Example sentences of "become [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She became paralysed at sixteen , the day after undergoing a routine operation on her jaw at Poole General Hospital . |
| 2 | In Indochina , France became embroiled in one of the most complex of the post-war colonial conflicts , but it took time to accept that the days of European colonial rule were numbered . |
| 3 | But her character became embroiled in one of the show 's least likely relationships — which kept viewers hooked and earned her an extended contract . |
| 4 | In February 1990 , by which time he had moved to become manager of West Ham , Macari became embroiled in financial scandals dating back to his years at Swindon and eventually ended in the newly promoted club being relegated from the First Division to the Third , a draconian punishment which was partially decreased on appeal . |
| 5 | He also became embroiled in another conflict with Britain over Syria and Lebanon . |
| 6 | At first the Empire knights looked unstoppable as they drove the Goblin wolf riders from the field , but soon both sides became embroiled in hand-to-hand combat where the Knights ' lances were hindered by the close press of warriors . |
| 7 | Collapse breccias , however , are not related to any particular facies and potential reservoirs resulting from this process are most likely to be found around structural highs that became exposed at various times since , the Zechstein . |
| 8 | Its sluices could be used to flood the whole area if it became infested with invading forces . |
| 9 | She then became fascinated by Montessori pre-school education and on returning to England she started a Montessori school in her country home . |
| 10 | For the final two years of his schooling he switched to Kingston College of Further Education , where he became fascinated by British political history ( ‘ I was living in the nineteenth century , ’ he says ) . |
| 11 | The air above and beyond the ridge became filled with wind-swirled smoke and the echoes of distant blasts . |
| 12 | The chill worked its way into her bones and she curled up , trying to preserve her warmth , knowing she was failing as her body became racked by one continuous shiver . |
| 13 | The discipline became dominated by two new theoretical models : first a functionalist theory of synchronic adaptation , and later structuralism . |
| 14 | That capital and experience would give Lloyd 's a bigger , global strength , as it became dominated by fewer , larger groups . |
| 15 | By a different route , New Zealand and Newfoundland were similarly placed and , as we have seen , in 1922 the Irish Free State became added to this list . |
| 16 | It is believed she became caught between two rival gangs when violence erupted in the packed pub . |
| 17 | In the USSR itself , art flourished at first in experiments after the 1917 Revolution , but became confined to social utility after 1922 . |
| 18 | Great thicknesses of pumice and ash had piled up on the slopes of Vesuvius above Herculaneum , and this loose material very rapidly became saturated by torrential rainstorms which may have been triggered by the eruption cloud itself : the dust particles acting as nuclei on which water vapour could condense to form droplets . |
| 19 | In the course of time , because they developed from human imagination to which there are no limits , the powers ascribed to the first ‘ gods ’ became exaggerated beyond all reason . |
| 20 | Alternatively , they lost so much money so frequently on them that they became disillusioned with all options and by proxy any other financial instruments . |
| 21 | Wordsworth soon became disillusioned with most of Godwin 's ideas . |
| 22 | This will also help to prevent the disks from becoming filled with obsolete files . |
| 23 | Absorption is commonly used as a method of odour abatement where odour nuisance is the result of a gas stream becoming contaminated with low concentrations of mixtures of compounds such as fatty acids , ammonia , amines , sulphur dioxide , and perhaps to a lesser extent sulphides and organic sulphur compounds , i.e . |
| 24 | Storage on optical media is possible , using document image processing ( DIP ) technology , but standards for optical media are still very fluid , and we must avoid becoming trapped by non-mainstream hardware/software . |
| 25 | When she nodded , he went on , ‘ It would probably have been better if we had discussed it right at the beginning , and certainly when we realised we were becoming attracted to each other . ’ |
| 26 | Was he human , semi-human , immaculately conceived or was he just a human being who recognised that evil was becoming widespread in the world , and that mankind was in danger of becoming dominated by those who had much to lose if it were suppressed ? |
| 27 | The session saw the consolidation of the work of the Advanced Courses Development Programme , with the new Higher National courses becoming incorporated in mainstream provision . |
| 28 | The concept stemmed from a great warrior of the past and tales of his valour and achievements becoming adorned with colourful details and highly magnified by constant telling . |
| 29 | Rather , it means that honour is becoming assessed in different ways . |
| 30 | Time and again Court politicians found themselves becoming tied to one party as the only way to pursue their policies effectively . |