Example sentences of "[pron] would become a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She never dreamed that I would become a managing director !
2 It was predicted she would become a world-renowned concert pianist by 1970 .
3 Most yearn instead for a caring lover who would become a considerate family man in later life .
4 That particular spring our son brought home a dark-haired , dark-eyed , lively lady who would become a third daughter , moulding into the family clan as though born part of it .
5 We all decided he would become a famous artist .
6 When he was offered the Rangers job , he told his estranged wife that there was no way he would become a sterotypical manager ‘ working all hours and driving myself crazy ’ .
7 A recruit of eighteen years old was unthinkable ; he would become a puissant man but only a runt among his superhuman peers .
8 When Roe won for the first time at the Catalan Open in 1989 , it was predicted that he would become a regular winner on Tour .
9 With a wife and child to support he would become a new man .
10 In the intervening time , he would become a changed man , as would many who set out with such high hopes to win back the holy earth of Outremer .
11 ‘ Should any ‘ special inspection ’ or ‘ sanctions ’ be imposed on us … it would become a dangerous train plunging the whole territory , both North and South , into the scourge of war , ’ the official Workers Party newspaper declared in a commentary .
12 If this could be rephrased objectively it would become a helpful goal within the ABA model .
13 It would become a magic talisman .
14 When I did n't have any way out , I felt like songs were a tunnel and if there was any mess I could just funnel it out and it would become a beautiful picture at the end of the tunnel .
15 ‘ There 's no question that it would become a permanent feature .
16 More than 80 children came along on some days , and many people said they hoped it would become an annual event , she said .
17 Williams had gone to take up a post at Howard University , where at the age of 28 , he began what would become a meteoric rise through the halls of academia , ( Associate Professor in 1946 , at the age of 35 ) .
18 The rotation system would enable a positive , free and unhindered development of the role so that others may share in and contribute towards what would become a valuable resource for the use and benefit of all concerned .
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