Example sentences of "[noun sg] was become the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harriet 's first big move was to become the first girl to win the British Junior Championships . |
| 2 | For national politicians , television was becoming the important medium — even before de Gaulle returned to power ( 1958 ) . |
| 3 | In the 1820s , the brothers William and Andrew Smith of Mauchline began making snuff boxes in a factory in the village and their firm was to become the best-known name in the trade . |
| 4 | In 1656 John Washington left Sulgrave and sailed for America where his descendant was to become the first President . |
| 5 | A frieze in relief along all four sides of the building was to become the accepted vehicle for figure-sculpture in classical Ionic , but in a different position from either of these : above the architrave , either below the dentils or replacing them ( fig. 166 ) , corresponding to the metopes and triglyphs in Doric . |
| 6 | Black 's office was becoming the common scene of both his and Gina 's despair . |