Example sentences of "[noun] have become [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | Often , too , husband and wife have become so caught up in their work , their children or their respective outside interests that they devote less time to each other . |
2 | I had previously spent about two years asking local social services and friends for help and not having it happen , so my flat had become pretty run down . |
3 | I had previously spent about two years asking local social services and friends for help and not having it happen , so my flat had become pretty run down . |
4 | Pornography means more than most people would have us believe , but the word has become so weighed down with negative associations that we tend to shy away from it . |
5 | Question time has become increasingly taken up with party claims and counter claims or with constituency points , while debates often strike ministers as largely a waste of time . |