Example sentences of "i [vb past] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | My resolve not to go back into education hardened , if anything , rather than softened , as I became more and more determined that the sacrifice I had made was not going to be in vain . |
| 2 | In the end , she explains , ‘ I became more confident and happy with the way I looked . |
| 3 | However , as month after month went by , I became more and more convinced that the real problem with the health service was a lack of management . |
| 4 | As I became more and more obsessed by him , and as he absorbed more and more of my being , all else seemed to start retreating into a permanent , one-dimensional background , against which only he and I stood out as more than stick figures . |
| 5 | It was love at first sight for me and Danielle , and as the weeks went by I became more and more besotted . |
| 6 | As time passed I became more and more interested in the intriguing field of radio broadcasting , little knowing that this was only the beginning of a radio career lasting for the next 50 years . |
| 7 | Returning to our work Sid and I became more and more closely connected with Radio Station 1OAB and during the Annual General Meeting of the association that year I was appointed Programme Director . |
| 8 | As the weeks and months went by and the war seemed turning in favour of the Allies , I became more and more attached to the Semmens household , even to the point of getting to know some of the family friends such as Mrs Helen Margo and her sister , who owned and managed a shop of Oriental goods on Howe Street . |
| 9 | Whether I became a writer because of my desire for solitude or whether , being a writer I became more solitary , I still do not know . |
| 10 | But as I became more acquainted with this set and stopped rushing from impossible passage to impossible passage , hoping against hope that at some point he would lose his balance and tumble like a second-rate trapeze artist off his swing , I was unwittingly dragged in to a more sinister , melancholic side to his playing . |
| 11 | And as I became more intoxicated and frustrated I 'd throw open the bedroom window as the dawn came up , and look across the gardens , lawns , greenhouses , sheds and curtained windows . |
| 12 | I became more egotistical and more dedicated . |
| 13 | I became more and more certain that John Carrow was not my father . ’ |
| 14 | With this it dawned on me what they were talking about so I became more attentive . |
| 15 | As I became more withdrawn , so I became more secretive and more cunning in finding ways of being alone . |
| 16 | As I became more withdrawn , so I became more secretive and more cunning in finding ways of being alone . |
| 17 | Far from making any such admission , I became more and more fanatically energetic as the disease progressed . |
| 18 | I know that as I became more and more anorexic , I also became more and more despairing and , at the same time , because of my stubborn , isolated will , more and more determined to deny my despair by finding solace in despair itself . |
| 19 | As the drug wore off , and I became more aware of being inside my body , I felt like RoboCop , or Terminator , some kind of mutant cyborg . |
| 20 | As Joe and Biddy became a little more cheerful , discussing my possible plans for the future , I became more miserable . |
| 21 | I became more and more used to the Houys ' ideas and way of life . |
| 22 | As I began to serve more regularly I became more accepted amongst the older stalwarts of the service , my naval experience and general seamanship picked up on fishing craft and yachts standing me in good stead . |
| 23 | When I got them I became more worried . |
| 24 | As the day came nearer , I became more and more afraid . |
| 25 | ‘ As I became more experienced I wanted to branch out and the more technical aspects of triathlon , particularly the cycling , interested me . |
| 26 | I earned a few sous so I became more fantastical , maintaining I had met Brahmins who killed themselves on funeral pyres ; men with monkeys ’ heads and leopards ' bodies ; giants with only one eye and one foot who could run so fast they could only be caught if they fell asleep in the lap of a virgin . |
| 27 | I have over the years sent my postal order regularly and it was n't until two years ago that I became more actively involved in the work of Save The Children fund raising . |
| 28 | I really like this poem , I became more and more moved with it as I grew to understand it more and I think the poem definitely works and Owen conquers it subtly , approaching a big issue , but he wins in telling us his message . |
| 29 | I read more widely and , as news of my expertise spread , people began to seek me out for a ruling on a specific industrial relations issue or for an historical precedent . |
| 30 | With Shakespeare almost every time that I read more than forty lines , I see something I 'd never seen before , which is demonstrably there . |