Example sentences of "and become as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I eased into the general picture again and became as unidentifiable as possible . |
| 2 | I hugged a tree-trunk , and became as thin as a Blue Gillette . |
| 3 | So many dog training clubs only take dogs when they are six months old … well past the steep part of the learning curve and often at an age when male dogs , especially , are starting to grow up ( and become as rebellious and resistant to authority as any human adolescent ! ) . |
| 4 | They continue to grow well beyond the size at which they would normally change shape and become as big , if not bigger , than the land-living form . |
| 5 | The old woman 's voice had changed and become as familiar to me as my own . |
| 6 | ‘ But believe me , I have overcome this weakness of mine , and become as hard as a rock . |
| 7 | Between then and now there would not have been time for Newley to drive down to Miller 's End , walk to the gazebo , get himself killed and become as cold as he was . |
| 8 | For example , they can help handicapped youngsters in the difficult school-leaving period , encourage them to find work , keep an eye on their activities if they are trying to take on too much or are getting into bad company , help them to cope with family relationships and to become as independent and content as possible . |