Example sentences of "[conj] she become [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since sociologists of deviance are interested in why people become deviant and/or perpetrate criminal acts , it is obviously important to locate the deviant , whether male or female , squarely within the social context in which he or she becomes deviant . |
| 2 | Once a minister seeks to enact policies that require the expenditure of ‘ new money ’ he or she becomes engaged in what is inevitably a more difficult political exercise . |
| 3 | Any new ratepayer has six months to appeal from the date he or she became responsible for rates . |
| 4 | But although she became pregnant several times , she miscarried on each occasion . |
| 5 | I suppose she was so grateful that she became one of his flock . |
| 6 | She needed a little experience here in the provinces first , of course , just enough to give her finesse and confidence , not too much so that she became jaded , and then … |
| 7 | He took such a long time to answer that she became convinced that he had n't . |
| 8 | A one-time Italian band singer , Donald Forcillo-Rose , came out of the woodwork in October 1980 to claim that he and June were lovers when she was just sixteen and he was twenty-six , and that she became pregnant . |
| 9 | Another woman returning from feira ( market ) tells you that she became dizzy , confused and ‘ nervous ’ at the price of meat . |
| 10 | So vivid was her imagination that she became adept at having conversations with him in which he was always making her laugh , always being to her the sort of person she longed to have as a life companion . |
| 11 | It was when the novelty had worn off , when the days grew short , when earlier and earlier the curtains were drawn against the dark silence outside , that she became restless . |
| 12 | In 1896 an American gynaecologist , Dr David Gilliam , wrote that he believed ‘ That [ female ] castration pays : that patients are improved , some of them cured , that the moral sense of the patient is elevated , that she becomes tractable , orderly , industrious and cleanly . ’ |
| 13 | The French kiss went on forever , and as the persistent tongue scoured the back of her throat , so she became aware of nimble fingers slipping her blouse from her shoulders and unfastening her bra . |
| 14 | But this is almost certainly an illusion : as she becomes surer of her hold on the affections of her poet , so she becomes surer of herself , can dispense with affectations , and dares to speak with a certain authority about compositions that her lover sends to her — animadversions that the poet in turn receives quite humbly . |
| 15 | She had a good job working with an airline company until she became pregnant after missing just one day of taking the Pill . |
| 16 | Melissa took the girl in her arms and gently stroked her head until she became calmer . |
| 17 | So ecstatic was she that she did not notice Edward fumbling with his clothes until she became aware of moist clingy flesh , thrusting and rubbing . |
| 18 | She slapped his behind with blistering whacks until she became aware of the pain in her hand and wrist . |
| 19 | Her ambition to be a painter was thwarted by acute shortness of sight which made her turn to gardening , ‘ making pictures with living plants ’ to use her own words ; and she became famous for the gardens she created and the books she wrote . |
| 20 | Again the craft coasted along and she became weightless once more . |
| 21 | Monty influenced Susannah and she became convinced that she was entitled to scientific opinions regarding a subject she knew nothing about . |
| 22 | A cloud of Gauloise smoke wafted past her ear and she became aware of a man standing behind her , stamping his feet as he waited with barely concealed impatience for the telephone . |
| 23 | Gradually it passed ; the great wave ebbed , and she became aware of Fand and Liban climbing shakily back to their feet , and Fincara screaming something at them . |
| 24 | Julius moved closer and she became aware that his skin was very hot . |
| 25 | He was looking at her with faint amusement in his eyes , one eyebrow slightly raised , and she became aware that he was quite used to this reaction from women to his undoubted charisma . |
| 26 | The thin cotton of their clothes could not hide their bodies ' warmth from each other , and she became aware of a curious lassitude that seemed intent on relaxing her tense muscles . |
| 27 | The blackness receded almost immediately and she became aware of pain . |
| 28 | During the 0/6 she had an aggravation , but stopping the remedy afforded no relief , and she became weaker , with left-sided pharyngitis and fever resembling Lach . |
| 29 | Also my auntie went on the Pill and she became infertile . |
| 30 | It was Wycliffe , giving the first indication that he had followed her argument , and she became flustered . |