Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a newcomer to such work , I became involved through a meeting with Johanna Carrie . |
| 2 | From this first experiment , I became fascinated with the problem of including lights in paintings . |
| 3 | From this first experiment , I became fascinated with the problem of including lights in paintings . |
| 4 | As a boy , encouraged by my mother , I became fascinated by the mass of mostly unsorted papers lying in the cellars at Plas Newydd . |
| 5 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 6 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | To begin with I found the subject somewhat tedious , but as the weeks passed I became fascinated by how meticulously recording each transaction could prove to be so beneficial even to our little business . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I became assimilated into the gay community and my identity as a Black person sloughed off me . |
| 11 | At the back , sometimes out of sight of the others , I became engrossed in my own problems . |
| 12 | ‘ It hit Britain in a big way in the mid 80s and I became engrossed in the game . |
| 13 | But little by little , as I became absorbed into rural life , I came to enjoy my ‘ inconveniences ’ . |
| 14 | He commented on his project : ‘ The more I explored , the more I became absorbed with the mystery of the environment . |
| 15 | ‘ Your reflections , ’ Hope cried out to the apparently enraptured merchant , ‘ set off my own — as do all the most acute thoughts , scattering from the hand like seeds , each of which can take on a life of its own , and I confess that I became absorbed in those great matters of morality and commerce raised by your eloquent conversation . ’ |
| 16 | I became engaged in a violent battle , first on behalf of the profession and subsequently as a mediator , when Mrs Barbara Castle — then the Secretary of State for Health and Social Security — pursued an honourable , but in my view misguided , determination to eradicate private practice from this country . |
| 17 | I became hooked on adventure stories by R.L. Stevenson , Ballantyne , Rider Haggard and many more . |
| 18 | Life became so stressful that when I was making The Power Game the doctor put me on Mogadon and I became hooked for a while . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I slid down until I became entangled in some bracken . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It was only when I actually visited the Broads that I became infected with the same enthusiasm which led Ransome to write the books . |
| 23 | I became acquainted with her brother Pavel Sergeevich Popov , a university professor . |
| 24 | no I feel about a I I 'll I 've said to Ann , no I feel alright Ann but you know just I du n no I 'm not quite myself am I ? |
| 25 | His silence encouraged her to be even more frank , and , looking to where the moonlight caught the line of his strong jaw , she said , ‘ I know you appreciate the help I 've given by stepping in to take Stella 's place , and for that reason I doubt that you would give me the sack — or tell me to go . |
| 26 | I mean you get a bus coming as far as Road and back I do n't suppose it has half a dozen folks on what 's this thing coming up here , nobody I 'd er I 've walked into Walsall all my life and but gradually the whole thing changes does n't it , and then the thing gets off as far as West Bromwich , and in , then , then there 's through traffic and then how far and the Green 's not big enough to take the turn around up Road then they change the direction , and it 's all done on bit by bit by bit and so Green 's got eroded it 's er |
| 27 | You see I 've got with me in the studio here Stan Bowes , who 's the head of marketing for the Thames and Chilterns Tourist Board , and Stan has just been explaining to us that there is this campaign to encourage people to take holidays in this country . |
| 28 | But I mean , now you see erm I , I 've got to er go to since they closed Central , and I have n't got a car erm so I 'm not going to carry thing , I ca n't I 'm with , with arthritis in my back I ca n't , I ca n't carry really only a very small bag , so this was |
| 29 | I 'll s I 've got ta say to him I 've taken your advice Normal I 'm I 'm having the two one six G T I . |
| 30 | No I wo n't I 've got ta stay away from them . |