Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His story mirrors the gifted boy in Jodie Foster 's 1991 film Little Man Tate , who became depressed about the world 's problems by the age of seven . |
| 2 | On the death of Charles James Fox [ q.v. ] in 1806 , Creevey became dissatisfied with the party 's leaders , and his attacks on the Grenvilles helped weaken Whig unity . |
| 3 | Peter emigrated to Australia some 20 years ago from Leicester and at this time picked up an old copy of Bradshaws and became interested in the Bishop 's Castle Railway . |
| 4 | I thus became interested in the school 's notion of ‘ deviance ’ . |
| 5 | He served an apprenticeship with the London bookseller Abel Roper from 1 August 1644 until 28 June 1652 , when he became free of the Stationers ' Company . |
| 6 | William became free of the Masons ' Company in 1663 . |
| 7 | Daniel became free of the Haberdashers ' Company in 1632 , and apprenticed Samuel to the same trade in 1634 . |
| 8 | At the expiry of his term he became free of the Clothworkers ' Company on 7 August 1771 . |
| 9 | Tricia Liggett got interested in the body 's structure initially because she was one of many sufferers from back pain . |
| 10 | He was apprenticed 2 December 1712 to Samuel Wastell , a London goldsmith , and made free of the Goldsmiths ' Company by service on 16 June 1720 . |
| 11 | It became clear from the Government 's autumn statement that pressure on public expenditure is likely to get worse rather than better for the foreseeable future , and that any developments must take place within such a framework . |
| 12 | The throne , whose gothic spires rose high above the Collector 's head , had been placed on a wooden dais at one end of the banqueting hall . |
| 13 | Her bows rose level with the Baglietto 's afterdeck . |
| 14 | Can you please raise URGENTLY a cheque for £35.00 made payable to the English-Speaker 's Union . |
| 15 | The NME 's owners , IPC Magazines , rapidly became delighted by the paper 's status and profitability but occasionally embarrassed by the weekly outpourings of radical dementia , its enthusiasm for all ( ahem ) manifestations or rock culture and its ( ahem again ) colourful , demotic language . |
| 16 | It was certainly a cut above the usual filth and drivel which dropped unsigned into a minister 's postbag , and it was the more dangerous for that . |
| 17 | Nicolo was the only one who seemed unaware of the girl 's fawning admiration , which was too bad , Caroline thought grimly . |
| 18 | Rather remarkable set of photographs by James Cotier of elderly Hungarians , photographed nude in the Art Deco splendour of the Gallert Turkish baths or in the artist 's studio using platinum prints . |
| 19 | He bubbled noisily and dropped dead at the wizard 's feet . |
| 20 | He was finally exposed when a parent became suspicious of the head 's refusal to show the children a police video about sexual abuse . |
| 21 | Kypov shouted at him across the few metres that separated them , and the breath spouted white from the Major 's mouth . |
| 22 | One director arrived naked at a secretary 's home , another was found in a compromising position in his car . |
| 23 | Above his head the aerial sang gently in the cold wind and the screen shone blue in the rider 's face . |
| 24 | Nosey trotted close at the mare 's heels . |
| 25 | He was accused of rape and murder after attending a dance where he became intimate with a gardener 's daughter named Mary Ashford . |
| 26 | In that connection she became involved in the Headmaster 's plans to invite marriage guidance counsellors to present several sex education films . |
| 27 | Through them she met Emmeline Pankhurst [ q.v. ] and her daughters , and became involved in the women 's suffrage movement . |
| 28 | With a wrench , Tug wriggled free of the Woman 's arm and ran . |
| 29 | Socially , though , he and Karen , who taught part-time at a girls ' school in Headington , were both from a lower-middle-class , comp/tech background , and it may not have been only the fearsome price of property in the North Oxford heartlands which had put them off moving there . |
| 30 | As she watched , a door swung open on the insect 's side and an overalled figure jumped out and came hurrying towards them . |