Example sentences of "[adv] it had become [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't care less what he had been up to , but quite suddenly it had become imperative that she steer the conversation away from herself and divert the interest he was showing in her . |
| 2 | Soon it had become one of the main topics of conversation . |
| 3 | Meanwhile it had become apparent that similar flooding had occurred at Cushendall where the Red Bay inshore lifeboat is stationed and all the crew assembled at the lifeboat station . |
| 4 | But , as Mrs Shand Kydd has stated : ‘ It was my last Christmas there for by now it had become apparent that the marriage had completely broken down . ’ |
| 5 | By now it had become clear that the way to approach the show would be to do the linking material as near to Joyce 's as I could , but to do the sketches very much more as I would approach them as an actress . |
| 6 | It was liquidated in 1864 when it had become evident that the peasantry would not mount an immediate challenge to the Emancipation terms . |
| 7 | The plate from which he had eaten his hamburgers and frozen green beans , which had been last night 's supper , still unrinsed in the sink ; the splatter of grease marks above the ancient gas stove ; the viscous mess of grime gumming the narrow gap between stove and cupboard ; the soiled and smelly teacloth hanging from its hook at the side of the sink ; last year 's calendar askew on its nail ; the two open shelves jammed with a conglomeration of half-used cereal packets , jars of stale jam , cracked mugs , packets of detergent ; the cheap , unstable table with its two chairs , their backs grubby from numerous clutching hands ; the linoleum curving at the wall where it had become unstuck ; the general air of discomfort , uncaring , negligence , dirt . |