1.   A rope becomes a snake.

2.   But as Chan was rising into the air, the rope became loose and the balloon drifted into the fog.

3.   He had given Reagan rope, and now the rope had become a noose.

4.   He said he and other students understood they could die if the rope became too tight or broke.

5.   Once our ropes become wet, we cannot make them obey our commands the way we want to.