Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] became " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't long after the conversation about the Ivor Novello Award that he became much more resolved that he did n't need Ken Pitt as manager , so I said to him that the only thing he could do in that case was to get an attorney who would break the contract . |
| 2 | During the first half of the fifteenth century , for example , though slaves had come to man a large part of the standing army and to hold the lesser vezirliks , it was only after the conquest of Istanbul and the consequent fall of the Grand Vezir Candarli Halil Pasa that it became more or less regular practice for the highest office of the central administration , that of Grand Vezir , to be held by men of slave origin . |
| 3 | Following Japan 's defeat in 1945 , Korea was divided ; South Korea was occupied by United States forces until it became independent as the Republic of Korea in August 1948 . |
| 4 | I knew a guy who made a fortune out of CB radio when it became legal in Britain . |
| 5 | Time and again , sons or hired hands were sent vaulting over the dry stone walls to Low Birk Hatt when it became obvious that the Hauxwells were on the point of dropping with exhaustion as they struggled to finish their haymaking or sheep shearing . |
| 6 | Her brother was William Tallentire and he became my mother 's grandfather , which meant that my mother and father were akin . |
| 7 | Even more sharply , it is impossible for the majority of people to be other than black in South Africa as it became impossible to be other than Jewish for Jews in Nazi Germany . |
| 8 | The water , containing zinc , arsenic , mercury , copper , nickel and cadmium , poured from the Wheal Jane mine after it became flooded as a result of the ending of pumping operations earlier in the year . |
| 9 | But it was while at Silverstone to watch Nigel Mansell that he became interested in the role of the marshal . |
| 10 | You 're so well known for the ES295 Gibson guitar that it became dubbed the ‘ Scotty Moore ’ model , but you did n't use that guitar all the time , did you ? |
| 11 | Mike Linley , Survival Anglia producer and scientific adviser , was filming frogs in Costa Rica when he became host to a botfly larva . |
| 12 | The largest was at Gretna on the Solway Firth and it became no less than a State-developed new town , south-west of the existing village . |
| 13 | The decision to cut the payments was one of the first made by Louis Gerstner since he became IBM 's chief executive on Thursday . |
| 14 | Harford 's skills were recognised at Lancaster Gate when he became guest manager of the England Under-21 side last season . |
| 15 | Bruce Connor , the West Coast assemblagist and film maker and old friend of Ed Kienholz before he became Ed and Nancy shows new ink-blot drawings and three-dimensional pieces at Curt Marcus beginning 5 November ; Saint Clair Cemin , who seems to be everywhere these days , shows new pieces of his allusionary , often highly coloured sculptures at Kasmin starting 3 November ; and Pace , uptown , shows Louise Nevelson in ‘ Black , White and Gold ’ while downtown installs new John Chamberlains in black , white and chrome . |
| 16 | She recalled a promise made by Mr Major when he became Prime Minister : that he would work for a nation at ease with itself . |
| 17 | Phil Andrews and I became very friendly with the owner , a very talented engineer who then had an engineering works in Cardiff . |
| 18 | It was Petula Clark who set the feeling at the first rally for Mrs Thatcher after she became Prime Minister . |
| 19 | The free market philosophy set in train by Mrs Thatcher when she became Prime Minister in 1979 has at last caught up with milk , writes MAGNUS GRIMOND |
| 20 | The free market philosophy set in train by Mrs Thatcher when she became Prime Minister in 1979 has resulted in the Government deciding to end the life of the venerable Milk Marketing Board , set up in 1933 to buy all the milk produced in England and Wales , paving the way for what it is claimed will be a totally free market in milk . |
| 21 | But the definitive change came on I August 1917 , when the Ministry of Shipping , which had been established by Lloyd George when he became Prime Minister in December 1916 , invited both the union and the Federation to confer with government representatives on the supply of seamen , wage difficulties and on other problems which were causing waste and delay to shipping . |
| 22 | Can you tell us something about the role of the LDP UK company before we became involved ? |
| 23 | She was accepted for the Winter Gardens show , immediately struck up a great friendship with Edith Whalley and they became inseparable . |
| 24 | ‘ The last but two — King Teddy as he became . |
| 25 | Around 1906 Orpen was introduced to Mrs St George and she became his most important and influential patron . |
| 26 | Frederick Montague gave evidence to the Commissioners that no Court of Attachment or Swanimote had been held in Salcey Forest since he became Ranger , ‘ and I doubt whether such Courts have been held ever since the Rangership has been in my Family , which is about 120 years ’ . |
| 27 | Liu Chang had been an actor in the Han opera before he became a pimp , more noted for his prowess in bed than his ability with a knife . |
| 28 | But 48 hours later John Boylan was digging them out again — for the singer with the daft name was Queen star Freddie Mercury before he became famous . |
| 29 | Almost every dairy farm in Ayrshire produced Dunlop cheese and it became a thriving small industry which was an important source of income for the county 's farmers throughout the many difficult times for agriculture in the late 18th and 19th centuries . |
| 30 | He first met Minton in a top-floor club in Wardour Street and they became firm friends . |