Based on: McCarthy, M. O’Dell, F. (2008), Collocations in use, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Examples from the web:

• I got interested in comic books at the age of 14.  (Informal)
• I became interested in linguistics after high school. (formal)
• Disabled people are becoming angry at the lack of attention that they get.
• Because of Tom, Mary has become depressed.
• During the military conflict in Darfur about 200 000 people have perished, and 2.5 million of the province’s people have become homeless.
• The tickets sold out long before the team became popular.