Example sentences of "[adv] become [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	He had only become involved after the defendant 's negligent act .
2	On thawing in spring the fine soil collapses and falls past the stones , which thus become isolated at the surface and encircle the actively freezing and thawing material .
3	The more powerful modern pumps mean that the marshes no longer become flooded during the winter months , and as a consequence the water table has been lowered .
4	The Squigs do n't like daylight at all , and quickly become maddened by the sun .
5	‘ I had always been interested in flying kites ever since I was young , so when someone offered me one for sale , I jumped at the chance , ’ added , whose wife has also become hooked on the sport .
6	Successful evaluation techniques often become absorbed into the routine processes of course management .
7	PageMaker shipped 30,000 units in its first year and has now become regarded as the benchmark for today 's competitors .
8	Gilroy reminds us that black political protest in the streets and urban crime have very successfully become fused in the public eye .
9	These changes have popularly become known by the name permissiveness . ’
10	A betting man , he had switched on ‘ Grandstand ’ for the horse racing from Newbury and had then become riveted by the drama of the golf tournament .
11	We can not have a fair society , we can not have equality , West Belfast can not be working when the women of West Belfast are treated in that way — and when the women do stand up and fight and say ‘ we are not going to put up with this any more ’ , what happens is they then become threatened by the privatisation of their jobs .
12	Peace and Love , the cliche of the ‘ sixties , has again become soiled by the paraffin stains on the hands that hold an assassin 's gun .
13	THE name of Burston has only recently become associated with the Company , but is now a major centre for the South East Region .

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