Example sentences of "my [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | writes from , : MY eight-year-old grand-daughter Jennifer is learning a song at dancing school , The Black Bottom . |
2 | Well , my flatmate Cherry drinks like a fish , but then , so do I. |
3 | This thought , that the given cause of the wine 's being cool is not in or of itself a means , is reinforced by the truth , among others , that the given cause is precisely not a means to my idiosyncratic drinking companion , who likes his Haut Poitou uncooled . |
4 | My research post had been extended by my working part time , but in 1986 funding ran out . |
5 | The belief , sincerely held by many of my working class contemporaries , that teaching was a much better job than many of the others which were open to them , no longer applies . |
6 | Congress , I joined the Labour Party and I became a Socialist , I remain a member of the Labour Party , I remain a Socialist , I 'm a trade unionist , I wo n't give up my Labour Party membership and I wo n't give up my involvement to my trade union and my linkage between the trade union movement and the Labour Party without a fight . |
7 | After recently having an exchange engine professionally fitted to my 1980 Range Rover , I decided to completely renew the suspension using heavy duty front and rear springs ‘ G ’ on front ‘ Y ’ on rear and four new shock absorbers . |
8 | As my usual walking activities are limited to a little fell walking in the Lakes or North Wales , with friends who usually do the navigating , the TMB was certainly ambitious . |
9 | I did my usual bird impression — ‘ A Vulture ’ — best executed in Valentino or Yves St Laurent , with knees tucked under armpits , toes clawed over the edge of a sturdy table and neck and mouth stretched to capacity until the cords and sinews stand out . |
10 | I stop at my usual vantage point and even before I have switched off the engine I see the otter . |
11 | However in rural Wales and Shropshire , my usual hunting grounds , the norm is the occasional road scheme , the odd building , maybe a breach in an embankment , and certainly some overgrown areas , but otherwise an intact railway trackbed . |
12 | I used my usual metal overflow piece , which I keep hidden in the dunes near the best dam-building site , and the piece de resistance was an aqueduct bottomed with an old black plastic rubbish-bag I 'd found in the driftwood . |
13 | My usual snack foods are : … |
14 | I HAD time to spare one morning and decided to avoid my usual traffic fumes and noise-polluted route into town . |
15 | I tiptoed on to the plane , hardly breathed while I was on it , and was conveyed with utmost speed to my usual resting place at the Pierre Hotel . |
16 | You did say in her that you heard from Sally I did n't get my usual Christmas letter . |
17 | I recently changed my 1971 Range Rover for a 26,000 miles , high compression engine , 1984 model . |
18 | To my pleasant surprise Venturous was chosen to represent our Department . |
19 | A kind choirman gave me a threepenny bit , so my total spending money for the day amounted to tenpence . |
20 | Well , summer is well and truly with us — though as I write I ca n't decide whether to pack my industrial strength waterproofs or my total block sun cream when I go off to the Peak District this weekend . |
21 | ‘ I have not got back to my normal working routine , quite honestly . |
22 | Alan , who works for BT in the city centre , explained : ‘ I could not get into my normal parking spot and was in a rush for a meeting at work , so I used a meter at the Pier Head . |
23 | They were placed in an 8 gallon ( 36l ) tank with some plant cover and my normal tap water of pH 7.8 , GH 450ppm and a temperature of 76° F ( 24° C ) . |
24 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
25 | I do n't like them interfering with my normal business day . ’ |
26 | That 's my normal naming convention , my normal naming convention is use the first two letters W L. W I 've explained , and L stands for linking . |
27 | That 's my normal naming convention , my normal naming convention is use the first two letters W L. W I 've explained , and L stands for linking . |
28 | Oh God I do n't wan na do my bloody music homework . |
29 | Rigid drums , a sparky synth backdrop , a My Bloody Val interlude , and that plaintive call for Albert-Finney-grim-up-North-'60s-kitchen-sink character Charlie Bubbles . |
30 | For instance , there 's the My Bloody Valentine reference in Changes ’ outro , and A Good Idea , while it 's not exactly a Pixies song … |