Example sentences of "it become [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I sat beside her and watched as the cloth was folded and refolded until it became a nubin . |
| 2 | She positively reinforced this new behaviour making it more likely to be repeated to the point where it became a problem . |
| 3 | Even as the company got bigger , the familial atmosphere on which Virgin had been built in the early Seventies stayed strong , a flame that was kept alight by those who had been with Virgin since the earliest days , until it became a myth , self-perpetuating and strong enough to touch any newcomer to the organisation , strong enough to have even Richard Branson in its grip . |
| 4 | During the course of that century and with the extension of the Great Northern Coal field it became a mining area . |
| 5 | It was sold as the fulfilment of a dream but it became a nightmare for many . |
| 6 | ‘ It became a nightmare , ’ said a local resident . |
| 7 | Instead it became a nightmare . |
| 8 | Within the industry it became a commonplace to point out that the discovery of ‘ a Libya a year ’ would be required to maintain the depletion horizon . |
| 9 | Angry with her emotional dependence on her lover , she glued a dart board onto black painted wood so it became a head for her lover 's shirt pasted on below , threw the darts at the target and left him . |
| 10 | What sort of building was it before it became a museum ? |
| 11 | Its lights sparkled in the shadow of Earth but even as Jezrael watched its approach , Steel City was wheeling its impressive silver network into the full light of the sun and it became a diamond filigree that flashed like a new-born star . |
| 12 | After being based at El Paso , Texas , in 1989 the aircraft was flown to the Liberal Air Museum in Kansas where it became a part of the Museum 's static display on a loan basis . |
| 13 | It became a part of the official women 's movement and was able to push for the rights of the professional woman artist . |
| 14 | After some centuries of independent statehood it became a part of the Ottoman Empire and then came under Russian influence from the early nineteenth century . |
| 15 | Having been burned in 1933 and nearly destroyed in 1945 , it became a symbol of Democracy in a divided city , standing empty beside the Wall and prevented , by the threat of Soviet veto , from serving any purpose . |
| 16 | I knew one little poem by her , when I was very small , and it became a kind of touchstone . |
| 17 | For him it became a kind of holy bird : he would handle it with deep respect , and spent hours in rapt contemplation of it . |
| 18 | ‘ It became a kind of cult , ’ she remembered . |
| 19 | Curiously , the phrase was dropped from the dialogue , remaining only as the title , but it became a kind of smart catchphrase . |
| 20 | Following the collapse of the silk industry it became a centre for collar and shirt manufacture . |
| 21 | It became a centre for the young , the radical , and the literati of that city . |
| 22 | When the Times published that story it became a scandale . |
| 23 | The land went the way of so much other land in America — it became a parking lot . |
| 24 | Then it became a necessity to which nearly everyone conformed . |
| 25 | It became a daily on its fourth anniversary in 1965 . |
| 26 | Since the beginning of the twentieth century , Chiswick was one of the homes of Sir Oswald Stoll 's ‘ Empire ’ theatres — another was at Shepherds Bush Green , which still remains as the B.B.C. 's television theatre — and although the Chiswick Empire was not always used for ‘ live ’ entertainment ( it became a cinema during the 1930s ) , it was one of the principle variety theatres in the Country and saw performances by all the principle artists from George Robey to Morecambe & Wise ; Petula Clark and Cliff Richards . |
| 27 | And when it became clear that the Earl would have no sons , it became a marriage which aroused high expectations — expectations which were disappointed when the King took Cornwall for himself . |
| 28 | Years later it became a survey of the Roman military conquests and depositions in Britain from AD 43 to 60 , summarized in three books . |
| 29 | St Nicholas , Worth Matravers , was the mother church , Swanage being only a chapelry until 1487 when it became a rectory . |
| 30 | ‘ It became a bit of an issue , ’ he told me . |