Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie , now a light middleweight , could n't wait to get in the ring while Tommy somehow managed to keep himself out of the firing line , although both of them became aware of Captain Trentham 's menacing presence as his swagger stick continually struck the side of his leg . |
| 2 | The fire died down and the embers became grey ashes , the forest around them became full of noises as the creatures of the night resumed possession of it , but Marian , Allen and Hugh slept on until well after dawn . |
| 3 | His financial controller Roger Richardson came up with a system of false accounting , which enabled them to borrow millions of pounds over a three year period and keep the company going . |
| 4 | ‘ They 've forced me to sit cross-legged for hours leaning against a wall with my fingertips . ’ |
| 5 | Let me phrase these in terms of my criteria of necessity , sufficiency and specificity . |
| 6 | By 1917 the British and the Russians between them occupied most of Iran . |
| 7 | The main reason I became involved in birds of prey was to teach them to hunt for me — and of course for themselves — so a goshawk is a must for the near future . |
| 8 | Before I became involved in business , I really had very few goals — with the result that I did n't get very far . |
| 9 | In leaving home I became involved in student union politics , particularly round the issue of overseas students . |
| 10 | Being aware of the stress and pressure that many people and their families experience when AIDS or HIV is first diagnosed , I became involved in counselling . |
| 11 | Being aware of the stress and pressures that many people and their families experience with AIDS or HIV is first diagnoses , I became involved in counselling . |
| 12 | ‘ It was discovered I 'd had an acute infection for two or three months , ’ she says , ‘ which meant I was ill when I became pregnant in November — the worst possible time for a developing foetus . |
| 13 | I became tired with Ramon and his canvases and drinking and cursing , it all seemed so trivial . |
| 14 | When I became ill , I became obsessed with exercise at the same time . |
| 15 | I became old in instants and everything today is bland and lucid . |
| 16 | It was through her that I became interested in life . |
| 17 | Some twenty-five years later , when I became interested in hypnosis and then in regression therapy , I began to wonder whether my earlier fascination was because I had actually lived in Tudor times . |
| 18 | ‘ I became homeless in London so I got on a train and ended up here ; that 's all there is to it , really . ’ |
| 19 | Then I became allergic to Durex so I went back on the Pill , a different one . |
| 20 | I became aware of eddies of cold air . |
| 21 | It was during this incident that I became aware of Husseys Hatches , as the Fire Brigade used the water from one of these , nearly opposite the Brown Street Baptist Church . |
| 22 | I made that for Christopher when he was |
| 23 | My hon. Friend will also know that as part of ’ Defence for the 90s ’ we are reviewing the scope of naval support , although as I made clear in July , there will be a continuing naval presence at Portland . |
| 24 | As I made clear in July and as the Lord Chancellor made clear , the provision of green form legal aid will be withdrawn when other services are available , but not until then . |
| 25 | And clearly something is happening , I mean millions of peasants are joining |
| 26 | As an historian I know how valuable a commodity — and I mean valuable in terms of hard cash — it ought to be in these days when the whole of life , our own present as well as the past , seems to reach us pre-packaged in the form of interviews and telly-probe . |
| 27 | America , where there appear to be more grossly obese people than in Britain ( by which I mean those around double their desirable body weight , rather than just a couple of stones overweight ) , is an excellent place to observe this eating-speed phenomenon . |
| 28 | Can I cover that in tin foil ? |
| 29 | However , whilst I remain suspicious of Hick 's cosy position , it may be possible to accept that there is something approaching a common theistic structure among a number of the world 's religious traditions . |
| 30 | Normally I am a good sleeper , but that New Year 's Night I lay awake for hours , with cold , sexual fantasy or worry . |