Example sentences of "my [noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally , I am rather too fond of my sanity to risk it in this way . |
| 2 | Today was proving to be full of revelations , major and minor , and I sipped my champagne to cover my embarrassment . |
| 3 | Last night we celebrated the defeat of Italy — our brigadier ordered a rum ration to all ranks in honour of the occasion — yet I ca n't help feeling just a bit sorry for the Italians , and have never found it in my heart to dislike them as I do the Germans . |
| 4 | I know he 's doing God 's work , but it will break my heart to see him leave ! ’ and she broke down in tears . |
| 5 | outside people 's houses , and the amount of stuff in there , that just breaks my heart to see it all go into landfill . |
| 6 | For this alone , I may find it in my heart to forgive her . |
| 7 | So I 've just come out of the goodness of my heart to warn you to save yourself while you can : you 'll lose Hugo — where is he , by the way ? |
| 8 | And I have resolved in my heart to hear your complaints two days in the week , on the Monday and the Thursday ; but if causes should arise which require haste , come to me when ye will and I will give judgment , for I do not retire with women to sing and to drink , as your Lords have done , so that ye could obtain no justice , but will myself see to these things , and watch over ye as friend over his friend , and kinsman over his kinsman . |
| 9 | I took the pins from my hair to dry it a bit and it sprang free . |
| 10 | In the meantime , while I check on the bridge , read this , I brought it down from my cabin to show you . |
| 11 | ‘ It 'll be my privilege to let you buy me a cognac . |
| 12 | I hope it will be my privilege to buy you a drink as well . |
| 13 | ‘ Mrs. Porter , any attempt on my part to give you an adequate answer to that question would probably destroy the delicate professional nature of our relationship . |
| 14 | I suppose I 've done my part to help them by writing extensively about laser weapons for New Scientist and other magazines . |
| 15 | And this , in spite of some effort on my part to prevent it , led to the subject of science fiction , and where it had gone since the original efforts of Swift and Verne and H. G. Wells . |
| 16 | I found no great welcome ; people seemed quite oblivious of my arrival , and no doubt it was unconscious arrogance on my part to expect it to be otherwise . |
| 17 | Like a politician I may have overstated my case to make my point . |
| 18 | Have you now no pleasant tales to tell my Pamela to make her smile ? |
| 19 | Two of the ruffians seized me , pushing me against the fence , and I could only gabble in horror as their leader drew a long , thin stiletto and pulled back my shirt to expose my throat . |
| 20 | It 's Maui Waui , I got my surfer-ex to send me some . |
| 21 | Val and the others got a taxi to the airport , but as I had my bike to take I had to ride it there . |
| 22 | Unfortunately I can do nothing about the first two but it is my responsibility to protect your salary so that your wife and family are looked after . |
| 23 | I have n't got my money to pay her ! |
| 24 | ‘ No doubt you told yourself that you were only borrowing my money to pay your bloody gambling debts , but I call that theft ! ’ |
| 25 | I could n't tell you how , but it I , cos you 'd , I do n't want nothing , but when I did , I 'd got ta use my ingenuity to get something that I could get one or two or a dozen or ten off , you know what I mean , and I got ta make it and a lot of times I made it out of wood which was easily er you know treated . |
| 26 | But I intend to drive the strategy that is already in place and leave my successor to drive it even further . ’ |
| 27 | I revise my decision to abandon my first lesson and ask Jack McKellar if any drivers are particularly to blame — business people , lorry drivers or journalists with three children ? |
| 28 | But I 'm happy with my decision to rest him because he has been competing since January , and Ever is an improving horse . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I knew then that my decision to send my secretary away on business was the right one . ’ |
| 30 | In a few cases I realised with surprise my growing frustration was due to my inability to interject my own comments into the workshop ( which has been filmed several years previously ) . |