Example sentences of "[coord] it had become [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , she thought a great deal about what she was going to do long before she began working , and it had become possible for her to execute a painting with great precision .
2 By by the third Summer I think it had outlived its usefulness and it had become much more like a a mini-goose fair .
3 Kazakhstan had a very substantial Russian population 37.8 per cent of the total according to the 1989 census , almost as many as the Kazakhs themselves — but it was the home of the great majority of the Soviet Union 's Kazakhs and it had become accepted that the republic 's party and state leadership should be drawn from the national group after whom the republic was named .
4 And it had become such a popular feature of Samana life .
5 But it had become impossible for Mr Major to plod on with the same soiled team .
6 The idea of a woman who would save him was not new , but it had become real , it was no longer fantasy .
7 It had blown a gale in the early hours and I had been up with my torch at three o'clock to attend to the guy-ropes and check that the washing was still on the line : it was , but it had become red with dust .
8 She did n't reject it , but it had become irrelevant , its comfort only a candle which served fitfully to illumine the dark .
9 Knights too were readily identifiable , but it had become imperative to make provision also for the many untitled men whose wealth was as great or even greater .
10 He said the Government was reluctant to interfere , but it had become aware of ‘ widespread detestation in Parliament ’ of some trends in the popular press .
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