The figure of the high priest went rigid and became incandescent.

The music faded, and the three new figures became still.

Since the 1989 Budget, the above figures have become governed by a ceiling, currently based on £75,000 earnings a year.

During its gliding course, that shape became the figure of a being cloaked in black.

By the end of the 1950's Bentley had become an obscure figure.

A figure this exotic could have become a caricature in the hands of a lesser writer.

Suddenly the dancers pair up and the figures become "human."

Julius heard a long breath coming from him and the frail figure became utterly still.

The tall figure that stood in front of his marble counter became, if possible, even a little taller.

The figure before her had become Roger again, impossibly tall and cruel.