Example sentences of "[noun sg] become [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After another term , I was given more art , and my class-room became an unofficial art room , much to the distress of the caretaker , who accused me of having the dirtiest class-room in the school ! |
| 2 | La Rochelle , for example , established by a pariage agreement between Duke William X of Aquitaine and Louis VI of France in 1130 , grew in the second half of the century into the chief port for the export of Gascon wines to England ; the prospect of employment attracted immigrants , the settlement became a substantial town . |
| 3 | Labels were shifted about , the Higher School Certificate became the General Certificate of Education at Advanced Level , but it was many years before new pressures distorted the ancient simplicities . |
| 4 | LNER Flying Scotsman became an old age pensioner in style with a series of runs over its old haunts from Peterborough to York . |
| 5 | Champagne became the sole refreshment , and topless girls sported trays of Havana cigars and hashish cigarettes . |
| 6 | When mixed with warm water the powder became a dense paste which Frankie plastered all over her hair . |
| 7 | Ali proved a personal focus for his movements and the Nation of Islam became a forceful agent of cultural change amongst blacks , offering , through the leader Elijah Muhammad , a reassertion of the lost culture of black people with the creation of separate hospitals , schools , farms and industries . |
| 8 | Children 's literature became an abiding interest . |
| 9 | Such dreary teaching could be eliminated if literature were separated from language , theory from practice , and literature became the chosen subject only for those who had a particular aptitude for it , or a desire to learn to criticize and analyse . |
| 10 | The staff notice board became a crude depository of sixth-form humour , soft porn and actionable libel . |
| 11 | Mary Leapor at some point in her adolescence became a domestic servant . |
| 12 | As Julian Leff points out : ‘ it seems likely that if the uniqueness of the individual 's inner experience became the dominant value in society , the bonds between people would be so attenuated that such a society would probably not be viable . ’ |
| 13 | Donaldson 's for instance became a German prisoner-of-war camp ; the Royal School for Deaf Children at Margate was taken over by the Corporation of Margate and used as the Civil Defence Headquarters , Food & Fuel Office , W.V.S. Headquarters , Emergency Police station , among a number of other wartime departments . |
| 14 | ( Then , the dancing craze swept Edinburgh as everywhere else , and Miss Brechin for instance became an enthusiastic ballroom dancer for several years , winning prizes and championships . ) |
| 15 | Consequently , the former Gong guitar wizard became a floating Orb member and founded his own ambient outfit , System 7 . |
| 16 | Captains had therefore to use their own resources to pay their men and bargain as best they could with the Exchequer ; but there is little evidence that delays in payment became a political issue . |
| 17 | No major developments in military technology occurred but , significantly , in 1704 pikes were finally phased out , and in 1706 a musket and socket-bayonet became the standard small-arm . |
| 18 | Since association ( or multi-employer ) bargaining became a major part of the industrial relations systems of these countries the specific collective bargaining role of employers ' associations now requires more detailed analysis . |
| 19 | The case became a hot potato for the government when Mr Yang was offered political asylum by Taiwan , China 's old foe . |
| 20 | The case became a public examination of one of the most controversial episodes at the end of the Second World War when under the Yalta agreement the British were obliged to hand over to their authorities all East European prisoners . |
| 21 | They never in any case became a significant part of the newly emerging pattern , whereas the other four did . |
| 22 | Now the presidency and his executive branch became a political directorate , which increasingly aggregated political power within itself and away from the legislature . |
| 23 | Manager Michael Sheridan said , ‘ The Branch became an instant success with customers when it first opened its doors on 28 April 1868 and since then it has continued to build on its reputation . ’ |
| 24 | But I also felt that the guitar became a different instrument when it was turned up to maximum and fully distorted — it was no longer a polyphonic instrument , really . |
| 25 | As more and more land was planted with cash crops , the lack of pasture became a serious problem in many districts . |
| 26 | Beyond the houses the lane became a rough track crossing a bridge towards the forestry development , climbing up through the young trees of the forestry and out on to open country towards the summit of Shunner Fell , where , after much bog-trotting and splashing about , we hit the line of ash palings that had been laid down here to stop further erosion of the Pennine Way but which had very largely sunk into the bog . |
| 27 | Their route became a steep scramble between white boulders speckled with green and grey lichen . |
| 28 | Light streamed from him , and his hair became a golden aureole about his narrow skull . |
| 29 | Over the telephone , George 's grunt became an electronic honk . |
| 30 | The men threw up their arms every time they shouted , and gradually what began as a confusion of noise became a solid roar of acclamation . |