Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 91 | 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 . |
| 92 | 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 . |
| 93 | It was love at first sight for me and Danielle , and as the weeks went by I became more and more besotted . |
| 94 | 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 . |
| 95 | 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 . |
| 96 | 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 . |
| 97 | 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 . |
| 98 | 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 . |
| 99 | 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 . |
| 100 | I became more egotistical and more dedicated . |
| 101 | I became more and more certain that John Carrow was not my father . ’ |
| 102 | With this it dawned on me what they were talking about so I became more attentive . |
| 103 | As I became more withdrawn , so I became more secretive and more cunning in finding ways of being alone . |
| 104 | As I became more withdrawn , so I became more secretive and more cunning in finding ways of being alone . |
| 105 | Far from making any such admission , I became more and more fanatically energetic as the disease progressed . |
| 106 | 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 . |
| 107 | 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 . |
| 108 | As Joe and Biddy became a little more cheerful , discussing my possible plans for the future , I became more miserable . |
| 109 | I became more and more used to the Houys ' ideas and way of life . |
| 110 | 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 . |
| 111 | When I got them I became more worried . |
| 112 | As the day came nearer , I became more and more afraid . |
| 113 | ‘ As I became more experienced I wanted to branch out and the more technical aspects of triathlon , particularly the cycling , interested me . |
| 114 | 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 . |
| 115 | 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 . |
| 116 | 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 . |
| 117 | Moreover , when I actually stopped to think about the problem I became uncomfortably aware that it was very unlikely that I would be able to obtain such commitment . |
| 118 | I became especially interested in apes and made a long study of chimpanzees . |
| 119 | After a further period of three months or so , Don Bennett appointed me Group training inspector — and I became virtually a horse thief ! |
| 120 | There I became horribly fascinated by the place , the ‘ sick child ’ of Germany , with its decay , its division , its degradation . |