Example sentences of "they had become " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were typical of part of what it was like to be homeless — having nowhere to go ; having to avoid all representatives of authority ; feeling tired and generally run-down ; and needing to have my wits at their sharpest at a time when they had become critically undernourished . |
| 2 | They had become my friends and there was no way that I would now go back to being their problem dependant . |
| 3 | On one occasion they were so preoccupied with their discussion , driving from Montreal to Toronto , that they failed to notice how low in petrol they had become . |
| 4 | Today they had become a real sun-trap and it was a relief to swop the white , rocky desert for the subdued greens and browns of heather and grass which sweep across The Allotment up towards Simon Fell , its flanks scarred by the pale slash of Ingleborough 's eastern approach track . |
| 5 | They had become increasingly introspective . |
| 6 | Perhaps it was institutions like the dowry system which made the East African Asian Patels status conscious , or maybe they used the dowry with such enthusiasm because they had become so preoccupied with status as a result of their role in East Africa . |
| 7 | They were under no illusions that they could do a better job from Detroit , but they had become increasingly concerned that they were getting out of touch with what was happening around the world , and that the tail was beginning to wag the dog . |
| 8 | The only reasonable conclusion appeared to be that because the two stallions lived in yards , and at that time were not being ridden , they consequently had a life that demanded virtually no decision making at all — their days were so dominated by habit that they had become completely unable to think . |
| 9 | The lineage was never a group without internal distinctions of wealth , but they had become much greater than ever before . |
| 10 | A glance at the architectural section of any of the annual handbooks published by the leading denominations or a survey of the denominational press shows how important they had become . |
| 11 | Most , however , had reached and even overshot their maturity ; they had become the elder statesmen of their breeds : exceptional , memorable examples of the extremes nature is capable of attaining . |
| 12 | He had seen the writing on the wall : after the oil crisis of 1973 there was n't going to be enough money to keep all the universities enthusiastically created or expanded in the booming sixties in the style to which they had become accustomed . |
| 13 | Once these images must have excited lust — enough to make someone take the trouble to cut them out and stick them up on the wall ; but after a day or two , or a week or two , the pictures had ceased to arouse , they had become familiar — faded and tattered and oil-stained , almost indistinguishable from the dirt and debris of the rest of the factory . |
| 14 | In 1900 they were no more often in poverty than the working class of any age , but by 1935 they had become significantly more vulnerable , and in 1950 the elderly comprised over two-thirds of all the poor . |
| 15 | The irony was that The Smiths were objecting to an article which suggested that they had become governed by power and finance with an action that was itself a display of power and finance . |
| 16 | It had not occurred to Nutty how accustomed they had become to the steamy swimming baths and the seventy-five degree water . |
| 17 | With two new atoms added to the previous five , the children tackled harder problems ( ‘ How many different CFC molecules can you invent with these model atoms ’ ? ) , and towards the end of the two year trial they had become familiar enough with valencies and weights to take to the Periodic Table idea enthusiastically . |
| 18 | Doing something about it early when the problems began to develop , rather than later , when they had become fully established . |
| 19 | Yet when they did get home their families remarked how much more outgoing they had become . |
| 20 | The International Federation of Chemical , Energy and General Workers Unions about a year ago revealed that a study conducted for the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ( NIOSH ) among workers in a New Jersey Plant working with the proteolytic bacterial enzyme Esperase in producing a bleach showed they had become immunologically sensitised to the enzyme , despite very low levels of exposure . |
| 21 | Although the High Stewards still had the surname Fitzallan , they had become known as The Stewards and over the generations adopted the name Steward , and later Stewart . |
| 22 | If anything , they had become our allies . |
| 23 | The pilot assumed that at this point the aircraft had stalled , and he noted that the ailerons seemed ineffective as if ( he said ) they had become detached ( subsequent investigation proved this not to be the case ) . |
| 24 | From being polite strangers they had become like sparring lovers speaking their minds with a familiarity which was extraordinary in its intensity . |
| 25 | In other words they had become , in her opinion , a rubber stamp , and not an independent body making decisions for the authority to abide by . |
| 26 | Within minutes they had become involved in a brawl , attacking a fellow drinker so fiercely his arm was broken , Stafford Crown Court heard . |
| 27 | The Revenue will not impose interest or penalties on anyone who has simply misunderstood the position , but will consider doing so where someone has knowingly made false or fraudulent declarations on the registration form , or deliberately failed to inform their bank or building society that they had become liable to tax . |
| 28 | After the revolution , Romanians sat in their flats lit by a maximum of two 40-watt bulbs by order , usually wearing winter coats as they had become accustomed to years of sudden power cuts , and watched television pictures of their late rulers perusing menus to decide what to eat . |
| 29 | Ever since Victor had saved his life on the deadly ravine-wire crossing they had become firm friends . |
| 30 | Indeed , if anything , spiritually they had become closer over the past seven years . |