my evasive action it did not happen . |
| 19 | When I was finally allowed up and I went back to my own home I expected to forget you . |
| 20 | When I think back to my own childhood I remember only long sun-struck afternoons , the smell of dust under avenues of eucalyptus , the quiet rustle of water in roadside furrows , the lulling of doves . |
| 21 | A little to my own amazement I found myself happy for them . |
| 22 | But er I was going back to my own job you see , and then I went to see if the And then I I do n't know what happened . |
| 23 | President , congress in the few minutes available to me this afternoon to speak to my written report I want to touch on three issues . |
| 24 | It points out advantages to my divorced state I had n't thought of before . ’ |
| 25 | Prior to my fifteenth birthday I had asked for train sets and cowboy suits for Xmas and birthdays , and until I was eighteen I spent Saturday afternoons making tea and sandwiches for my Mam and some girls from school as they talked endlessly of ‘ fellas ’ and clothes and make-up — subjects never of any interest to me . |
| 26 | But when it got to my last week I just thought stuff it , I 'm going to give it my best shot . |
| 27 | When it came to my fortieth birthday she said , what would you like for your birthday ? |
| 28 | To my childish imagination it seemed as if she was still alive to what was happening and was showing her disapproval . |
| 29 | You know very often a parent , if a parent senses a child it 's partly in the interests of reality you know , like I say to my younger son you know , look if I buy you a third Big Mac , let's face it , you wo n't be able to eat it . |
| 30 | If anything were to happen to my old dosey I 'm afraid I 'd live out my days in peace . ’ |