Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] become [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had become a strong swimmer mainly to conquer fear . ’ |
| 2 | I had become a good and conscientious boy . |
| 3 | For just a short time I had become a part of the village community on a day that ‘ introduces everybody to everybody else ’ . |
| 4 | I had become a Christian when leaving Oxford University through reading the Bible and being convinced that the New Testament documents were reliable . |
| 5 | It did not matter that I had rejected my father 's ways , that I had become a marine and was as poor as a church mouse while McIllvanney had become a rich man ; the stench of privilege still clung to me and McIllvanney loved to discomfort me because of it . |
| 6 | I had become a current affair — how odd ! |
| 7 | I discovered that I had become a ‘ character ’ and was fast becoming a caricature of myself . |
| 8 | I had become a tenant of my own dream . |
| 9 | I had become a skinny , sickly , snuffly bronchial child . |
| 10 | I would feel I had become a different person . |
| 11 | ‘ At the end of those five minutes , he said , I had become a completely different person . ’ |
| 12 | At least a portion of the jewish population was saving its skin by allying with the Party , for in April we discover 400 Jewish delegates in Minsk speeding up the fight against Zionism and proposing the closure of their religious schools in Belorussia , a notion which had become a reality by September according to the central press . |
| 13 | There the 12th of July parade had been re-routed to take it away from the ‘ Tunnel ’ , part of the traditional route which had become a Catholic area . |
| 14 | Now the British built a steam cathedral on a piece of land which had become a sort of palimpsest of indigenous and alien power . |
| 15 | While Prince Charles must be relieved to be free of a marriage which had become a sham , he , his family and in the end the British Government have met Diana 's terms . |
| 16 | Television , which had become a major force in American political life , was essential to Reagan 's success in obtaining the Republican nomination in 1980 . |
| 17 | The idea was to get away from the ‘ man in a suit ’ which had become a cliche of space fiction and alien fantasies . |
| 18 | The union was unsuccessful in gaining recognition : ‘ The Ludlow war , one of the more tragic episodes in labor 's history , failed to dissolve the adamantine opposition to unionism , which had become a fixed and immovable article of faith among many of the great industries of the United States ’ ( Taft and Ross , 1969:256 ) . |
| 19 | It was half a mile from the nearest village , which had become a haven for retired and commuting stockbrokers since the war . |
| 20 | But Linda had lost her author , she had spent too much effort and money on an event which had become a disaster . |
| 21 | The Dresden city government gave permission for the rallies to be held , insisting that refusal might have provoked violent demonstrations in the city , which had become a centre of radical right-wing activity since the end of the East German communist regime . |
| 22 | Once again demonstrating the resilience which had become a characteristic of his candidacy , Clinton campaigned strongly in New York , and even chose it as the venue for his first foreign policy speech since December . |
| 23 | I wiped my brow , which had become a little sweaty , and took a last look up at the shadowless wall above . |
| 24 | But their route to the capital , Kigali , ran through the Volcanoes National Park , which had become a battle-ground . |
| 25 | So it was with Jesus : he scandalized people by the company he kept , by the overturning of values which had become the cement of his society but which he saw as being barriers for people . |
| 26 | Whatever its economic intent , the fact is that Mosley 's fascist movement became associated with the type of violence and anti-Semitism which had become the hallmark of European fascism . |
| 27 | Through this device the first German republic sought to preserve the role of the so-called ‘ free ’ welfare associations , foremost the established churches , which had become the key providers of welfare services ( Sachsse , 1988 ) . |
| 28 | [ Hence ] the loyalty of the masses to a nation which had become the instrument of their collective interests and ambitions … . |
| 29 | Against this background the institutions which had become the responsibility of Bedfordshire County Council were under pressure which was reflected in the occupancy figures at St. Peter 's for July 1931 : |
| 30 | Considering the fears of Jacobite invasion there was something to be said for such a policy but it was not popular , especially in London , which had become the centre of support for Pitt and the war . |