Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] become [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However — and it seemed to happen , or I became aware of it , quite suddenly — fatigue was setting in . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Any new ratepayer has six months to appeal from the date he or she became responsible for rates . |
| 5 | Precisely either Professor and his party believe in the that certain courses of action are right , that they espouse certain policies or they become hopeless opportunists . |
| 6 | And you know , for most of our questions the answers lie within ourselves , and when we deal with certain basic issues most of those questions become or answered or they become irrelevant . |
| 7 | It pays not to overfeed adult ferrets at times when they are not working or they become fat and lazy . |
| 8 | The rod , in order to pick up a long length of sunken line , should be a minimum of 11ft long , and a maximum of 12ft or it becomes unwieldy . |
| 9 | Do n't leave it any longer or it becomes hard to control . |
| 10 | For present purposes it is sufficient to note that the expression embraces the period of two years prior to the onset of insolvency in the case of transactions at an undervalue and of preferences given to a person connected with the company , provided that at the time of the transaction the company was unable to pay its debts or it became unable to pay its debts by reason of the transaction . |
| 11 | I ca n't put it off , I do n't care for anything but the work ; that is to say , the pleasure in something else ceases at once , and I become melancholic when I ca n't go on with my work . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Because everyone who comes along to interview me has , as you have Paul , read all the clippings , then they all want to talk about the same things , and I become this kind of caricature . |
| 13 | But once outside , Dana and I became quarrelsome and started to fight with one another , releasing heaven knows what accumulated stores of fury and resentment . |
| 14 | Mary Tupholme at the BAAB and the immigration people were really helpful , and I became naturalized in about two weeks . |
| 15 | And when I first got an inkling the little was far worse than none , and I became melancholy and miserable . |
| 16 | Young Black and I became good friends . |
| 17 | I have always loved dogs and I became involved with the association when I met a lady who was also involved in puppy training . |
| 18 | ‘ And I became worthless in my own eyes . |
| 19 | Needless to say , no one had ever told me about the pain , and I became convinced that something was wrong with me , but I was too embarrassed to confess as much to anyone . |
| 20 | And I became pregnant again and they were falling over themselves to do an abortion for me . |
| 21 | By the late age of 37 , I finally felt secure enough in myself to take the ultimate risk — and I became pregnant . |
| 22 | ‘ I used to work so hard in the week I had no energy left to enjoy weekends and I became awful to live with . |
| 23 | After that Nellie and I became close friends and so did her Mum and my Dad . |
| 24 | And I became conscious that , alongside a genuine pleasure that he had been released , there was also a resentment that he had got away with it . |
| 25 | Chris Buckley and I became detached as we ran side-by-side towards the town . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , no , not after Hugh and I became engaged , ’ Veronica said awkwardly . |
| 27 | Thus spake Esme , the first-rate pianist of Moose Jaw , and I became disillusioned , deciding not to ask her to marry me after all . |
| 28 | They both enthused over my new look and I became weepy and wailed that I could n't keep them . |
| 29 | This survey , as so often happens , led from one thing to another , and I became interested in vernacular architecture and the people of the area , particularly in their work and homes over the changing years . |
| 30 | And I became interested when I heard of your interest in polio . |