Example sentences of "and [pos pn] [noun] become a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then and there my thinking itself turned into melodious song , and my meditation became a poem , and my very prayers and psalms took up the same sound . |
| 2 | In The Form he says that the lower part of the contemplative life is : This is consistent with his account of his own quickened consciousness in The Fire of Love when he says that prior to his feeling of calor he was sitting in a chapel " delighting in the sweetness of prayer and meditation " and in his experience of canor " my thinking itself turned into melodious song , and my meditation became a poem , and my very prayers and psalms took up the same sound " ( 15.93 ) . |
| 3 | When the war ended my father remained in the Army , and my mother became a dressmaker to her friends and the neighbours . |
| 4 | The magnificent hall itself and its gardens became a tourist attraction . |
| 5 | The Crystal Palace and its grounds became a Training Centre for the Royal Navy . |
| 6 | Yet mercenaries seem still to have formed only a small part of the German army ; the fief-rente was almost exclusively used to supply garrisons for castles and fortified towns ; and as the Church and its ministeriales became a less reliable source of troops , the twelfth-century emperors resorted to the practice of strengthening feudal bonds and building up the resources of their own domains . |
| 7 | He shook his head again and her voice became a whisper . |
| 8 | His confidence was justified and in mid June he is home at 61 Shelgate Road and their correspondence becomes a thin trickle of notes and letter-cards as they make arrangements to meet when Helen was free from her work . |
| 9 | And their desperation to become a ‘ mother ’ makes them tough to find . |
| 10 | The rewards and their distribution become a part of the social order and thus give rise to stratification ( Davis and Moore . |
| 11 | He was celebrated there as a martyr , and his grave became a shrine , a sacred site , a pilgrimage centre . |
| 12 | Cancer victim Alfred McTear , 48 , is suing Imperial Tobacco and his home became a temporary courtroom to enable him to give preliminary evidence for a court case he is unlikely to live long enough to see . |
| 13 | Light streamed from him , and his hair became a golden aureole about his narrow skull . |
| 14 | It is as if we are at home with God , for his presence and his friendship become a greater reality for us as we grow to know him better . |