Example sentences of "become [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested . |
| 2 | As we shall find , they became embroiled in the nationalist struggle . |
| 3 | Then the bureau became embroiled in the Watergate affair and between 1973 and 1976 it was subjected to unprecedented investigation which revealed the full extent of its post-war activities and the dangers inherent in unchecked police bureaucracies . |
| 4 | But ever since the Government became embroiled in the row over the plan to close 31 pits , local beer lovers have veered away from the pub with the Prime Ministerial name . |
| 5 | She became frightened by the effects . |
| 6 | These became exposed in the Triassic and again in the Cretaceous and consequently the interbedded evaporites were removed and the carbonates themselves were karstified . |
| 7 | From this first experiment , I became fascinated with the problem of including lights in paintings . |
| 8 | From this first experiment , I became fascinated with the problem of including lights in paintings . |
| 9 | Became fascinated by the pattern as they wheeled and changed direction . |
| 10 | As a boy , encouraged by my mother , I became fascinated by the mass of mostly unsorted papers lying in the cellars at Plas Newydd . |
| 11 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 12 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 13 | Though lithographs by Minton are few in number , he became fascinated by the medium , and on 24 November 1948 took part in a Third Programme broadcast on the subject , timed to coincide with the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition , ‘ 150 Years of Lithography ’ . |
| 14 | We did n't see any whales , sharks , or polar bears underwater , but I became fascinated by the cast of characters which made up the food chain in these waters . |
| 15 | Glass had his first contact with non-Western music in Morocco where he became fascinated by the geometric repetitions of Islamic art . |
| 16 | All biological life thus adapted its metabolism to the level of solar warmth , and became adjusted to the strength of solar radiation prevailing at the time . |
| 17 | Even in Franco 's Spain during the 1960s and early 1970s bargaining power also became divested from the ( state-controlled ) unions to the level of the workplace ( Fina and Hawkesworth , 1984 ) . |
| 18 | The days and nights that followed this procession became filled with the ghostly rhythms of the Ma'badong dance a cumulative mantric tone intended to induce altered states , which most successfully we found , interfered with our capacity to keep a grip on the job of filming . |
| 19 | That was when , without awaiting Rogation Week , the air over Alba became filled with the smell of split wood and turned earth and the dank odour of freshly laid mortar as men carried out the King 's orders and places of refuge and defence were repaired and strengthened from the west side of the kingdom to the east . |
| 20 | Debate in Curry Rivel became heated on the issue ; so much so , that a committee of villagers , including Benjamin James Titford himself , was appointed to decide what to do . |
| 21 | Those condemned to lose soon became irritated by the game ; and to the extent that the winners enjoyed the game , they ceased acting in a comradely spirit . |
| 22 | As a result of all this Esau 's name became blackened among the Jews . |
| 23 | She shivered again and then again until somehow it became impossible to stop and her whole body became racked with the uncontrollable involuntary movements . |
| 24 | US dollars thus became owned by the exporters to the US . |
| 25 | A working group which was debating ways of running a common staff , increasingly became dominated by the apparent overmanning of both papers . |
| 26 | But a handful became captivated by the vision of an all-cleansing revolution . |
| 27 | Apart from generalities relating to balanced inclined planes , one patent sought to protect details of the lift as a whole ; the second sought to protect the device of gradually reducing the gradient of the upper end of the incline to balance the apparent loss in weight of the descending tank as it became immersed at the lower level . |
| 28 | It is also worth noting that , as the analysts became immersed in the detailed examination , there was a tendency to forget that this was still part of the systems thinking stage , and that the models , activities and related information needs were those that were desirable in systems terms , and not did not necessarily reflect the real situation . |
| 29 | She was aware that these could be developed by investigative work , but once she became immersed in the new curriculum , struggling on occasions to keep her head above water , she began to lose sight of these objectives , focusing instead on the more familiar content objectives . |
| 30 | But the continuation of the Cold War and Europe 's reluctance to surrender American military protection , meant that substantial amounts of US military aid and large numbers of US troops became committed to the Continent on a permanent basis after the Korean War . |