Example sentences of "[pron] became more and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still , during Tolkien 's lifetime the words and the realities behind them became more and more familiar , bringing with them , one should note , entirely new ideas about the nature and limitations of human will . |
| 2 | My resolve not to go back into education hardened , if anything , rather than softened , as I became more and more determined that the sacrifice I had made was not going to be in vain . |
| 3 | However , as month after month went by , I became more and more convinced that the real problem with the health service was a lack of management . |
| 4 | As I became more and more obsessed by him , and as he absorbed more and more of my being , all else seemed to start retreating into a permanent , one-dimensional background , against which only he and I stood out as more than stick figures . |
| 5 | It was love at first sight for me and Danielle , and as the weeks went by I became more and more besotted . |
| 6 | As time passed I became more and more interested in the intriguing field of radio broadcasting , little knowing that this was only the beginning of a radio career lasting for the next 50 years . |
| 7 | Returning to our work Sid and I became more and more closely connected with Radio Station 1OAB and during the Annual General Meeting of the association that year I was appointed Programme Director . |
| 8 | As the weeks and months went by and the war seemed turning in favour of the Allies , I became more and more attached to the Semmens household , even to the point of getting to know some of the family friends such as Mrs Helen Margo and her sister , who owned and managed a shop of Oriental goods on Howe Street . |
| 9 | I became more and more certain that John Carrow was not my father . ’ |
| 10 | Far from making any such admission , I became more and more fanatically energetic as the disease progressed . |
| 11 | I know that as I became more and more anorexic , I also became more and more despairing and , at the same time , because of my stubborn , isolated will , more and more determined to deny my despair by finding solace in despair itself . |
| 12 | I became more and more used to the Houys ' ideas and way of life . |
| 13 | As the day came nearer , I became more and more afraid . |
| 14 | I really like this poem , I became more and more moved with it as I grew to understand it more and I think the poem definitely works and Owen conquers it subtly , approaching a big issue , but he wins in telling us his message . |
| 15 | Dawson underlined the importance of the family , a concept which became more and more explicit not only in Eliot 's later social writings but also in his plays . |
| 16 | Another increasingly common way round the rules at the time was to engage in lease/lease-back arrangements , which became more and more complicated as the rules surrounding them tried to plug loop-holes , until they were finally outlawed in 1987 . |
| 17 | These concerts , which became more and more elaborate , proved highly popular with the public . |
| 18 | Brick suburbs gave way to big wooden houses , then single-storey houses which became more and more isolated until there was nothing but grizzled , frozen marsh . |
| 19 | His anxieties were not unassisted by George Wigg , who became more and more valuable to Wilson , principally as a source of information — largely , alas , misinformation — about the behaviour of anyone in the parliamentary party . |
| 20 | But with every moment she became more and more aware of his touch , of the way his arm felt next to her skin , of the strength of his body pressed against her own . |
| 21 | As it was , she became more and more incensed as she tried to break out of his limpet-like hold , the result being that when she did manage to break free she was so outraged — just because she was a female contracts officer , the boss 's son thought he could do as he liked with her — that she verbally tore into him . |
| 22 | However , as the medical picture became more clear , there became more and more a sense of underlying tension , with heroic care being delivered by people possessing the knowledge that it was n't going to work . |
| 23 | The Poles found that they could not impose any kind of law and order until they knew the exact borders they had been given , and as each day passed they became more and more desperate for a final decision . |
| 24 | They were originally thought to have been two closely related species occurring together in the same rocks , but these ‘ pairs ’ were so consistently found together that it became more and more probable that they were sexual forms of the same species . |
| 25 | After the election , therefore , it became more and more obvious that ‘ Authority-bashing ’ was part of the new programme . |
| 26 | I did my best , but it became more and more difficult to do the work on the farm and look after him . |
| 27 | But such was the genuine power of his personality that his persistent contention that these fasts were undertaken with the object of assisting his opponents to accept his point of view on its merits always received respectful attention , even as it became more and more evident , with the passage of time , that their success depended in actuality on the personal capital he had built up : he was too special , too revered , and eventually too important in the political consciousness of the Indian masses , to be allowed to die . |
| 28 | As Japan 's legal and political system conformed increasingly to Western models it became more and more difficult for foreign governments to refuse to entrust their nationals to Japanese jurisdiction . |
| 29 | However Much rural housing became a public issue , which it did periodically until 1914 , the depression in agriculture generally ensured that little new building took place and it became more and more apparent that housing conditions in rural areas would receive no dramatic improvement without external intervention . |
| 30 | As the years passed it became more and more obvious that the BDDA lacked a central office . |