Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Only the decrees of the Council are preserved , seventy-one in all , and nearly all of them became incorporated in the Church 's authoritative collection of the canon law compiled in 1234 . |
2 | As they became established , shares in many of them became quoted on the Stock Exchange . |
3 | And in fact , I think in recent years what we know as the third world is the fourth , because those oil producing countries in the third world retained the status of being third and everyone got pushed to the fourth . |
4 | The general effect of widespread miscegenation was , as in North American the creation of large number of métis , many of whom became assimilated into the ‘ Russian ’ population of Siberia . |
5 | From this first experiment , I became fascinated with the problem of including lights in paintings . |
6 | From this first experiment , I became fascinated with the problem of including lights in paintings . |
7 | As a boy , encouraged by my mother , I became fascinated by the mass of mostly unsorted papers lying in the cellars at Plas Newydd . |
8 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
9 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | I became assimilated into the gay community and my identity as a Black person sloughed off me . |
13 | ‘ It hit Britain in a big way in the mid 80s and I became engrossed in the game . |
14 | He commented on his project : ‘ The more I explored , the more I became absorbed with the mystery of the environment . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | It was only when I actually visited the Broads that I became infected with the same enthusiasm which led Ransome to write the books . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | ‘ You know I got injured in the skirmishing ? |
20 | I always thought I got cast in The Graduate because I was one of the last ones to be seen . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | Dave , Lancashire region , on three nine seven , Chair , when I got elected to the Labour Council in Rochdale , I took a whip that I had , did what the policy was of the Rochdale D L P . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | I was one of her props though eventually I got moved into the backs because I was so good looking ! ’ |
26 | I used to be a spooler , worked a machine , but I got moved to the samples about six years ago . |
27 | So I got caned on the palms of my hands . |
28 | I ended up having a fight with him , he broke my arm and I got hit on the head . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | ‘ I was just coming home when I got hit in the engine . |