Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] become a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1929 Hill had become a director of the Eagle Star Insurance Company , which , in the economic recovery of the 1930s , grew rapidly and had substantial funds to invest . |
| 2 | Nicaragua had become a second Cuba , and the President had ordered an invasion . |
| 3 | Ivan had become a legend , a symbol of all the other Ivans who died on the battlefields and fought village by village and street by street to drive the invader out of Russia . |
| 4 | At a later meeting of all the chiefs , in the palace , a proclamation was read out detailing the acts which had convinced the ministers that Lij Yasu had become a Muslim . |
| 5 | Already by early March , Verdun had become a ghost town . |
| 6 | In another report , Tass correspondent Nikolai Morozov said University Square in Bucharest had become a centre of the protests , with mainly young speakers taking turns to denounce the government . |
| 7 | By the end of his testimony , North had become a haircut , a logo for T-shirts , a doll , a cocktail , a hero sandwich ( ’ red-blooded American beef , a little bologna , shredded lettuce , Swiss cheese ’ ) , a hamburger ( ’ secret sauce from an old Iranian recipe ’ ) and a design for boxer shorts ; vigils were held for him , and the hamlet of Ollie , Iowa ( population 230 ) was besieged with fascinated enquiries . |
| 8 | And he made a number of management changes which reinforced the impression that Eurotunnel had become a company capable of acting in the best interests of bankers and shareholders and standing up to the demands of the Anglo-French contracting consortium . |
| 9 | By 1960 , Sir Frank had become a site manager and three years later , as Managing Director of the construction company , Pozemni Stavby Zavbod Opava , he gained a place at Brno Technical University to study construction . |
| 10 | The Commission stated in limine that in 1983 , before Spain had become a member of the Community , the United Kingdom had not taken appropriate measures to exclude ‘ Anglo-Spanish ’ vessels from its fishing fleet , apparently because those vessels fished mainly in areas to the west of Ireland and mostly for species ( such as hake ) for which there was a much better market in Spain than in the United Kingdom . |
| 11 | Fortunately for us both , Dulcie had become a star both in theatre and films . |
| 12 | The February meeting was the first of its kind to be hosted by Saudi Arabia , which opposed a major role for the Shi'ite opposition in a future Iraqi government , but now considered that the ousting of Saddam Hussein had become a priority . |
| 13 | Matthew Glynn had become a subject : ‘ Caucasian male , aged fifty-two … |
| 14 | Prince Adelchis had become a client or patrician at the court of Constantinople ; this left Charles free to have himself proclaimed as king in Italy . |
| 15 | During its six days in Havana harbour the St Louis had become a tourist attraction , and its departure was watched by an estimated crowd of 100,000 . |
| 16 | Molla " Idhari ( Molla Izari ) , on hearing that Hocazade had become a kadi , is reported to have said : " What a disaster , his acceptance of the kadilik . |
| 17 | The Central African Federation , embracing the Rhodesias and Nyasaland , had broken up under African nationalist pressures at the end of 1960 ; the West Indies Federation had gone much the same way during 1961 ; and South Africa had become a republic and left the Commonwealth that year . |
| 18 | After the defeat of Japan in 1945 , China had become a battleground for a civil war , fought between the forces of its Nationalist ruler , Chiang Kai-shek , and those of the Chinese Communist Party , led by Mao Tse-tung ( AA , pp. 57–9 ) . |
| 19 | So by a collusive accident Phoebe had become a gardener . |
| 20 | Before 1972 no treaty to which the United Kingdom had become a party had been capable of directly altering the law of England or of Scotland . |
| 21 | Norman had become a bit weary of struggling through the Edinburgh traffic jams from his home in Strathaven each day for 16 months since being asked by Peter Wood , then Managing Director of Financial Services Division , to take over the running of RBIS while a management consultancy exercise was carried out on the company by the Boston Consultancy Group . |
| 22 | Hutchinson had become a freeman — that is , a full church member — in 1634 but , along with others considered theologically unsound , was ordered to be disarmed in 1637 , and with the rest of his family moved to the more tolerant atmosphere of Providence ( later Rhode Island ) in 1638 . |
| 23 | Maeve had become a ravening , mindless wolf … |
| 24 | Portraying himself as political outsider , Perot had become a beneficiary of the current anti-incumbent mood of the electorate , and had received some impressive opinion poll ratings . |
| 25 | To Harriet Sally had become a surrogate mother and after she had married Hugo that position had been strengthened so that Harriet had felt secure and loved , never questioning her importance to the people who were important to her . |
| 26 | Raised amidst memories of defeat by Prussia in 1870 , de Gaulle had become a soldier and developed an almost religious belief in French greatness . |
| 27 | Smart had become a nuisance . |
| 28 | There , research into the antecedents of the Al Fayeds had become a cottage industry . |
| 29 | By 1852 James Lowe was reduced to poverty and Bermondsey had become a slum . |
| 30 | Germany had become a republic at the end of the Great War , and in 1925 Hindenberg became the President of that republic . |