Example sentences of "she [vb past] become a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been brought up a Unitarian , but about the time of her brother 's death she decided to become a Roman Catholic . |
| 2 | Andrew bought young horses and made them well , Nicandra showed them to their best advantage , she had become a beautiful horsewoman . |
| 3 | Chiefly she felt that , as in a sudden slip or subsidence , she had become a different person : a worse person , a desperate person , but powerful and free . |
| 4 | In a profession often noted for self-promotion and expediency she had become a trusted friend , hostess and shoulder to lean on for many . |
| 5 | I could say nothing to Lollo , she had become a silent , horrible , raw red thing . |
| 6 | As for his former wife , Aahmes , she had become a shadowy figure who sent him a letter from the Delta every new year , at the midsummer opet festival , with news of his favourite son , Heby . |
| 7 | Her bosses , unlike some , loved achievers , and encouraged her to write and broadcast , until with the publication of her biography The Improbable Puritan she left to become a full time writer . |