Example sentences of "i 'm [verb] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , in I 'm meeting my teacher , my would be translated by svoj or svoja ( depending on the gender of the following noun ) . |
| 2 | I 'm controlling my temper now and I 'm learning to walk away . |
| 3 | ‘ I might have done , only I 'm expecting my brother to pin me , I do n't quite know when . |
| 4 | I 'm setting my cap at someone else , she thought , circling the room with her chin in the air . |
| 5 | She says I would like to go up to Manchester soon and I 'm hoping my car is on the road because the trains to Manchester are pretty costly compared to the price of the petrol in my car . |
| 6 | ‘ Every game is a bonus for me at this stage of my career and I 'm enjoying my football . ’ |
| 7 | I 'm reading my way through all the daddy 's books . |
| 8 | Watch , I 'm reading my paper now . |
| 9 | so he said I did say I 'm bringing my wife , she said oh yeah how many times have I heard that before |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm building my working life around my family , ’ I could imagine them explaining to puzzled spouses . |
| 11 | I 'm wearing my jacket and my Drizabone but I still feel freezing . |
| 12 | So I 'm wearing my birthday things , you know ? |
| 13 | I find I 'm holding my breath . |
| 14 | Oh dear , I thought , he reckons I 'm wheedling my way in , not for birthday greetings , but for contentious sexist matters — to grill him about tonight 's Lancashire cricket club annual meeting when the agenda is topped by a proposal that women should at long last be allowed full membership entitling them to mix with men in the pavilion . |
| 15 | ‘ The scene is wide open and I think I 'm reaching my peak now . |
| 16 | Say I 'm picking my nose |
| 17 | And erm I 'm swopping my car |
| 18 | Sandie , who met Freddie when she was an 18-year-old dancer on his show , smiled broadly as he quipped : ‘ The real reason I 'm leaving my wife is she makes lousy coffee . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm sterilizing my knife . |
| 20 | just below , I 'm getting my hair , hair cut now cos it 's getting far too thick . |
| 21 | Sorry , I 'm getting my tongue twisted round those . |
| 22 | I 'm taking my walking boots and a tent , and I shall go where the fancy takes me . ’ |
| 23 | The reply could be : ‘ Yes , when my husband is n't using the car ’ or ‘ Yes , I go into the village on Mondays ’ or ‘ No , but I 'm taking my test next week ’ or ‘ No . |
| 24 | I 'm taking my car back . |
| 25 | I wo n't be there Friday afternoon since I 'm taking my son to the dentist . |
| 26 | Or I 'm taking my caravan off here right now . |
| 27 | I know I 'm damaging my body and health , but I do n't know how to stop . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm eating my wife 's cooking ! ’ |
| 29 | I 'm eating my chicken first . |
| 30 | I 'm eating my penguin but , were n't that mine , that blue one ? |