Example sentences of "i [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I became the kind of woman that my friends , mother , sisters and other friends warned them about . |
| 2 | In the tabloid press I became the villain who put his knife into Noddy and his boot into Biggles . |
| 3 | Shortly after I became the Member for Worcester , the Queen Mother visited my constituency . |
| 4 | Twenty five years ago I became the Member of Parliament for East Grinstead . |
| 5 | I had been trained in Mespot in the art of aerial survey by the Royal Engineers , which I felt was of no practical use to my squadron , thus I became the squadron photographic officer ( small p and small o ) . |
| 6 | Towards the end of my sojourn at Kinloss , and after I became the assistant to the chief ground instructor under a squadron leader , I was also seconded to the engineering wing . |
| 7 | That night over dinner in the company of Peter and his wife Liz I became the possessor of an astonishing fact . |
| 8 | I became the manager of one shop , I was there so long . |
| 9 | But my stage tended to turn into a revolving stage and I became the recipient of endless encores . |
| 10 | Within minutes my offer was all over the Docherty suite , and I became the source of hysterical laughter , ridicule and abuse . |
| 11 | I became the director of this project , which proved very difficult and time-consuming . |
| 12 | I became the victim in what was a wholly unbalanced relationship . |
| 13 | I , I did n't I came off the council at that time and er I became the president of the gathering . |
| 14 | I asked the porter about the toilet being locked up . |
| 15 | And then on Wednesday it is erm his riding and I asked the sister , I said , is that right ? |
| 16 | After a leisurely tea by a coal fire , I asked the clerk to phone for a taxi . |
| 17 | I asked the child why she should imagine such a thing . |
| 18 | I asked the door , stopping my rocking . |
| 19 | On another day when I asked the question , she began slowly and with difficulty to lift the skirts of her dress , revealing bare knees . |
| 20 | I asked the question , what am I getting for two thousand pounds a head ? |
| 21 | And I asked the question ‘ Why ? ’ ; |
| 22 | Did you see their faces when I asked the question ? ’ |
| 23 | Congress , if I asked the question , is there a shop steward in the house , I would 've been confident to say yes , but they all seem to be leaving . |
| 24 | Yeah and I I asked the question not too much from the Green Party point of view as from a personal point view as I I would like to know what my Government is saying to do about these things . |
| 25 | Seeking to translate this question of morality to local issues , I asked the question , did the candidates agree that it was morally wrong and perhaps a misuse of public funds for local councillors to claim that there was no money available to install gas central heating in the homes of elderly disabled people when they always found money for hospitality allowances and trips abroad for themselves . |
| 26 | I actually asked prospective farmers what they thought about certain issues , because I think the Leicestershire county council er and our department are probably some of the best farmers landlords there are in the country and I think our tenant farmers know that in actual fact I asked the question to several of the members er er the potential er clients erm , what do you think about foxes . |
| 27 | Well Terry confirmed that to me yesterday cos I asked the question could we not just run it |
| 28 | I asked the management to release me from my contract . ’ |
| 29 | I asked the ZZAP ! editorial team to advise me on this one , but they replied ‘ we 're too busy ’ . |
| 30 | It is impossible in these Coronation days to judge how long it will take to get from place to place and I asked the taxi-driver not to be too early . |