Programming :: Sed Regex Get Multiple String Match In Array?

I have a sed match that matches for certain string of a regex expression:

Code:
tname=$(echo "$contents" | sed -n 'some pattern')

How do I match for multiple strings in the $contents and return them as an array? for example

Code:
contents="this is a text, just to match patterns, here is another text to be matched"
the sed func would be able to recognize both "text"s, but only one is outputted?

Possible to put it in an array? so ${bar[0]} gives one and ${bar[1]} gives another