Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first , the Zuwaitina canteen milk seemed to everyone concerned an instance of just such a letter-of-the-law possession , The realization that it was an issue of constitutional principle came slowly , when the Jordanian 's lawyer ( Abdulsalam Abdulhadi ) outlined his defence . |
| 2 | Children were prohibited from smoking in the streets and the sale of tobacco to them became an offence . |
| 3 | At last , a streak of orange light appeared to the east ; and gradually the white sea in front of them became an immense expanse of fertile green , while the purple ocean behind turned shimmering white . |
| 4 | Two senior research officers at the Home Office were also invited , and one of them made an excellent contribution . |
| 5 | Hitherto , confident reports from senior commanders and censorship had between them created an impression of light losses , but great numbers of prisoners taken . |
| 6 | ‘ I became an involuntary expert on Christabel LaMotte . |
| 7 | In Dennis 's presence I became an outlaw once again , and Karen my moll . |
| 8 | To keep my distance from everybody , always being a polite child , I became an unusually polite teenager . |
| 9 | I faced this onslaught yesterday as I became an assistant in Selfridges on the second day of their sale . |
| 10 | At the age of eleven I became an errand boy for a working tailor , and every Saturday , and perhaps on an evening in the week , delivered the suits and costumes that he had made , though often the finished article was well behind the promised date , so the errand boy received critical comments rather than a small tip . |
| 11 | As the fear of raids increased , I became an ambulance driver , on duty mainly through the nights , while women drivers took the day shifts . |
| 12 | ‘ Since I became an officer in the SS , I 've often been in a position to satisfy my craving . ’ |
| 13 | I became an expert at putting my rollers on in the dark and listening to the Top Twenty under the sheets . |
| 14 | I became an exile in my own land . ’ |
| 15 | MacArthur is modestly surprised by all the praise and talk of awards that has greeted her recent performances : ‘ These roles have a lot to do with the reason I became an actress in the first place — I still think of my career as being about to begin ! ’ |
| 16 | You see , when I became an inspector on the railway eventually , it was like a fire being damped down . |
| 17 | Between formal sessions I asked an amiable American academic precisely how he managed to familiarize his students with it , given the difficulty . |
| 18 | When recently I asked an enthusiastic practitioner to test the technique in maths , although they were themselves enthusiastic about language , I received confirmation of insecurity , of a self-confessed distraction from the task of teaching in favour of essentially a technician-type reliance on the scheme , and a domination of the teacher by the process of recording progress . |
| 19 | I asked an eye specialist , a thoughtful and genuinely caring man , how patients responded to going blind . |
| 20 | Vicars bribed with halfpennies and were known to pressure parents about what was expected before someone became an appropriate recipient of charity . |
| 21 | I chucked an overall last night with forty pence in it . |
| 22 | toothbrush I always wanted to do that I read an article somewhere this journalist |
| 23 | I went into the garden where I made an H-shaped cut through to the nest with a spade . |
| 24 | ‘ Dear Mr Ken Ward , I made an order for the survival bag as you kindly indicated . |
| 25 | ( To Nick [ disguised as a girl ] ) Suppose I made an indecent suggestion to you ? |
| 26 | I made an excuse and settled for tea and muesli . |
| 27 | I once asked my stage director what would happen if I made an unexpected ritardando . |
| 28 | I made an incision across each mark , and established the presence of extravasated blood . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I made an amazing discovery today , ’ he told her . |
| 30 | It was then still dark , and knowing I had a full day 's motoring ahead of me , I made an attempt to return to sleep . |