Example sentences of "for my [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was only a week after the start of what was almost a revolutionary service — the cost : 1d for my eldest sister who was fourteen and half price or ½d for my other sister and myself . |
| 2 | It clearly worked for my Russian neighbour , who turned to me with tears in her eyes after the chorus 's outfront plea at the end of the Streltsy scene and said , ‘ this is about us , now ’ . |
| 3 | Now she thinks , not his cock but his tongue , I should have cut his tongue out with them , his slow quicksilver tongue ; for he partly took me backwards out of my joy , into an old timidity that 's there still ; and it 's made a meal of me sometimes teaching , when the sharper ones have had me squirming for my lazy luck . |
| 4 | A gentle step into a short sling and then the real miracle , a tiny hole , just right for my ancient ladle handle , revived from the days when Drummond briefly made them almost respectable . |
| 5 | " Only my deep devotion to you sir , and a thought for my future acceptance at Court , prevents me from repaying the compliment . " |
| 6 | Knocking around the university , and living a little on my wits , I also learned , in the student press , something of practical value for my future career and something of the university of life . |
| 7 | It has been very good experience for my future career . ’ |
| 8 | I shall be glad to receive the instructions of the Board as to the present case and for my future guidance . ’ |
| 9 | For my selfish freedom , my lovely freedom ? |
| 10 | It will not even pass through their minds that I spent so much trouble and thought on choosing the right disease or the most just punishment for my fictional character . |
| 11 | As the Member of Parliament for my former constituency , I represented the town of Troon , a very Tory town that had more millionaires per head of population than any other area in the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | ‘ It is not that I do n't long for my former mate , But because of you I wo n't reach my flock . ’ |
| 13 | And him with nothing to his name if it were n't for my late mistress ! ’ |
| 14 | For my late grandmother , this was nothing more than an amusing game . |
| 15 | In preparation for my recent trip to Cyprus I recalled the letter which Ron Swinburne of Birmingham wrote to you many months ago about the flying services available on the island at rates far below those of the UK . |
| 16 | The last number , in which there was no room for my long article ( which in any case formed part of a backlog ) appeared in January 1939 . |
| 17 | For my twentieth century British Design retrospective exhibition , he lent me , with a good deal of fussing and commotion , his last remaining ‘ Heartsease ’ cup and saucer , a Wedgwood design of the early 1950s . |
| 18 | This was only a week after the start of what was almost a revolutionary service — the cost : 1d for my eldest sister who was fourteen and half price or ½d for my other sister and myself . |
| 19 | My master said : for my dear mother 's sake I will be a friend to you and you shall take care of my linen — God bless him — and gave me four golden guineas which were in my old lady 's pocket when she died . |
| 20 | I prayed a little and wept for my dear father , and for myself , my unhappy passion . |
| 21 | In fact , when I joined the party in 1967 , I was charged six shillings for my annual subscription . |
| 22 | see you guys in a forthnight when i will be at white hart lane for my annual trip to england … ( anyone know of any good health club with hidden cameras where they can shoot my ‘ beatiful ’ body ? ; - ) he , he ) |
| 23 | In other words , the reason for my coy mistress 's quaint sense of honour was nothing more nor less than financial prudence . |
| 24 | For my weary head . |
| 25 | I was a proper wife , ever ready with a hot bath and a soothing word for my weary provider . |
| 26 | But it would be too dull to rehash all that stuff for my valedictory column . |
| 27 | Some of the reasons they encountered for not losing weight included ‘ I have n't been to the toilet yet today ’ , ‘ I 've been arguing with my husband ’ , ‘ I absorb fat through my skin ’ , ( especially popular with people working in chip shops and serving school meals ) and ‘ it 's the cough medicine I 'm having for my sore throat ’ . |
| 28 | For my emotional home Israel , pride and admiration are also in order . |
| 29 | They were the first big fish I tried to catch when I decided to be more selective with my fishing , and when I did catch a big chub on my first attempt it set the scene for my present angling outlook . |
| 30 | ‘ I wan na sing a song for my poor wife who 's — who 's gone off her head . ’ |