Example sentences of "they [adv] became [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the regular placement of the chairs around the fire , they were quite close together — and yet the small spaces between them quickly became boundaries . |
| 2 | When they eventually became man and wife , it was the ‘ quietest of quiet weddings ’ and they had to pay half-a-crown for two passers-by to act as witnesses . |
| 3 | Their confidence grew into overwhelming proportions and in the opinion of many observers they swiftly became Manchester 's tedious twosome . |
| 4 | He married Elizabeth Leonie Knowles , by whom he had eleven children ; their two sons both went to Cambridge University before entering the family business , of which they later became directors . |
| 5 | They later became part of the collection of the National Film Library . |
| 6 | They later became Castle Line Royal Mailboats with a fleet of eighteen ‘ castles ’ which became very familiar and popular in Funchal . |
| 7 | Bill Larnach always took great pains with his lectures and , although he is an accomplished speaker , they never became monologues . |
| 8 | Many of them therefore became believers . |
| 9 | From the late 1620s onwards , a significant number of courtiers had begun to attend mass at the queen 's chapel and a steady stream of them subsequently became converts to Roman Catholicism . |