Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] it [adv] became " in BNC.

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1 In the Mediterranean coral was so abundant and so easily harvested that it never became valuable , at least in the home territory .
2 The campanile was saved but it soon became ruinous .
3 The one Non-Conformist chapel referred to in the article has been saved because it subsequently became a parish church and thus qualified for the fund .
4 However , the directors insisted that the cashier 's records should be examined and it soon became clear that there were discrepancies in the accounts .
5 It sat upon an ancient heathen site , a site far darker than anything I could ever have conceived and it instantly became part of my well of strength .
6 Spectator sport may have been partially commercialized but it never became a capitalist leisure enterprise .
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