Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb past] become a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the evidence seems to indicate that he had become a half-hearted Anglican — perhaps that was a safer way , after all , of establishing yourself as a respectable tradesman than anything which smacked in any way of revolt or radicalism ? |
| 2 | In one of his letters to Salt Gandhi wrote that he had become a confirmed vegetarian after reading Salt 's essays published under the title The Logic of Vegetarianism ( 1897 ) . |
| 3 | However , despite his undoubted experience , Crabb 's health was not good , and he had become a heavy smoker and drinker . |
| 4 | And he did become a chief inspector in eight years . |
| 5 | I told Richard that , if he wanted to become a professional actor , he first had to change both the quality of his voice and his speech , and that would involve hard and tiresome work . |
| 6 | I was sad to see him die , because he had become a good friend . |