Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] became " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1964 they revised their articles of association and became registered but the main aim remains that of representing the interests of women artists . |
| 2 | It was not Dubroca 's fault that the story gathered momentum and became a headline in the English-speaking media for nearly two weeks while the World Cup bandwagon was still rolling on . |
| 3 | After being stranded on 99 for 25 minutes , he finally lost both patience and nerve and became the fourth player in the match to be dismissed in sight of a century as he charged down the pitch . |
| 4 | She said she had never realised what went on before as she went round and inhabited each seat and became the person . |
| 5 | It seems the whole of Japan saw the one-hour programme and became more aware of the Wedgwood Group and its products . |
| 6 | It did n't last ; Spandau and Duran , along with Culture Club and Wham ! , became future corporate Live Aid company rockers , 1980s pop lost its ABC-style irony and became the commodity it had always mocked . |
| 7 | The imperialist attitude was accommodated in his books all the more easily because he put the emphasis on service and sacrifice rather than on nationalist domination or material gain : an approach that may seem hypocritical to present-day readers was sincere enough in a man who set out to be a philanthropist and reformer and became a best-seller . |
| 8 | One or two other teachers were encouraged by my willingness to argue against racial prejudice and became more vocal themselves . |
| 9 | Her tone lost its impertinence and became gentle . |
| 10 | Since Schorne was described in an episcopal record in 1273 as a subdeacon and became an incumbent with cure of souls at that time , it is probably wrong to identify him with the namesake collated by Archbishop John Peckham [ q.v. ] to the rectory of Monks Risborough ( Buckinghamshire ) on 24 September 1289 , a man who had been ordained subdeacon on the title of that benefice just twelve days earlier in Kent . |
| 11 | This fact reminds me of a tale I was told in the States recently whereby President Clinton and his wife Hilary and Major Kay drove into a garage , quite why this was necessary the tale does not relate , as the petrol or gas attendant began to fill up the limousine , Hilary Clinton leaped out of the car and became involved in an animated conversation with the petrol attendant . |
| 12 | In 1870 he followed Stroudley , with whom he had developed a close friendship , when the latter moved to the London , Brighton and South Coast Railway as locomotive and carriage superintendent and became locomotive and carriage works manager of that railway . |
| 13 | Practically every device of the movies started as a special effect and became assimilated into the everyday language of film , just like metaphor in language . |
| 14 | In Anglo-Irish. erm ‘ There was a small tap on the pane , as though something had struck it , followed by a light , though abundant falling , as though grains of sand were being dropped from a window above , and then a more intense and regular sound , which took on a rhythm and became fluid , resonant , musical , infinite , universal . |
| 15 | He went to the University of Durham to study geography on a Navy scholarship and became secretary of the junior common room and college treasurer . |
| 16 | Apart from these four there was also one carer ( a wife ) who fractured her hip and just could not manage to look after her husband any longer : ‘ he could not understand my condition and became nasty and demanding ’ . |
| 17 | At Cambridge he acquired a reputation as a poet and became a friend of John Bulkeley , whose epic The Last Day ( 1717 , revised 1719 ) he edited . |
| 18 | Tony was one of the undoubted stars of the review and became my invaluable right-hand man . |
| 19 | Ian was a bright young striker who , after helping the Palace Juniors win the FA Youth Cup in 1977 , forced his way into the League side and became a key member of our 1979 2nd Division Championship line-ups , scoring several invaluable goals , including the first one in the decisive victory over Burnley which clinched the title in the final game of the season . |
| 20 | Lee , who played in City 's great 1968 championship-winning side and became a cult hero during his spell at Maine Road between 1967-73 , went on : ‘ If it is the wish of the shareholders and supporters I am available . |
| 21 | He was a proprietor of the Liverpool Daily and Weekly Post and Echo and became chairman when the Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury amalgamated in 1904 . |
| 22 | Narcissus was a young man who spurned the nymph Echo and became enamoured of his own reflection . |
| 23 | They specialise in interesting shirts as well as underwear which started as an experiment but became their best selling items . |
| 24 | These families may be described as a traditional élite ; in the twentieth century they either found new sources of wealth and influence or became local notables . |
| 25 | Our main inference was that as insectivorous primates radiated within the forest they took to fruit-eating and became diurnal . |
| 26 | She moved to London after the break-up of her marriage and became a prison visitor some time after Teamwork Associates was swallowed into a larger body . |
| 27 | Then he climbed on to the winner 's rostrum and became the proudest man in the world as the British National Anthem echoed around the massive Montjuic Stadium . |
| 28 | All the more remarkable then that in 1829 , a born-deaf person with no speech was called to the Bar and became a barrister . |
| 29 | The team also began to analyse the skills required in investigative work and became involved in training courses on investigation . |
| 30 | Griffith was transferred to other work and became a very famous engine designer . |