Example sentences of "he [vb -s] become a " in BNC.

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1 He has become a famous dramatist , and the two brothers have n't spoken for a decade , as Alfred feels Michael has betrayed the family by travestying them in his plays .
2 In order to generate interest in his players and their careers , he has become a press and publicity machine .
3 He has become a scapegoat and an excuse , so that romantic writers can maintain their vision of a lost golden age .
4 Following Gazza 's first league goal for Lazio in the derby match against Roma , and his unforgettable second against Pescara on December 6 , he has become a sensation in Italy .
5 He has become a target for abuse — and powerful sponsors who back the team with around £20-£25million a year want a say in what has become the greatest sports outcry of all time .
6 Now he has become a pain in the neck to the establishment .
7 To Orcs he has become a great hero whose spirit stands beside the gods Gork and Mork in battle .
8 The horror depicted in Kafka 's Metamorphosis , in which a man awakens to discover that he has become a large insect , invites comparison with the norms of women 's existence — her passages from childhood to puberty , from mature womanhood to menopause and old age ; her experience of pregnancy .
9 If he has become a hero to the Muslim masses outside , and probably to a lot of Third World non-Muslims , it is not on his merits , but because the United States , with gratuitous and superfluous aid from Britain , has cast him for the part .
10 [ I ] n the slums of the manufacturing towns and in the hovels of the countryside he has become a legendary being-the personification of all that thousands of downtrodden men and women hope and dream and desire .
11 Mind you he has become a bit of an opinionated arsehole recently … more like Jonathan King , or Nina Myskow — y'know being deliberately contentious to get people to write in .
12 But by the end of the poem , he has become a character of extra-terrestrial proportions , a romantic sufferer carrying on his shoulders the sins of society .
13 The ANC has worthy successors to him , but he has become a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle .
14 He has become a real Telford native .
15 Now he wants to become a special constable .
16 Sponsored by Lucas Industries , he plans to become a practising electrical engineer , though he might do casual teaching , perhaps at evening classes .
17 According to the programme , ( see left ) Leslie was ‘ A regular member of the Blackheath District XI ’ , and ‘ after taking his O levels he hopes to become a professional footballer ’ .
18 An Associated Schoolboy with Crystal Palace F.C. , he is actively interested in Athletics and after taking his ‘ O ’ levels he hopes to become a professional footballer .
19 Mr Kretzshmar , who has travelled extensively around Europe , says he will stay in Germany , where he hopes to become a teacher .
20 He proposes to become a capitalist and a ship-insurer , but seems not to be meeting with much success .
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