Example sentences of "became the favourite [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , Abraham , more cosmopolitan and less legalistic than Moses , became the favourite hero of such concoctions . |
| 2 | Although David Cecil was and always had been a devout Christian , he became the favourite candidate of those who resented the ‘ clerical candidate ’ , the man who had been put up by Lewis , just because he was a Christian . |
| 3 | With him Ritz brought Escoffier to supervise the kitchens , and Echenard , proprietor of the famous Hotel du Louvre , Marseille , to assist him as manager in the restaurant — a formidable combination indeed ; no wonder the Savoy soon became the favourite haunt of stage celebrities , industrial magnates , Indian princes ( there was a well-known curry cook attached to the Savoy kitchens ) and , in fact , of all classes of the rich , the great , the greedy . |
| 4 | Boomer was a handsome man with a great deal of charm and became the favourite professional of the rich who visited Paris , playing with such luminaries as Sir Philip Sassoon , who rewarded Boomer by having suits made up for him from Savile Row . |
| 5 | Alfonso , on the other hand , though go-ahead and energetic , was of a docile nature and readily deferred to his parents and his eldest sister Urraca , so that he became the favourite son and developed all the traits of a spoilt child . |