Complex sentence: Her first ambition was to become an actress and, aged 18, she went to London to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, later telling friends that she lost her Lancashire accent on the train down.
Split into simpler sentences: Her first ambition was to become an actress and, aged 18, she went to London to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She later told friends that she lost her Lancashire accent on the train down.