Example sentences of "they [verb] become [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some people now fear living more than dying because they dread becoming passive prisoners of technology , ’ said Prof Jennett . |
| 2 | Once they do become free swimming you can begin to feed them . |
| 3 | The performers are a Czech band called Czecho-Mor … and they 've become regular visitors . |
| 4 | Ever since Victor had saved his life on the deadly ravine-wire crossing they had become firm friends . |
| 5 | On the other hand , we had learnt to recognise many of the chimps as individuals , and felt they had become firm friends . |
| 6 | The girls ' parents had held her in high regard and they had become firm friends . |
| 7 | Cross-examined by Anthony Morris , QC , defending , he said they had become close friends through their shared interest in scouting and had become lovers about three months before her death . |
| 8 | I suggested to Wilson that there had to be a short cooling-off period , after which Max Aitken would be a suitable person to go to Rhodesia as an unofficial ambassador , since in the war he had flown with Smith in the RAF and they had become good friends . |
| 9 | At that time , the mullahs were the country 's principal teachers and in many rural areas they had become considerable men of property , taxing the people and buying land for themselves . |
| 10 | But over the years , because of coal mining and their transformation into pit villages , they have become rural areas with urban problems , with poor communications . |
| 11 | It is far easier to prevent behaviour problems from developing than it is to correct them once they have become entrenched habits . |
| 12 | They suddenly realize that they have become obedient parents and that a tyrannical toddler is effectively ‘ running ’ the household . |
| 13 | There have always been surprisingly few monopolies though they have become principal protectors of the exclusivity of the legal profession . |
| 14 | Set up last century by charitable foundations to support local cultural activities and to combat usury , they have become big business . |
| 15 | They have become U-shaped valleys . |
| 16 | As you know , the two of them have become good friends , and are going on a long holiday together . |