Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] become a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite his flair and populism , he was a cautious man who took great comfort from the fact that his son had not become a footballer but was securely settled in the middle class as a solicitor . |
| 2 | But I had not become a member of the church . |
| 3 | In Hadejia Town in Jigawa State there were violent demonstrations by youths disappointed that Zamfara region had not become a state , and on Aug. 30 two people were killed in demonstrations in Gusau angered at the decision to create Kebbi State out of Sokoto State . |
| 4 | This man had not become a Jew , probably because of his position within the Roman army . |
| 5 | Those who knew of his predilections often wondered why he had not become a botanist , an entomologist , a biologist . |
| 6 | A police spokeswoman said an incident room had been set up at West Hendon police station but that the investigation had not become a murder inquiry . |
| 7 | She had n't become a whore because she wanted to ; it was because the money of perverted old men had offered her an easy way out of poverty — those same old men who would clamour for the investigation to be dropped . |
| 8 | If he had n't become a personnel officer he would have done rather well in the police . |
| 9 | But she thanked the Lord that Reverend Morey had n't become a Governor sooner , for then everyone would have known about Angel , and James 's plump and prissy wife might have discovered her husband had fathered a bastard . |