Example sentences of "[pron] become [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last , a streak of orange light appeared to the east ; and gradually the white sea in front of them became an immense expanse of fertile green , while the purple ocean behind turned shimmering white . |
| 2 | But this is probably because such retirement arrangements died out before formalizing them became the normal custom , rather than because they were never common . |
| 3 | Overthrown Tsar Nicholas II , his wife Alexandra and three of their five children were slaughtered on July 17 , 1918 , to stop them becoming a focal point for opposition to communist leaders Lenin and Trotsky . |
| 4 | If Shadows and would-be Shadows started behaving like members of a government , there 'd be a greater chance of them becoming the real thing . |
| 5 | After the election , I became a frequent visitor to Downing Street . |
| 6 | My mother got it wrong when I was six , but her mistake did serve to galvanise me in later years and I became a successful businesswoman , outwardly independent and self-sufficient . |
| 7 | I needed to earn a bit of extra money when I went on the tour and so I became a professional wrestler in my spare time . |
| 8 | I became a professional relic-seller . |
| 9 | My work was primarily with women in the manufacturing industries and I worked in Eagle International before I became a full-time organizer . |
| 10 | Before I became a full-time politician , I was assistant director of social services in a large authority . |
| 11 | I I became a great friend of hers actually , er she looked out of place on the bench . |
| 12 | I became a good golfer , a one-handicapper , at the municipal course in Southport . |
| 13 | I became a total bird addict . |
| 14 | She was still in that office when , in January 1954 , I became a secondary-school teacher . |
| 15 | ‘ When Boon began , I felt guilty about earning a lot of money so I became a soft touch for begging letters and charity appeals , ’ he said . |
| 16 | I became a high-ranking officer under the chief archangel , Vauban . ’ |
| 17 | Erm in the nineteen fifties and right up until I became a full time official , erm there was generated an opinion that if companies were financially well off , due to the effort of the employees , then there was some formal entitlement for employees in these particular undertakings , to put forward a separate claim at domestic level , to , to enhance their pay . |
| 18 | I think that er one of the things that we had to examine at national level er and this was done erm after I became a full time officer , erm there 'd usually be a procedure in the national agreement er whereby first of all if we registered failure to agree at domestic level , erm with the management , the next stage was to draw in the district secretary . |
| 19 | They when I when I became a full time employer er a full time employee with the union it was all more or less small bakeries . |
| 20 | Then that I got that book back when I became a full time official it was still in the still in the office . |
| 21 | With these words ringing in my ear I became a little girl again — hurt , angry and rejected . |
| 22 | As I developed I became a big bloke and that stood me in good stead . |
| 23 | When I became a permanent presenter in Bristol , the main newsreader was Ken Rees , more recently to establish himself as a top foreign correspondent for ITN . |
| 24 | My offending started when I became a habitual glue sniffer at the age of 12 and I began stealing to finance it . ’ |
| 25 | This was one reason why I became a postnatal supporter for a year and why I trained as a breastfeeding counsellor . |
| 26 | ‘ I became an involuntary expert on Christabel LaMotte . |
| 27 | Three weeks ago I became the proud owner of a Chihuahua and he 's changed my life completely . |
| 28 | When we got home , Dad came to the rescue , with the necessary bob ( as a shilling was called ) and so , on the following day , I became the proud owner of my very own tool set . |
| 29 | Not long after I 'd started the notebook , I became the proud owner of my first pair of binoculars . |
| 30 | So I became the only bluesman in Kensal Green . |