Example sentences of "my [noun sg] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know you 're going , my heart fears the worst … |
| 2 | At this point my story becomes the introductory scene of a fiction which could be continued . |
| 3 | My story concerns the last England cricket tour of South Africa in 1964–65 , when during the first morning of the Durban Test the pitch was so utterly dead that Peter Pollock , at full pace , could hardly get the ball bail-high and England 's batsmen were obviously headed for a huge total . |
| 4 | ‘ It has been my privilege to see the best of England over the years , sir , within these very walls . ’ |
| 5 | I then started to put my foot to get the next rung down . |
| 6 | Solanki had told the Lok Sabha on March 30 that " I now regret that I handed over this note " but that " neither I nor my ministry instructed the Swiss authorities to stop or impede investigations into the Bofors case " . |
| 7 | My decision pleased the present-day driver , as the fare would be expensive . |
| 8 | However , my decision to back the new development came first . |
| 9 | Erm that zoning that allocation in a local plan backed by this erm er er policy in the structure plan would be enough in my judgement to enable the economic development people to actually capture the , get the elephant in the trap . |
| 10 | One day in February 1943 I returned to my billet to find the usual envelope addressed in my mother 's round handwriting . |
| 11 | You will undoubtedly be aware that ‘ Green ’ is the marketing tool of the 90 's and that my department enforces the statutory measures which aim to protect consumers against misdescriptions and misleading claims by manufacturers . |
| 12 | I tramped through the ruins of Tughlukabad trying in my mind to fill the deserted barracks with Turkish mameluks and Persian cavalry officers . |
| 13 | In answer to my office colleagues who saw me manhandling a hopper-shaped device into my car boot the other week : no , I was not setting up a home distillery , merely preparing to field-test a pond filter . |
| 14 | Well , one of the first things I did on applying for this job was to announce my intention to end the repellent Billy Bullshit column . |
| 15 | It has , incidentally , materially diminished my capacity to enjoy the original symphony . |
| 16 | ‘ I have been a runner-up at United and again since coming to Villa , but it 's always been my dream to win the big one , ’ said McGrath . |
| 17 | ‘ And you truly do need my help to locate the ephemeral Svend — not to mention your sister . ’ |
| 18 | The Minister will not be surprised to learn that my question concerns the regulatory environment of British Steel , in which the Government hold the golden share . |
| 19 | But yesterday she said : ‘ My boss said the best thing would be to get back to work as normal and I feel better for coming in straight away . ’ |
| 20 | Can I can I say that in my opinion that the county council 's current budgeting strategy which effectively imposes a two percent efficiency saving which I might add in figures come to something like one point five million erm is , is of concern but what is of greater concern is the further possibility of a four percent er reduction which is being sought in blocks of three percent and one percent next year for ninety four ninety five which is to the amount of two point eight million at the current prices will in my opinion decimate the present level of service provision in policing . |
| 21 | He is sound , very sound , but in my opinion lacks the extra something that can create a maître chef . |
| 22 | I 'd like my fiancé to do the traditional thing and ask my father for his permission to marry me , but he says that no one does this any more . |
| 23 | My eye followed the light cloud of her smoke , now here , now there , above the plain , according to the devious curves of the stream , but always fainter and farther away , till I lost it at last behind the mitre-shaped hill of the great pagoda ( 6 ) . |
| 24 | The " eye " , as if with a will of its own , becomes the subject-agent in " as far as the eye could reach " ( 1 ) , " My eye followed the light cloud " ( 6 ) , " the only thing on which the eye could rest ( 4 ) . |
| 25 | yes alright well let's leave that one and let's see and I stand corrected , but my point remains the same if er , erm , er my duty under article five is not to find to the anti competition laws is it ? |
| 26 | In the mornings my husband walked the endless corridors of oil power , hoping for patience to overcome impatience . |
| 27 | There must be something in this : when morning came , amid some laughter , my husband re-enacted the closing chapter of the old year by going up into the rafters and suspending himself through the hole so that I could take photographs . |
| 28 | A woman who worked 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. said , " My husband works the same hours . |
| 29 | Like the oppressed people in the working class communities throughout Britain , the people in my community suffer the same pain and the same negative imagery as our counterparts in the Third World . |
| 30 | My shop recommended the following : |