Example sentences of "my [noun sg] [vb -s] me " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 ‘ Reason tells me I do right to let you go , yet my heart urges me to hold on to you … ’
2 My head tells me it 's good ; my heart tells me I 'd happily never hear it again .
3 My heart tells me of a perfect flower in the centre of the garden and I move along the pathways , stopping to drink in some new and dazzling sight or scent that arrests me .
4 I must do what my heart tells me . ’
5 My heart tells me we need look no further than him . ’
6 My grant allows me £60 weekly a difference of £9 , I am now getting deeply in debt with my rent .
7 My experience tells me that few teams have come from outside the top five after Christmas and won the League .
8 My experience tells me that we do not all have all the necessary skills to do all these jobs well — it is often a hit and miss affair , with much poor practice .
9 This view could be called cynical , but my experience leads me to believe that in most situations we are preoccupied with ourselves and our own agendas .
10 My parents are very accepting ; my mum encourages me to dress for comfort rather than fashion .
11 By the way , members can now get a pint at the sports club in N.E. Some times I even venture into town you know , but only when my mum lets me .
12 By the way , members can now get a pint at the sports club in N.E. Some times I even venture into town you know , but only when my mum lets me .
13 My mum expects me to take all the responsibilities like feeding him and things but I do n't get to buy his food .
14 My route takes me up into the Chiltern foothills , and a labyrinth of green lanes .
15 My sister helps me . ’
16 Erm we done a little but we had n't done that much yet , but my sister tells me as we go , as the year go on and do a bit more about it .
17 My sister reminds me of our isolation , the neighbours who fed us meat and sweets , the tea parties we went out to but which we were never allowed to return .
18 My famous bump of Flinders savvy , my sangay tells me … ’
19 She let herself into the comfort and glow of the solar to hear her father 's querulous voice complaining , in terms in which surely he himself did not believe : ‘ My mind misdoubts me we have done wrong to have any part in this .
20 The doctors are appalled by the press , everybody is appalled ; the nurse is freaking out and saying she will not take me to the operating theatre because they will take my picture and harass me ; she is terrified somebody is going to hit her , so in the end my lawyer wheels me because nobody else dares .
21 My Mummy loves me but can not look after me any more .
22 My mummy loves me but can not look after me any more .
23 My mummy loves me but can not look after me any more .
24 My mummy makes me do lots of housework !
25 And that should inform your thinking when somebody rings you up and says , ‘ My editor tells me that this happened .
26 My accusation fills me with shame .
27 ‘ They 're well away from the places my work takes me to .
28 My work gives me headaches .
29 My work gives me a feeling of achievement .
30 They follow two lines : either my child commands me to do something , and if I do n't , she insists , and eventually has a tantrum ;
  Next page