Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I became intimately acquainted with some of those I met , and the lives and habits of many others naturally came under observation . |
| 2 | As it happened , I was between Mayor Houde and Leveque ; as soon as the crowd that filled the stadium recognized the person of Mayor Houde a great roar of boos and hisses started up and I became slightly alarmed . |
| 3 | I became slightly unnerved by the frequent reassurances I was given by fundholders that they would n't do anything to ‘ upset the applecart ’ or disadvantage their colleagues ' patients . |
| 4 | Well yes , but let me say that I gave up going to auditions well before I became well known through The History Man , on television . |
| 5 | Yet once I started work I became increasingly absorbed . |
| 6 | Having for ten years owned and managed one of the most successful econometric consultancy companies in the world ( then called Economic Models Limited ) , I became increasingly disabused of notions for controlling the flow of economic events against their natural movement . |
| 7 | As I began to serve more regularly I became more accepted amongst the older stalwarts of the service , my naval experience and general seamanship picked up on fishing craft and yachts standing me in good stead . |
| 8 | ‘ As I became more experienced I wanted to branch out and the more technical aspects of triathlon , particularly the cycling , interested me . |
| 9 | As I became more withdrawn , so I became more secretive and more cunning in finding ways of being alone . |
| 10 | But as I became more acquainted with this set and stopped rushing from impossible passage to impossible passage , hoping against hope that at some point he would lose his balance and tumble like a second-rate trapeze artist off his swing , I was unwittingly dragged in to a more sinister , melancholic side to his playing . |
| 11 | And as I became more intoxicated and frustrated I 'd throw open the bedroom window as the dawn came up , and look across the gardens , lawns , greenhouses , sheds and curtained windows . |
| 12 | There I became horribly fascinated by the place , the ‘ sick child ’ of Germany , with its decay , its division , its degradation . |
| 13 | Inevitably , over such a long period , I became less institutionalized , more able to function as an individual in relation to belief and action and not merely accept the organization 's definition of things ; and this is a profoundly un-police like state of affairs ! |
| 14 | And erm I asked around to see if anyone else was interested in doing the same kind of thing . |
| 15 | Val did a brilliant job getting everyone else to Le Bourget using public transport ; I went on the bike with no map and only a vague idea where Le Bourget was , and every Frenchman I asked just waved me straight on ( lies ! ) , but I got there somehow and we had a very enjoyable , if unscheduled , visit . |
| 16 | That was er a flat in Plumtree , we were offered a flat on the first floor and when we examined the kitchen it was extremely obvious to me that our gas cooker would n't fit in the , the place where it was designed to fit , when I asked where do we put the washing machine I was informed that most tenants kept the washing machine on the balcony , when I said well where do we put the refrigerator , well most people keep the refrigerator either in the hall or , or rather not a hall it was a passageway , in the passageway or in the living room , now it does seem to me with hindsight that if that 's planning I , to use an old fashion London phrase , I 'm a Dutchman . |
| 17 | I do not wish in any way to criticise you , and I appreciate that I applied today to ask such a question — |
| 18 | That Labour amendment I read out mentioned the airport money . |
| 19 | You never found those labels I made out did you ? |
| 20 | Well , you deserve that , standin' by me like you did and givin' me your bed when I 'ad n't got a farthing to call me own . |
| 21 | Well , I decided I 'ad ter try . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'ad ter spin the geezer a tale that I was usin' it ter move a poor family out o' the buildin 's where I live . ’ |
| 23 | 'E give me an ear'ole bashin' an' I 'ad ter listen , did n't I ? |
| 24 | ‘ It smelled the place out an' I 'ad ter chuck it away , ’ she moaned . |
| 25 | D'yer know , I 'ad ter nag at 'im ter cast 'is vote before now . |
| 26 | It 's wicked really but I 'ad ter laugh . |
| 27 | Then I crept forward to look at Granny . |
| 28 | It is at times like this that I regret not doing a scientific 0-level and becoming a brain surgeon so that no one would ask me to wash up or scrub floors . |
| 29 | ‘ I regret ever allowing you to talk me into this crazy scheme ! ’ she exclaimed as she slid into bed and pulled the duvet up to her chin . |
| 30 | These were indestructible and to this day I regret ever falling for the slick adverts for trendy green ones . |