Example sentences of "[verb] become [adj] friends " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suggested to Wilson that there had to be a short cooling-off period , after which Max Aitken would be a suitable person to go to Rhodesia as an unofficial ambassador , since in the war he had flown with Smith in the RAF and they had become good friends . |
| 2 | Ever since Victor had saved his life on the deadly ravine-wire crossing they had become firm friends . |
| 3 | On the other hand , we had learnt to recognise many of the chimps as individuals , and felt they had become firm friends . |
| 4 | The two girls had become firm friends ; they seemed to have so much in common , apart from their age . |
| 5 | The girls ' parents had held her in high regard and they had become firm friends . |
| 6 | Belle Maman was one of the godmothers ( she and the American Mrs Hawksworth had become great friends ) and Alice was invited also to the ceremony and the family party afterwards . |
| 7 | They could not easily accept a return to old party cries or the need to oppose men who had become close friends . |
| 8 | In the two days since the men had been gone the girls had become close friends , beginning from the moment Joanna had knocked timidly on the solar door soon after Guy had left . |
| 9 | Cross-examined by Anthony Morris , QC , defending , he said they had become close friends through their shared interest in scouting and had become lovers about three months before her death . |
| 10 | TWO pensioners who met at a wedding ceremony half a century ago have become close friends after being reunited by the Daily Post . |
| 11 | TWO pensioners who met at a wedding ceremony half a century ago have become close friends after being reunited by the Daily Post . |
| 12 | One of her rare big-race defeats was inflicted by Wade , in the 1987 Europa Cup 1500 metres , and the pair have become close friends as well as rivals . |
| 13 | ‘ We have become great friends . |
| 14 | ‘ After a longer period , donors and patients sometimes meet and some have become great friends . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It seems that Miss Grimsilk and our own adorable Therese have become firm friends . |
| 16 | I did n't make friends easily , but the funny thing is that some of those I went to school with , and was n't so close to , have become good friends in later life . |
| 17 | It may surprise readers but , since I wrote about her recently , Barbara and I have become good friends , so I rang her up to tell her that I would join her for a good gloat . |
| 18 | As you know , the two of them have become good friends , and are going on a long holiday together . |
| 19 | The Vibram soles gave plenty of grip , wet and dry , and the boots have become comfortable friends for distance walking over reasonable terrain . |
| 20 | Some have become true friends , and I have spent several weekends away because of their thoughtfulness . |