Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From this first experiment , I became fascinated with the problem of including lights in paintings . |
| 2 | From this first experiment , I became fascinated with the problem of including lights in paintings . |
| 3 | As a boy , encouraged by my mother , I became fascinated by the mass of mostly unsorted papers lying in the cellars at Plas Newydd . |
| 4 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 5 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 6 | We did n't see any whales , sharks , or polar bears underwater , but I became fascinated by the cast of characters which made up the food chain in these waters . |
| 7 | Whilst at college I became intrigued by the evidence that Indian art seemed to mean ancient Indian art , referring only to that era before imperialism . |
| 8 | ‘ It hit Britain in a big way in the mid 80s and I became engrossed in the game . |
| 9 | He commented on his project : ‘ The more I explored , the more I became absorbed with the mystery of the environment . |
| 10 | So flustered was I , in fact , that I became entangled with the bicycles in the hall ( my sons always keep them there , and other things being equal I usually get past them without too much difficulty ) , and I arrived in the dining-room even more distraught than I set out from the study . |
| 11 | Looking intermittently at the so-called colonial art of Latin America in churches , museums , private collections and books , I became magnetised by the figures of angels . |
| 12 | They all went to the local comprehensive — which I wanted to but , because I passed my 11-plus I got sent to the grammar instead . |
| 13 | ‘ You know I got injured in the skirmishing ? |
| 14 | I always thought I got cast in The Graduate because I was one of the last ones to be seen . |
| 15 | Wrote hundreds of letter , er to the people you wanted to do , because I 'd never expected having to find a job , I must admit , because the year before I took School Certificate I had got a Naval a artificer apprenticeship , but then I got kicked in the eye playing rugby , and failed a medical . |
| 16 | I 'm the only one who 's ever been mayor in his twenties , and I think that came about probably because the family had been in the town since the beginning of the century erm and I 'd been involved in local politics since about eight or nine , taking numbers on polling stations and so on , and so when I got elected to the Council I think one or two people at any rate felt that it was quite natural that I should have the opportunity fairly soon . |
| 17 | And so when I got elected to the Council I think one or two people at any rate felt that it was quite natural that I should have the opportunity fairly soon . |
| 18 | I was one of her props though eventually I got moved into the backs because I was so good looking ! ’ |
| 19 | I used to be a spooler , worked a machine , but I got moved to the samples about six years ago . |
| 20 | So I got caned on the palms of my hands . |
| 21 | I ended up having a fight with him , he broke my arm and I got hit on the head . |
| 22 | ‘ I was just coming home when I got hit in the engine . |
| 23 | Then I tried swimming , but what with the current and the fucking cassock — and then bang I got hit in the ribs like someone had kicked me and I thought I was a goner , it must be a rock I thought and I gave up and sort of passed out . |
| 24 | I got threatened with the sack once . |
| 25 | What if I got rid of the clothes and kept her stuff till we 're ready to do a boot sale with it . |
| 26 | Only it went wrong and I got caught by the Russians . |
| 27 | You caught me when I staged dived and looked after me when I got knocked in the eye . |
| 28 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
| 29 | That was when I got bitten by the rat . ’ |
| 30 | I got picked for the washing up detail and with six others swept the kitchen and dining room , drank the dregs from the glasses and bottles and had a conversation with one of the cooks about Beirut . |