Example sentences of "i [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , may I dispel a couple of nonsensical rumours that are currently circulating . |
| 2 | Overnight , almost , I became a voyeur . |
| 3 | About four years after completing my work with lead poisoning I became a lecturer in medical genetics , working part-time as by then I had two young children . |
| 4 | I became a bird watcher in Orkney . |
| 5 | I became a story-teller : painting my face , filching a gaudily embroidered robe and , not being versed in the French tongue , pretending I was a traveller lately returned from seeing the fables of India and Persia . |
| 6 | ‘ Because I became a sister so young , I suppose I did have high expectations of myself . |
| 7 | It followed that some schools were more competitive and selective academically than others : those which had no fee-payers ( in the pre-1932 sense ) were startlingly similar in character and purpose to the type of post-war grammar school of which , very much later , I became a head . |
| 8 | ‘ To cut a long story short — I became a potter . ’ |
| 9 | B before I became a councillor I did n't really realize about the three tiers of local democracy . |
| 10 | I became a wearer of double-breasted suits , a leaner on bars , a discusser of interest rates . |
| 11 | [ Margaret Mulvihill , Charlotte Despard , 1989 ; Andro Linklater , An Unhusbanded Life , 1980 ; Charlotte Despard 's pocket diaries , 1913–26 , Belfast Public Record Office ; Charlotte Despard , ‘ In the Days of my Youth ’ ( unpublished memoir ) , Belfast PRO , and ‘ How I Became a Suffragette ’ , Women 's Franchise , July 1907 . ] |
| 12 | I became a curate . |
| 13 | Erm ah , now that erm I think I was reasonably happy most of the time , erm I know if I can sort of look at the other side of the coin erm , I became a bit apprehensive as the war went on and er , obviously it was n't going to last much longer . |
| 14 | For a brief spell I became a Troop Leader , which I enjoyed because the Troop Leader carried the flag , but unlike " Sister Anna " ( who also carried a banner in the song which I was to learn much later ) I had a handsome leather pouch which went over one shoulder . |
| 15 | I sent away and passed the exams and I became a policeman , but I always wanted to become a policeman when I , from about eighteen or nineteen it 's just that I drifted the wrong way . |
| 16 | To save my life , I became a Russian . |
| 17 | And so I became a she-wolf myself , and rescued them and suckled them . |
| 18 | I became a demon domino player . |
| 19 | We talked about the implications of the job and agreed on a salary , and I became a member of the bank . |
| 20 | I became a Member of the House in 1983 on a promise from various people that we would legislate less , that we did not want to legislate all the time , and that we would examine matters more carefully . |
| 21 | Actually my father was one of the first parliament members of Kuwait , but I became a member only just before the invasion by two months . |
| 22 | The reason I became a footballer was simple : I could run faster than anybody else , that 's about it . |
| 23 | ‘ I became a feeder , feeding the corn into the thrashing-drum . |
| 24 | I told them only that , after attending Lowood school , I became a governess in a wealthy family , where an unfortunate event , not in any way my fault , caused me to run away . |
| 25 | I became a croupier — starting work at 11 p.m. and finishing at 5 a.m . |
| 26 | I 've nothing against them , they just hate me , so I became a founder member of the Campaign for Quill Pens and Ink . |
| 27 | When after I became a Christian I obeyed and was baptized , it was n't to make me a better person it was n't to make me er , someone who was , er more pious or more religious , or of having greater favour with God , it was done because he had commanded it in his word , and I was identifying myself with him . |
| 28 | For a while I became a part of their lives . |
| 29 | I used to do all sorts of other jobs to keep going — I used to be so confident that work was round the corner that when I became a cellarman in a wine shop , I said to my family , ‘ Of course , I 'll only be here for a week or two , you know , ’ and a year later I was still there . |
| 30 | I became a Shoreline member last year . |