Example sentences of "that i have become " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very enjoyable indeed , after the very rough fare that I had become used to living in the slit trench . |
| 2 | i was amazed at how quickly and easily I fell back into the old routine , and my fears that I had become brain-dead during my months at home turned out to be unfounded . |
| 3 | The reason why I joined the original class was that I had become intrigued by what I had heard and read about the Technique and I thought it might help prevent a second hip operation . |
| 4 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 5 | It seemed to me that I had become what my parents had wanted me to be , and I was getting no thanks from either of them for my efforts . |
| 6 | Richard seemed to me to have changed so much , become humourless and uncertain-tempered , a family man who grumbled because his socks were not mended and his shirts not ironed properly , so that I was slightly nervous of him and also resentful : I felt that I had become , in his eyes , so much a wife , that he would see my new involvement as a nice occupation for me , like embroidery or dressmaking . |
| 7 | I discovered that I had become a ‘ character ’ and was fast becoming a caricature of myself . |
| 8 | I found that I had become very tired and once again Boris said ‘ It 's time to go . ’ |
| 9 | My dear Paul , in ten minutes I am going to tell my board that I have become a convert to Catastrophe Theory . |
| 10 | But even people who are concerned about me say things which seem to be complimentary ; a teacher remarks that I have become ‘ a sylph ’ lately , Mum defends me to my grandma as ‘ naturally slender ’ , and Dad makes jokes about my skinny legs — reassuring jokes , the sort he used to make when I was little , before I became ‘ a young woman ’ and embarrassing to him . |
| 11 | Let me inscribe these words on this papyrus of a person that I have become and trust , my saviour , that one day they will enlighten me . |
| 12 | And now that I have become a partner in business I can work from very early and right through in order to be free at night to train . |
| 13 | One of the greatest things that I have become aware of is that if you have eight people to dinner , one or two of them will be vegetarians . |