Example sentences of "i [vb past] a [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the election , I became a frequent visitor to Downing Street . |
| 2 | I needed to earn a bit of extra money when I went on the tour and so I became a professional wrestler in my spare time . |
| 3 | I I became a great friend of hers actually , er she looked out of place on the bench . |
| 4 | ‘ When Boon began , I felt guilty about earning a lot of money so I became a soft touch for begging letters and charity appeals , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I became a high-ranking officer under the chief archangel , Vauban . ’ |
| 6 | When I became a permanent presenter in Bristol , the main newsreader was Ken Rees , more recently to establish himself as a top foreign correspondent for ITN . |
| 7 | This was one reason why I became a postnatal supporter for a year and why I trained as a breastfeeding counsellor . |
| 8 | ‘ I became an involuntary expert on Christabel LaMotte . |
| 9 | Seeking enlightenment , I asked a recent graduate of the college . |
| 10 | When I asked a Pakistani woman in her forties about this interpretation , she said : |
| 11 | For my part , I endured a long disquisition on the Tractarians from a young and opinionated university liberal . |
| 12 | I also like to give credit where it is due , and would , therefore , like to thank members of the Great Central Railway who were very helpful and friendly when I made a recent visit to Rothley and Loughborough as an ordinary visitor . |
| 13 | He added : ‘ I made a tremendous start to the year and badly wanted that No 1 spot for the first time but it made me become negative . |
| 14 | I made a real fool of myself , crying and sobbing , but Luke held me and comforted me and he was so kind … ’ |
| 15 | I made a great nuisance of myself and , in the end , they resorted to the traditional method of dealing with trouble-makers : they asked me to stand for my own ward at the next local government elections . |
| 16 | I made a great bonfire of it and stood and watched it burn until every trace of him was wiped off the face of the earth . ’ |
| 17 | I made a facial question-mark at Melanie but she just shrugged and edged closer . |
| 18 | I made a mental note to myself that if the doctor on her case set that beautiful leg anything other than back the way it should be , then he had better start looking for a good dentist . |
| 19 | I made a convincing show of joining in all this horse-play and appeared to enjoy it hugely for a week or so while I thought about what I could do to our cousin . |
| 20 | I made a similar argument in chapter 1 about practical support in contemporary society . |
| 21 | In fact , I made a major decision in '84 , and followed it through in '86 . |
| 22 | Both for not being prepared , not giving the opening of this course the importance that it did deserve , and obviously for the embarrassment that er you must have felt having to sit there while I made a total fool of myself . |
| 23 | The following year he beat both Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez in a 4–1 victory over Spain at Telford and said : ‘ I made a good start in the Cup so the first few matches will always stick in my mind . ’ |
| 24 | Designing clothes for Carnega was all very well and I made a good living at it I wo n't deny but I wanted to be free to do my own thing — and to have my own name on the labels . |
| 25 | Eventually I made a new friend around the corner . |
| 26 | I made a new life for myself . |
| 27 | But I felt at home ; and I made a splendid collection of Italian cafe napkins , their corners printed with emblems of the past glory of Ninfania : the Cupid stringing his bow to let fly his darts from the prow in the cafe of the old harbour , and a selection — even I was defeated by the variety — of ice cream wrappers : ‘ Cooky Delight ’ and ‘ Bikini Manhattan ’ and ‘ Magnum Astoria ’ and ‘ Desiree ’ , ‘ Party Craze ’ and ‘ Magic Cola ’ , ‘ Oasis ’ and ‘ Grand Carre ’ , ‘ Card Game ’ and ‘ Tiffany ’ . |
| 28 | Let's face it , I made a complete prat of myself . |
| 29 | ‘ I made a terrible bosh of it . |
| 30 | ‘ I made a terrible bosh of it last night . ’ |