Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] become " in BNC.
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| 1 | The literature which discussed his duties and the personal qualities which he needed to perform them successfully became in the seventeenth century more copious than ever before . |
| 2 | That would we feel is certainly in a coordinating way and if somebody for instance er say you 've got a husband and wife living together , one of them suddenly becomes handicapped in a particular way , what we are planning to do is trying to develop programmes which will enable the carer to have to go on training at the County Council 's expense to enable them to look after somebody in their own homes and it 's a type of thing we want to develop . |
| 3 | I eventually became worried and then frightened . |
| 4 | Because of the activities of the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish ( Mr. Bennett ) in holding it up , I eventually became the wrecker of every other private Bill . |
| 5 | During those long and enjoyable hours I slowly became an ornithologist . |
| 6 | But I slowly became aware that they were all looking at me — just the time that sergia became aware of the direction of my gaze . |
| 7 | She stopped again then said wryly , ‘ When I saw you and gradually realised that he was attracted to you I naturally became jealous . ’ |
| 8 | In fact , I only became a half decent painter after I got into art college . |
| 9 | I only became interested in public relations once I had come back to Germany . ’ |
| 10 | I only became aware of the truth when in July Grace wrote from the front to let me know that Charlie was being sent home following the second battle of the Marne . |
| 11 | I suddenly became aware of what a mess I looked . |
| 12 | They put the ideas together and I suddenly became aware that they were teaching me about substitutionary atonement . |
| 13 | And I should feel better having the knowledge that you were nearby if I suddenly became unhinged . ’ |
| 14 | After the Epiphany play of 1922 we were taking the home-made costumes back to the storage centre when I suddenly became aware of what an attractive , lovable person she was . |
| 15 | I can not say why I suddenly became so curious about him . |
| 16 | I wonder whether the others would have replied had I suddenly become famous ! |
| 17 | I thus became interested in the school 's notion of ‘ deviance ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ I just became extremely distracted . |
| 19 | I just became a vinegary old dragon , and all my bitterness turned in on myself and affected my heart . |
| 20 | I soon became a fan of these boots which remained comfortable and performed well . |
| 21 | I soon became bored , realizing that I was n't going to get much chance to compete for the club — my best time was 23.3 seconds for 200 metres — so I joined the second club with its headquarters at the track , London Irish , which was more intimate and not quite so awe-inspiring . |
| 22 | This reinforced my interest in the subject , but as I soon became involved in postgraduate studies in busy medical , surgical and then paediatric units I had little time to pursue it at that stage . |
| 23 | I soon became absolutely obsessed with discovering acanthus everywhere , because the motif is all over the place , in wallpapers , in lampshades — everywhere I found acanthus . |
| 24 | I soon became very interested by his undoubted potential — but for what ? |
| 25 | To begin with I found the playing a little mannered , although I soon became involved in the thoughtful and musicianly approach of these artists . |
| 26 | I soon became a man and learned how to do it properly … |
| 27 | The Camattini had two daughters of approximately my age with whom I soon became good friends , Maria Vittoria and Renata . |
| 28 | I soon became a connoisseur of wood smoke . |
| 29 | In the evenings , after Granpa had come home for supper and the old man had gone off to the pub , I soon became bored just sitting around listening to what my sisters had been up to all day ; so I joined the Whitechapel Boys ' Club . |
| 30 | In England even the playground football matches were black versus white , so I gradually became conscious of the distinction , aware of colour . |