Example sentences of "his [noun] became [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His Technique became fundamental to the whole school curriculum . |
| 2 | His fingers became fat maggots and detached themselves from his doughnut hands . |
| 3 | Ron Treptow , an experienced canoeist , was shooting the rapids at Great Langsale Beck in the Lake District when his canoe became stuck in rocks . |
| 4 | His breathing became ragged , and as her arms wound about his neck his hands slid down to grip her buttocks . |
| 5 | His breathing became steady . |
| 6 | ‘ But … ’ she cut in , and could see that he thought that to cut in was his sole prerogative when his look became stern and hostile . |
| 7 | A parachutist narrowly escaped death after his canopy became tangled with the landing gear of the light aircraft he was jumping from . |
| 8 | His mouth became grim . |
| 9 | After calling an extraordinary Cabinet meeting as the extent of his defeat became clear , Mazowiecki announced the resignation of his government . |
| 10 | Some of his fans became involved in fighting and Bulloch had to return to the ring to appeal to them to stop . |
| 11 | Two of his brothers became professional artists , and Gerard ( he did not use his middle name ) , who had some talent at drawing , toyed with the idea of being a painter before wisely settling on his poetic bent . |
| 12 | Once his eyes became accustomed to the gloom he was able to make out the double curve of the banister as it snaked from the dark first-floor landing into the inky blackness of the main stairwell . |
| 13 | The window was so small that until his eyes became accustomed to the dim light Fowler could make out few details . |
| 14 | It was a moment before his eyes became accustomed to the gloom . |
| 15 | The barn was not full , but in some of the stalls on either side of a broad central aisle he could see heaped mountains of grain as his eyes became accustomed to the dark . |
| 16 | The man smiled with his lips but his eyes became hard and watchful . |
| 17 | The little man squinted ; the look in his eyes became furtive . |
| 18 | His eyes became opaque . |
| 19 | For a moment , as he looked out of the window , his mind became clear again and he thought : " My God , the sepoys are attacking . |
| 20 | For a while they lay in each other 's arms , the sweet lethargy claiming them , but as Alain 's arms tightened around her and his lips became insistent , Jenna drew back and looked up into his dark eyes . |
| 21 | He would be about 16 years old then but his sources of pleasure changed little with advancing years though his opportunities became less … . |
| 22 | Nearly half a year later , in the summer heat , he could still recall the feeling of the cold air on his skin , the way his ears became numb with the freezing cold , the way he kept bursting out laughing , holding up his arms to the cloudy dark orange sky . |
| 23 | His mail became abusive . |
| 24 | He seemed to shift slightly , and his gaze became shuttered as he answered quickly , ‘ Absolutely not . |
| 25 | His patriotism became inflamed ( Poems Dedicated to National Independence and Liberty ) and when Napoleon crowned himself Emperor , he shared the disgust of Beethoven , who tore out the dedication of the Eroica symphony . |
| 26 | Despite the fact that connoisseurs applauded and collected his sumptuously produced , privately printed editions in terms of the designer 's art , his work became unfashionable after 1918 , and appreciation was marred by the poet 's increasingly vilified personal reputation . |
| 27 | Partly because of this book his lectures became famous ; and in them his aim , as the standard English history of classical scholarship puts it , was " not to communicate knowledge , but to stimulate and suggest … |
| 28 | His lectures became notable and popular ; he had a command of words and of the crisp phrase . |
| 29 | His drinking became vengeful . |
| 30 | Contact between Michael and his parents became erratic and unhappy . |