Example sentences of "he [vb past] become so " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd never realised he had become so attached to Lizzie and his own pain was unbearable . |
| 2 | This latter was , at 682 minutes , the longest Test innings ever played for West Indies , and he had become so becalmed towards the end that his captain declared before he reached his double century . |
| 3 | He was either trying to force Jesus ' hand to make him fight or he had become so disappointed in Jesus that he acted out of bitterness . |
| 4 | He wrote Leopold a philosophical letter which has since become famous , in which he said that over the past few years he had come to regard death as the ‘ true goal ’ of man 's existence , and that he had become so closely acquainted with this ‘ best and truest friend ’ that the image of death was no longer terrifying , but rather reassuring and consoling . |
| 5 | On being asked by her/his commander why he had become so fat , she replied ‘ 'T IS strong beer and tobacco which is the cause of that ’ . |
| 6 | He had n't meant to , it was just that he had become so tired , so exhausted with the Springalls , the murders , the deceit and the lies . |
| 7 | Art could not speak , he had become so used to meeting Daphne for lunch once a week , it was part of his life , he felt shocked , strange , bereft . |