Example sentences of "become [adv] [coord] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles and John Higgs clicked , and it was largely thanks to the relationship struck up with him , and the sheer personality of the man , that Charles became wholly and genuinely enthused by every aspect of the Duchy . |
| 2 | Colombia , it is true , still seems to regard herself as an Atlantic nation — her trade goes principally through the Caribbean port of Cartagena rather than through the dire and crime-ridden wharves of the Pacific port of Buenaventura ; but Ecuador ( which has island possessions in the Ocean ) and Peru seem to be becoming further and further entwined in Pacific matters ; and Chile — ah , Chile ! |
| 3 | Melissa was becoming more and more irritated at the constant references to Bonard . |
| 4 | Backed by the Emperor , Haussmann planned to bring fresh water to supply fountains and reservoirs by means of aqueducts , in preference to the use of the Seine which was itself becoming more and more contaminated . |
| 5 | All the same , her protests went unheeded , and each day that passed she could see Matthew becoming more and more influenced by old Luther . |
| 6 | Mary is becoming more and more detached from any real awareness of the outside world . |
| 7 | Hal 's cooking was becoming more and more rushed , the fatty 's felt that they were going to become thin in a matter of seconds and the ‘ skinnys ’ were very hungry . |
| 8 | It seems to me , from a number of recent papers ( and from common sense ) that the rare event is becoming more and more recognised as an important agent of recent sedimentation . |
| 9 | [ I ] t seems to me that we are moving more and more in the direction of an elective dictatorship , not the less objectionable in principle because it is inefficient in practice , and not the less tyrannical in its nature because the opposed parties , becoming more and more polarized in their attitudes , seek with some prospects of success to seize the new levers of power and use them alternately to reverse the direction taken by their immediate predecessors . |
| 10 | Council housing is becoming more and more marginalised as the better off tenants move out and higher rents encourage others to exercise their right to buy . |
| 11 | As the importance of the family increases the distinction is widened — each department becoming more and more amplified and elaborated in a direction contrary to that of the other . |
| 12 | He had realised some time before that he was becoming more and more attracted to her . |
| 13 | A 15-note phrase takes over and is continuously repeated , the left hand accompanying figure becoming more and more embellished until octaves grab the attention , with the right hand adding cadenza passages to create a maelstrom of excitement . |
| 14 | As it was , she became more and more incensed as she tried to break out of his limpet-like hold , the result being that when she did manage to break free she was so outraged — just because she was a female contracts officer , the boss 's son thought he could do as he liked with her — that she verbally tore into him . |
| 15 | However , the emergence of this pattern may also have been related to the growth of higher education itself , and its increasing involvement in professional fields in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries ; for it was the practice element which existed first , in the form of on-the-job training , and the preparatory theoretical elements which were added subsequently , as higher education became more and more involved . |
| 16 | As they talked about the perils and amusements of the blackout , Julia became more and more intrigued by Peter Suvarov 's ravishing bride . |
| 17 | The pomeshchiks became more and more absorbed in their farms , and as these grew in size , military service for a minimal salary became less and less attractive . |
| 18 | Yet slowly , as she worked , became more and more absorbed in what she was doing , the memories faded . |
| 19 | I really like this poem , I became more and more moved with it as I grew to understand it more and I think the poem definitely works and Owen conquers it subtly , approaching a big issue , but he wins in telling us his message . |
| 20 | He became more and more wrapped up in himself . |
| 21 | Catholics and protestants became more and more segregated by school , as the Roman catholic bishops sought to bind in their flocks from outside influences , on the one hand to protect them from proselytism , and on the other to use the schools as a vehicle for the maintenance and development of faith . |
| 22 | His breathing became more and more laboured , but I was assured that he was feeling no discomfort . |
| 23 | This differentiation became more and more marked in the music of his later Minato operas : Xerse ( 1654 ) , L'Artemisia ( 1656 ) , and the rest . |
| 24 | The Revolution also changed the earlier status of the Whigs as a party of opposition and the Tories as the party of government , as some Whigs found themselves increasingly drawn into the new royal administration , and as Tories became more and more alienated from the new regime . |
| 25 | As the weeks and months went by and the war seemed turning in favour of the Allies , I became more and more attached to the Semmens household , even to the point of getting to know some of the family friends such as Mrs Helen Margo and her sister , who owned and managed a shop of Oriental goods on Howe Street . |
| 26 | Breeding in captivity followed and the progeny progressively became more and more reconciled to the life that ferrets have today . |
| 27 | The Coalition government under Lloyd George became more and more constrained by the demands of Conservative retrenchment . |
| 28 | I became more and more used to the Houys ' ideas and way of life . |
| 29 | It seems to follow from Darwin 's ideas that as the generations pass , so the organisms in a particular line of descent ( lineage ) must become better and better adapted to the prevailing conditions . |
| 30 | During the time that I was at MainMan , David had become more and more removed from us , but I figured that that was because he was so busy and that was the way it was when you had become a big star . |