Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I worked as a researcher for him for so long I became part of the furniture , I really did . |
| 2 | Having got across the footlights I became part of the O. U. D. S. , and was invited to their club in George Street just opposite the theatre — the New Theatre as it then was — now the Apollo . |
| 3 | Years later when I became chairman of the medical missions of SPG , I realised how in mission hospitals all over the world , the same devoted healing mission was being carried on , which spoke much more eloquently of divine and human love than the preaching of less qualified friends like myself . |
| 4 | But , you see , with all this , and , indeed , before all this , the two happiest relationships of my life were with a schoolfriend called Melanie Smith with whom I used to listen to records of Carousel and Oklahoma ! on an old , wind-up gramophone , and with the hockey-ball when I became goalie of the first eleven . |
| 5 | When I became rookie of the year in 1992 they got their money back and a bit extra , and it will be the same this season . ’ |
| 6 | I asked thinking of the noxious fumes . |
| 7 | I made use of the royal authorization to publish the contents … and I reduced the telegram by striking out words , but without adding or altering … |
| 8 | I shared command of the big " V " with two other skippers , Doug Thompson and Denis Mawe , as H.Q. frowned on any policy that kept an officer away from his home port and normal customs duties for too long a period . |
| 9 | Once in my hotel room , I got hold of the Yellow Pages and dialled for a woman . |
| 10 | So I got hold of the right side . |
| 11 | The voices grew louder , and presently I caught sight of the men as they rounded a sharp bend … . |
| 12 | Then , turning back , I caught sight of the red bitch : she was making her way slowly towards the woodpile . |
| 13 | ’ I caught sight of the boy , trapped in an uncontrollable spasm of painful cramp , and I smiled , took one hand , stroked his face , wet with sweat , and said , ‘ Be patient and brave . ’ |
| 14 | As I ran upstairs , I caught sight of the old lady 's shocked face . |
| 15 | ‘ I never met Barney but I caught sight of the other one once , scuttling across the yard like a nervous rabbit . |
| 16 | ‘ We had sums , and I came top of the class ! ’ |
| 17 | I heard evidence of the one domi domiciliary visit per week of the physiotherapist had been stopped in September because of lack of resources . |
| 18 | I grabbed hold of the gravimetric to turn it round to look for the the switch which is on other side . |
| 19 | I lost count of the number of times those cod , or the ‘ effing flying fish ’ , flew through the air . |
| 20 | I lost count of the number of bathrooms and lavatories … |
| 21 | ‘ I lost count of the members of the aristocracy I was introduced to , ’ she said quickly , to cover her confusion . |
| 22 | Twenty and thirty-pound nets are not uncommon and long ago I lost count of the double-figure nets I 've had from the rivers named above and others such as the Vyrnwy and Banwy , two small rivers which feed the upper Severn . |
| 23 | I lost count of the number of corners Leeds had or the amount of times Wallace was given as much space as he wanted . |
| 24 | ‘ I lost track of the days . |
| 25 | But by then I was into my new place and I felt shot of the stuff . |
| 26 | But I kept hold of the reins and Prince just stopped in time . |
| 27 | I was a junior Minister and I took advantage of the dispensation which enabled me to vote no in that referendum . |
| 28 | I took hold of the snow hook , but to release it meant hauling in some slack on the line . |
| 29 | Gently I took hold of the door handle and moved it . |
| 30 | I do n't know why I took hold of the rope , but I did . |