Example sentences of "had become a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Preston had become a shoddy place to live , dominated by smoky factory chimneys and characterized by blackened rows of brick , terraced houses or crowded , insanitary courts and , worst of all , dark , damp cellars . |
| 2 | Yet among those who watched them on television screens as they did so were many who had been born before there were aeroplanes , and even before the motor-car had become a familiar object . |
| 3 | It had become a familiar sound over the last couple of days . |
| 4 | On Page One , at the top of the TV news , the fight for the Democratic Party 's nomination for the Presidency of the United States had become a media-induced fight between two minorities : Jews and Blacks . |
| 5 | Unlike me , he seemed to enjoy appearing foolish , thinking he had become a new , open person . |
| 6 | He had become a naturalized Englishman , but he never carried his anglophilia to the point of being puritan , or even respectable . |
| 7 | Television had become a central issue of public and political debate . |
| 8 | By 1949 he had become a central party figure , often acting as spokesman on minority issues . |
| 9 | It would be too much to say that by 1870 Paris had become a fragrant bower — few cities ever manage that — but it certainly was less odorous and pestilential than it had been . |
| 10 | Furthermore , dependence upon the payroll system had become a critical limitation to the development of personnel information for which there was an increasing management requirement . |
| 11 | ‘ Looking towards money ’ had become a key phrase , but young intellectuals were aware of its adverse effects . |
| 12 | Walsh did not rule out the possibility of criminal charges against former members of Reagan 's Cabinet , however , and there were strong suggestions that former Attorney General Edwin Meese had become a key target of the investigation . |
| 13 | Money , said Constance , no longer had any relevance to the value of half a dozen eggs or a side of mutton , but had become a separate commodity for rich men to play with . |
| 14 | The Moynihans accepted that sailors had become a regular part of Minton 's entourage . |
| 15 | Parliament approved on Sept. 25 , in what had become a regular routine , the extension of the state of emergency for a further month . |
| 16 | This spider 's web ( in a Welsh drystone wall ) had become a watertight hammock after a heavy shower of rain . |
| 17 | For a generation he and his fellow ‘ martyrs ’ were forgotten men , but by the end of the century their brief celebrity had become a hallowed memory . |
| 18 | Branson 's absence had made office life more predictable , less exciting , but Virgin had become a better record company . |
| 19 | The pomeshchiks had become a substantial body and provided the military backbone of the State . |
| 20 | Take-off time arrived and the oil temperatures were still somewhat below the criteria , but I opened the throttles and very shortly the tail was up and I was heading down the short runway into a brisk headwind , pointing straight for the little pub outside the camp that had become a second home for us . |
| 21 | They were just pleased that the movies had become a normal everyday activity . |
| 22 | Many of the excursions I made with Wendy Anderson who had become a close friend . |
| 23 | Anna Atkins had become a close friend of Sir John Herschel [ q.v. ] , another photographic pioneer , and his daughters . |
| 24 | The shapes of the pine trees on the far side of the river were already indistinguishable : the forest had become a dark impenetrable expanse that stretched from the water 's edge right up to the horizon . |
| 25 | However , Mr Waldegrave did concede that many abuses were ending , and the human rights provisions of the Helsinki agreement had become a useful yardstick to measure Soviet behaviour . |
| 26 | I had become a good and conscientious boy . |
| 27 | I was sad to see him die , because he had become a good friend . |
| 28 | My fine , clever son had become a drunken animal . |
| 29 | David Hartridge had become a fully-fledged pilot and was looked upon as a hero . |
| 30 | The warmth of the small hut was finally melting the frozen ice in her veins , and the ceaseless rain had become a distant cradle-song . |