Example sentences of "had [vb pp] more and [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the weeks had gone by the other girl had dropped more and more blatant hints about the fact that she was having an affair with her employer . |
| 2 | I had grown more and more tired , energy seeped away and I had begun to sweat at night . |
| 3 | As the days had gone by and there had been no sign of her , Kraal had become more and more convinced that Creggan 's belief in her return was hopeless and that Minch was gone for ever . |
| 4 | Theodora pressed on , ‘ What the vicar 's warden also told me was that Paul had become more and more involved with the Youth Club and , in particular , with Jefferson , who had worked with him at Narborough . |
| 5 | Estimates of the net saving of enterprises given in Chapter 7 showed that the amount of net saving had become more and more negative in the 1980s . |
| 6 | I had become more and more interested in the business world , going back to work at the bank in Newcastle during my vacations , so I was looking for a general business career . ’ |
| 7 | While the court crumbled around them and advisers fled , she had become more and more vital to the Shah , lending him continual strength . |
| 8 | The girl Bob thought was his daughter had become more and more precious to him since the death of his wife Barbara . |
| 9 | For about a year , since the summer before last , in fact , I had been writing to her and she to me and , because of the distance and something else I have n't been able to put my finger on ( maybe a need for excitement ) , the letters had become more and more sentimental , more and more loving , more and more like proper love letters . |
| 10 | The Labour Party , which had played a central part in achieving educational change through Circular 10/65 ( see page 15 ) , had become more and more doubtful about the political wisdom of some of the changes it had itself pioneered . |