Example sentences of "[vb past] i be becoming " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things were fine for a year or two , until I found I was becoming rather reluctant to weed . |
| 2 | It was her duty to tell me — a ‘ mother 's duty ’ — that my obstinate refusal to comply with Jean-Claude 's wishes meant I was becoming a burden to him . |
| 3 | I felt I was becoming a caricature of the colonial lady in the 1950s film , ticking off ‘ the natives ’ in a ringing upper-class voice . |
| 4 | Even though I thought I was becoming immune to surprises from this species , what happened came as something of a shock . |
| 5 | I have to say , however , that whenever he thought I was becoming a shade morbid on visions of apocalyptic doom , my old friend Archie Dow , would admonish me : ’ Ach , Andra , I 've been waitin' fir the end i' the world all my life . |