1.   If all subjects, simple or compound, are listed in schedules, then the list becomes very long.

2.   The pause became so long that Paula looked anxiously at her passenger, his face illuminated by the headlights of oncoming cars.

3.   The nights become very long.

4.   He switched to defense -- playing in the secondary briefly -- when the line at quarterback became too long.

5.   His swing became long.

6.   Olin Browne, the defending champion at Colonial, is among those who believes courses are becoming too long.

7.   The list has become so long that technology companies are overcoming their longstanding aversion to lobbying.

8.   The regular season has become too long, with too many games on too many nights, which has made all the games blend into one another.

9.   Those who want food by noon know to be up well before dawn, for the bread lines have become impossibly long.

10.   When the queue becomes long, we deploy more staff to help out.