Example sentences of "my [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And Joe and Biddy , I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all you 've done for me . |
| 2 | ‘ My darling Laura … ’ his voice was thick and husky with emotion … ‘ when I fell fathoms deep in love with you — all those years ago — you captured my heart for all time . |
| 3 | But he praised the forgiveness of Mr Peacock 's wife , Sandra who had told him : ‘ There is no hatred in my heart for those who killed my husband ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ The thing is , Doctor , I 've been having treatment from my GP for some time now . |
| 5 | I thanked her and left after slipping the coin down my stocking for safe keeping . |
| 6 | With my responsibility for small firms , the House will not be surprised that I for one would robustly defend the exemption level and the fact that it helps small firms in the industry . |
| 7 | Indeed without any wish to evade my responsibility for subsequent events , I think I may fairly claim that in everything I did in re Karen and her husband I was market-led . |
| 8 | My excuse for this lengthy and amateur digression into history is that I have been trying to show how I think geology got into the hands of the theoreticians who were conditioned by the social and political history of their day more than by observations in the field . |
| 9 | My enthusiasm for economic and political union is therefore built quite simply on the financial interests of our nation . |
| 10 | My enthusiasm for that outcome will be increased with every hospital that becomes a market-orientated trust , every school which becomes self-governing and effectively selective , every Muslim family which is divided by arbitrary immigration regulations and every youth who is driven to sleep in a shop doorway . |
| 11 | Although small , my enthusiasm for all Sports helped me and gave me some popularity at school . |
| 12 | What am I gon na get for my money for that ? |
| 13 | You did not just give me my money for passing ! |
| 14 | These days there 's a mastic type compound for every situation , and my favourite for external use us a one-part polysulphide , available in cartridge form for use in a skeleton gun . |
| 15 | He would give £5 to my mum for all the cooking and £5 to my father and £5 to my uncle . |
| 16 | My own view is that while that type of system will be important in the future it may not have the central role assumed for it by John Alvey — hence my plea For more resources to be devoted to looking at real user needs and trying out alternatives to the IKBS approach . |
| 17 | I , like the honourable member , happen to believe the point he 's made is right , that this should be a high priority , the money is there for local government to do it , I 've explicitly recognised the needs of the disabled in my settlement for next year by increasing it substantially and I hope local government will respond and do the decent thing . |
| 18 | This was further demonstrated by the fact that , when I murmured some apologies that I must leave , he insisted on my staying for some tea . |
| 19 | ‘ There was this idea about metallic hydrogen , but also the idea that hydrogen or deuterium might cluster and fuse within the palladium had been in the back of my mind for some time . |
| 20 | The memory of my discomfiture fermented in the back of my mind for some time . |
| 21 | This doubt had been in my mind for some time but the research was undertaken due to a number of reasons . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's certainly been in my mind for some time , ’ he drawled tightly . |
| 23 | I love you , I need you , I want you by my side for all eternity . |
| 24 | Within the first month of my being involved with the gay movement I met Angus , who became my lover then and remained my lover for ten years . |
| 25 | It is an area I do not know and the reason for choosing it came from a close friend who has put up with the knowledge of my obsession for many years now and still remains the closest of friends . |
| 26 | I shall go to antenatal classes where I shall nourish my obsession for natural childbirth . |
| 27 | My disguise for this little jaunt I 'm taking . |
| 28 | I was on the edge of my seat for most of the time but nobody could deny we deserved this result . ’ |
| 29 | At home my temperature had followed the expected pattern , but here readings were so low when I was resting , even at midday , that I often kept the thermometer in my mouth for fifteen minutes in the hope that it would rise . |
| 30 | I got busy with my nose again , then took a sip and gargled it about my mouth for some time . |