Example sentences of "for the [noun] [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So , at least you do n't deny that you are responsible for the damage to my car ? ’ |
| 2 | With a dozen spills to hand , I reached for the matches in my pouch . |
| 3 | ( I found myself living next to the University of Kuwait , instead of the University of Bristol , for the majority of my enforced stay in the Middle East . ) |
| 4 | While this may not be true for some black speakers , particularly in neighbourhoods with a high proportion of Caribbeans , it seems to be true for the majority of my black informants from the areas of Leyton , Catford and Southwark . |
| 5 | I think I might enjoy writing end-of-term reports for the stinkers in my class . |
| 6 | I FIND MYSELF caught in the toils of having to give a personal explanation for why I ca n't write a personal explanation for the formation of my adult beliefs . |
| 7 | And it is doing just that for the ladies in my classes . |
| 8 | ‘ I hold you responsible , Master Shallot , you and Master Daunbey , for the return of my book from Abbe Gerard . |
| 9 | The exactitude and measure of structural engineering has been indispensable for the development of my work . |
| 10 | I agree that the A13 is of fundamental importance for the prosperity of my hon. Friend 's constituents and of many others in the east Thames corridor . |
| 11 | I have been preparing myself for this for the whole of my life , he wrote . |
| 12 | The statistical expansion of recorded crimes and a success largely determined by detection rates support the inevitable institutional contention that more control is a necessity , and has been a corner-stone in police ideology for the whole of my service . |
| 13 | I mean , QP has been discussing the Accommodation Problem for the whole of my lifetime . |
| 14 | It 's funny , but I seem to have known that little habit for the whole of my life already . |
| 15 | What a strange feeling to be leaving Gateshead , my home for the whole of my childhood ! |
| 16 | And my enormous thanks go to my own Table , Chester seventy six , very very true friends indeed and the same for the whole of my own area , Area thirty six Wirral and the Marches , where nothing has been too much trouble and they are here today as you 've just seen in some considerable strength . |
| 17 | ‘ I know of Mrs Stringer 's excellent work for pensioners and I am sure that she will be a fine ambassador for British pensioners and for the whole of my Cleveland and Yorkshire North constituency . ’ |
| 18 | So we got ourselves an Ordnance Survey map for the year of my birth and were able to prove that houses had indeed existed there , ’ he said . |
| 19 | This was not all : " And for the residue of my Thirdd parte of goods Remayning unbequeathed be yt moore or lesse My will and mynde ys that it shall remayne and bee for and towards the maynetenance of an usher to teache under the Scholemaster of Stockport for ever . |
| 20 | Pity for myself , for the dislocation of my words , of the edifice carefully constructed to bury pain . |
| 21 | I Jordan de Blossevilla give in free alms to God and St Pancras and the monks … for the welfare of my soul and of my ancestors and successors a portion of my land in Bevenden lying by my well on the south side containing 4 perches in length and 2 in breadth ; to hold in tree alms , with a tree way of going in and out with the easement of drawing water in any well . |
| 22 | So I said I was tired of waiting for the money for my things and she can collect it from the students and have it when it came . |
| 23 | I recently set up a new tank , and used a large piece of bogwood , for the benefit of my plecs . |
| 24 | An accepted method of counter-irritation in cholera is with sinapisms applied to the epigastrium … or , if I must interpret these learned expressions for the benefit of my distinguished colleague , with mustard-plasters to the pit of the stomach … " |
| 25 | It is worth noting — and I say this for the benefit of my hon. Friend the Minister if for no one else 's benefit — that there has been a great deal of hyprocrisy on the part of the Labour party in Thurrock and Basildon concerning the centralisation of casualty services at Orsett . |
| 26 | were you present when he defined for the benefit of my Lord and the jury , what was meant by management charges in that sentence |
| 27 | I doubt I 'll every do games for the remainder of my time in this school . |
| 28 | Which of these fish would have been responsible for the disappearance of my six Neon Tetras ? |
| 29 | Even if this wo n't always happen , it will certainly happen often enough for the range of my knowledge to be considerably reduced , and this itself is some sort of an objection . |
| 30 | It was the first meeting in nine years — for the day of my father 's funeral does n't really count . |