Example sentences of "became [adj] that [pron] of " in BNC.

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1 He though that we had grown apart from him and he became upset that none of us were around him any more , talking to him any more .
2 There was disappointment , however , as it became clear that none of the 10 water companies are likely to get into the FTSE index of the hundred biggest companies .
3 It is the generally accepted method of succession in our family , but , ’ the corpse sighed , or at least a sigh came from the air a few feet above it , ‘ it soon became obvious that none of my three children is sufficiently powerful to wrest the lordship of the Wyrmberg from the other two .
4 It soon became evident that nothing of the kind was forthcoming : the racist strictures of the War Office prevented promotional possibilities , blacks were not even allowed to join in combat with the enemy .
5 But although he listened politely to these ideas , Thornton became irritated that none of the people had done any business sums .
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