Example sentences of "he [vb -s] become a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In order to generate interest in his players and their careers , he has become a press and publicity machine . |
2 | Mind you he has become a bit of an opinionated arsehole recently … more like Jonathan King , or Nina Myskow — y'know being deliberately contentious to get people to write in . |
3 | The ANC has worthy successors to him , but he has become a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle . |
4 | But by the end of the poem , he has become a character of extra-terrestrial proportions , a romantic sufferer carrying on his shoulders the sins of society . |
5 | If he has become a hero to the Muslim masses outside , and probably to a lot of Third World non-Muslims , it is not on his merits , but because the United States , with gratuitous and superfluous aid from Britain , has cast him for the part . |
6 | He has become a scapegoat and an excuse , so that romantic writers can maintain their vision of a lost golden age . |
7 | He has become a target for abuse — and powerful sponsors who back the team with around £20-£25million a year want a say in what has become the greatest sports outcry of all time . |
8 | Now he has become a pain in the neck to the establishment . |
9 | Following Gazza 's first league goal for Lazio in the derby match against Roma , and his unforgettable second against Pescara on December 6 , he has become a sensation in Italy . |
10 | He has become an expert layman ( and a doctor groupie ) . |
11 | Mr Kretzshmar , who has travelled extensively around Europe , says he will stay in Germany , where he hopes to become a teacher . |
12 | He proposes to become a capitalist and a ship-insurer , but seems not to be meeting with much success . |