Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for Dizzy 's locking of the door behind them became apparent within a minute , when Alina heard a hesitant tap on the other side followed by a young woman 's voice calling Dizzy 's name . |
| 2 | Charlie , now a light middleweight , could n't wait to get in the ring while Tommy somehow managed to keep himself out of the firing line , although both of them became aware of Captain Trentham 's menacing presence as his swagger stick continually struck the side of his leg . |
| 3 | The fire died down and the embers became grey ashes , the forest around them became full of noises as the creatures of the night resumed possession of it , but Marian , Allen and Hugh slept on until well after dawn . |
| 4 | This meant that everyone lived near to one another , and they copied each other exactly . |
| 5 | She had occasional epileptic fits after the first , and they so frightened Rose and her family that everyone became over-protective of her . |
| 6 | Oh , we all knew it was him with his stout legs and big arse , but everyone became involved in the pantomime . |
| 7 | Anyway , whatever , it got pretty popular for a bit before everyone got bored with it and went back to staring out of the window and hiding Brian Smart ( and his accessories ) in the stock cupboard . |
| 8 | There were a few first ascents , climbed mainly before everyone got bored with the weather and sloped off abroad . |
| 9 | One of them got lost in the corridors and another dropped some important equipment into the sea . |
| 10 | And eleven of them got involved in a fist fight in the middle of one of those New York streets . |
| 11 | I became involved with the Union ( ACTTS ) when an Equal Opportunities Policy Working Party was set up by them in 1984 . |
| 12 | I became involved with the inhabitants as soon as I was old enough to overturn a leaf . |
| 13 | I became involved with him some years ago when I was consulted by Lord Rayne who told me that he had a friend — a leading paediatrician in London — whose daughter was in serious trouble . |
| 14 | Living in San'a , I was initially engrossed in the visual aspects of the architecture , but as I became involved with the Yemeni families , I started to record as accurately as possible all aspects of the traditional San'a culture that was rapidly being swallowed up by Western influence . |
| 15 | I have always loved dogs and I became involved with the association when I met a lady who was also involved in puppy training . |
| 16 | Being aware of the stress and pressure that many people and their families experience when AIDS or HIV is first diagnosed , I became involved in counselling . |
| 17 | Being aware of the stress and pressures that many people and their families experience with AIDS or HIV is first diagnoses , I became involved in counselling . |
| 18 | Brathay Women 's Institute decided to work on Spinning Galleries , and as I am a spinner and weaver and at that time was a member of the Institute , I became involved in the search for galleries . |
| 19 | The more I became involved in the executive work of CBC the less I liked it , but the more I worked with Ira Dilworth the more I liked him . |
| 20 | Before I became involved in business , I really had very few goals — with the result that I did n't get very far . |
| 21 | In leaving home I became involved in student union politics , particularly round the issue of overseas students . |
| 22 | The main reason I became involved in birds of prey was to teach them to hunt for me — and of course for themselves — so a goshawk is a must for the near future . |
| 23 | Consequently I became involved in various meetings between the union and the representatives of the television companies , particularly a very long one at my home in Ashley Gardens , where Harold Wilson was invited to attend and indeed did so . |
| 24 | For the first time , but by no means the last , I became involved in that Kafkaesque bureaucratic fog which , more than any aspect of public life , serves to drain one of psychic energy . |
| 25 | ‘ And I became worthless in my own eyes . |
| 26 | But I became pregnant at that point and was absolutely thrilled . |
| 27 | ‘ It was discovered I 'd had an acute infection for two or three months , ’ she says , ‘ which meant I was ill when I became pregnant in November — the worst possible time for a developing foetus . |
| 28 | I became catholic in my lusts . |
| 29 | I became tired with Ramon and his canvases and drinking and cursing , it all seemed so trivial . |
| 30 | One actor I became friendly with , Terry , had done only agit-prop before , touring the country in a van with a company called Vanguard in a music-hall pastiche about the miners ' strike of 1972 called Dig ! |