Example sentences of "but it had become [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it had become impossible for Mr Major to plod on with the same soiled team . |
| 2 | The idea of a woman who would save him was not new , but it had become real , it was no longer fantasy . |
| 3 | It had blown a gale in the early hours and I had been up with my torch at three o'clock to attend to the guy-ropes and check that the washing was still on the line : it was , but it had become red with dust . |
| 4 | She did n't reject it , but it had become irrelevant , its comfort only a candle which served fitfully to illumine the dark . |
| 5 | Knights too were readily identifiable , but it had become imperative to make provision also for the many untitled men whose wealth was as great or even greater . |
| 6 | He said the Government was reluctant to interfere , but it had become aware of ‘ widespread detestation in Parliament ’ of some trends in the popular press . |