Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adj] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became aware of the disapproving looks his noisy party were receiving from some of the older locals who had drifted in over the last hour . |
| 2 | The times that followed , they were almost as bad … and as he grew older , he became aware of the deep wounds his mother had suffered . |
| 3 | He became aware of the excessive beating of his heart , and remembered the attendant 's advice not to overdo it on his first visit . |
| 4 | Mr Large proposed changes to make the system work better ( see page 15 ) ; but he stopped short of the obvious answer , which is to revise the act itself . |
| 5 | When he was winning all the time , people spoke of his alleged meanness and refusal to communicate ; when he fell foul of the Inland Revenue they carefully looked the other way . |
| 6 | He kept clear of the sanded clearing and the alarm beams and bypassed all the inhabited areas . |
| 7 | ‘ Ana has improved , relaxed , ’ he observed , changing the subject abruptly as if he had tired of the whole thing . |