Example sentences of "[pers pn] became [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them became good Americans . |
| 2 | Through the 1920s , a clear gap opened up between Barth and Brunner on the one hand , and Bultmann and Gogarten on the other , though it was only to be later that the full significance of the divergence between them became apparent . |
| 3 | The reason for Dizzy 's locking of the door behind them became apparent within a minute , when Alina heard a hesitant tap on the other side followed by a young woman 's voice calling Dizzy 's name . |
| 4 | Surprisingly , the Heisenberg programme , designed to keep the best researchers within the university system until jobs for them became vacant , has not received enough applicants . |
| 5 | Over the weeks , one of them became morose . |
| 6 | Hence not only were there more old people , but more of them became unable to support themselves at earlier ages . |
| 7 | Comparisons between them became commonplace , but unlike Brando , this other rebel was not so aggressive either on screen or off it . |
| 8 | Charlie , now a light middleweight , could n't wait to get in the ring while Tommy somehow managed to keep himself out of the firing line , although both of them became aware of Captain Trentham 's menacing presence as his swagger stick continually struck the side of his leg . |
| 9 | My injuries were my first concern but , as the full extent of them became clear , golf came back into my mind , ’ said the 52-year-old professional . |
| 10 | " The sad thing is so many of them thought every white person is a Christian and of course they 're not , and a lot of them became disillusioned and wide open to communism , " said Eva . |
| 11 | The fire died down and the embers became grey ashes , the forest around them became full of noises as the creatures of the night resumed possession of it , but Marian , Allen and Hugh slept on until well after dawn . |
| 12 | But I suppose that it could happen if one of them became faulty . |
| 13 | It was not until the 1880s that intercolonial connections were made , and the stations which connected them became important not only as points of break of gauge , and therefore of journey for passengers , but also as customs centres . |
| 14 | Some Territorials who were standing near me became pensive . |
| 15 | But my father 's conversation with me became strained . |
| 16 | I became bored and wandered back to the library . |
| 17 | I became chief executive in 1971 and I then became responsible for the implementation of the plan . |
| 18 | ‘ As I became chief executive there was a change of policy . |
| 19 | I became numb again to discomfort to a useful degree and plodded on methodically taking continual bearings , breathing carefully , aiming performance just below capability so as to last out to the end . |
| 20 | I became poor , it being Thy will , but with joy . |
| 21 | Being aware of the stress and pressure that many people and their families experience when AIDS or HIV is first diagnosed , I became involved in counselling . |
| 22 | Being aware of the stress and pressures that many people and their families experience with AIDS or HIV is first diagnoses , I became involved in counselling . |
| 23 | Brathay Women 's Institute decided to work on Spinning Galleries , and as I am a spinner and weaver and at that time was a member of the Institute , I became involved in the search for galleries . |
| 24 | The more I became involved in the executive work of CBC the less I liked it , but the more I worked with Ira Dilworth the more I liked him . |
| 25 | Before I became involved in business , I really had very few goals — with the result that I did n't get very far . |
| 26 | In leaving home I became involved in student union politics , particularly round the issue of overseas students . |
| 27 | I became involved with the Union ( ACTTS ) when an Equal Opportunities Policy Working Party was set up by them in 1984 . |
| 28 | The main reason I became involved in birds of prey was to teach them to hunt for me — and of course for themselves — so a goshawk is a must for the near future . |
| 29 | I became involved with the inhabitants as soon as I was old enough to overturn a leaf . |
| 30 | I became involved with him some years ago when I was consulted by Lord Rayne who told me that he had a friend — a leading paediatrician in London — whose daughter was in serious trouble . |