Example sentences of "[vb past] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I experienced my hands being numb and slightly swollen , then being pressed or clasped by an unseen force . |
| 2 | I thought it was the other church , the one near the market , and I waited there till a quarter to twelve , and then I realized my mistake . |
| 3 | I realized my mistake ; he 'd remember such generosity , and his boy would be able to describe me . |
| 4 | And er but it was only about half past five I did n't I never stopped till the I just kept going now tha well about half past four , I started to pack up and I realized my sandwiches were still in my snack box so I I 'd I 'd had one one earlier on whilst I was still working but yes the lady there she made us a couple of cups in the morning , er cu cup of coffee , I think about what yeah about half ten time but the time I painted a little bit and I thought oh I 'll stop and have a fag , with my coffee and I had a cup of tea later on in the afternoon but er I did n't stop , I kept going , you know and then course by time I got to my drink , it was cold it was cool , so you drink it straight down |
| 5 | Certainly , when you realized my connection with the case at Bloomwater , they were the bully-boys you turned on to me . |
| 6 | It became my life . |
| 7 | Returning to my first meeting with Vincent , Arthur Cheyney naturally became my hero , especially when he took me on a trip from Ipswich to Parkeston Quay , which completely sold me on the job and made me resolve to move heaven and earth to get on a cutter crew as soon as possible . |
| 8 | WILLIAMS : I would only say , sir , that my first motive was entirely such as became my function , however inexcusable I might seem . |
| 9 | But , like it or not , it became my home too , the moment your father married my mother . ’ |
| 10 | Writer Brian Clark gave me the persona of a middle-class , middle-aged professional with a wife problem and for a time it became my trademark . |
| 11 | At this point , and I 'm not sure how it happened , it became my turn to hold her up . |
| 12 | Himself became my warning by his fall . ’ |
| 13 | So Brian Protheroe or Amanda Redman or Art Malik became my ghost writers . ’ |
| 14 | He later became my protector , my minder , the brother who claimed that I , and I alone , was from the same mould . |
| 15 | All innocence and sweetness it was , when she became my lady . |
| 16 | ‘ Matthew became my keeper . ’ |
| 17 | Mme Deloche became my mentor during this period , and for years after I left France , I used to send her Oxford Marmalade , Bath Olivers and Christmas puddings in exchange for the things she had taught me to make . |
| 18 | After a while my mum 's new boyfriend moved in , and he eventually became my mum 's fiancé . |
| 19 | Some of them became my friends and have remained so until the present day , but the sheer earthy mass of them made me realize how my few months of married life had changed me . |
| 20 | John Newsom , who later became my friend , endeared himself to headmasters by asserting the principle that as much freedom as possible in the running of schools should be delegated to heads — even although , or perhaps because , he well knew that many of them were rogues . |
| 21 | ‘ She became my friend , ’ he explained . |
| 22 | The Boat-house became my roosting-place while under the shadow of the mighty mountain of the wind , ‘ Goat Fell . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I did , and photography became my paint brushes . ’ |
| 24 | We had a large factory at Bournville employing about ten thousand people and there were a great many incentive payment schemes , so that became my job . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Her brother was William Tallentire and he became my mother 's grandfather , which meant that my mother and father were akin . |
| 27 | I saw the surgeon who became my surgeon . |
| 28 | And so , from 1958 onwards , these characters became my dolls , and their way , of life and the houses they inhabited became so real to me that it was quite a shock when I occasionally returned to the place which had started it all , Wood Green , near Witney . |
| 29 | I bought a cheap biography of William Godwin and learned about Mary Wollstonecraft , who became my heroine . |
| 30 | I grew up to be the chela of Chaman , and Chaman became my guru . |