Example sentences of "my [adj] [noun sg] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has been a guiding beacon in my professional life and a touchstone of human integrity . |
| 2 | ‘ I know what was happening as soon as I felt the familiar ache in my lower back and a rush of blood , ’ she says . |
| 3 | It was my greatest race and a British record . ' |
| 4 | I knew the man , my dear master and a great king , who brought the leopards into the shield of England … |
| 5 | Most of the East Anglian ports were enjoying their first spell of prosperity for many years , employment and trade was booming in the area and more customs staff were required at King 's Lynn , Ipswich and Felixstowe , my old home and a natural first choice . |
| 6 | We each left the bulk of our estates to the other , with a couple of minor legacies — my old college and a couple of godchildren on my side , and her sister on hers . ’ |
| 7 | I certainly agree with my hon. Friend that a significant reduction in Turkish troops in northern Cyprus would improve the climate for a negotiated settlement . |
| 8 | You know , I sit in my stockroom half the day with my electric kettle and a fag and a cup of coffee . |
| 9 | My mum came in at about 07.15 , holding out my black suit and a white shirt that she had just ironed . |
| 10 | And it was to my utter disgust that a member of the media described our game with them as a derby ! |
| 11 | When I revisited the place in 1974 , I found it at once grim and beautiful , at once an irrelevance to my present life and a painfully inevitable part of what I was , what I am , and what I always shall be . |
| 12 | His three thousand men and army car with driver had dwindled to my poor mother and a bicycle . |
| 13 | ‘ Old enough to have completed my medical training and a year as junior houseman . ’ |
| 14 | Each lesson is one hour in length and there is an hour break for lunch and a fifteen minute break in the morning after my first lesson and a ten minute break in between the two lessons in the afternoon . |
| 15 | If I have a choice between working for a nice man who let's me get on with my work in my own way and as far as possible on my own initiative and a difficult woman , then I 'm not going to hesitate , am I ? ’ |
| 16 | too disputed the view that all clients see lawyers as compartmentalised individuals , ‘ although I do know people who use specific lawyers for specific areas and our own recent market research has confirmed my own view that a number of our clients do n't know the full depth of service we have on offer ’ . |
| 17 | People of all shapes and sizes became my biggest threat and a vital potential source of assistance . |
| 18 | Nice , quiet bed , with a cool , cotton pillow for my throbbing brow and a playful breeze puffing at the open window , lifting its frilly skirt like a peeping Tom . |