Example sentences of "became [noun] for [art] [num ord] time " in BNC.
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1 | Many hundreds of thousands of trade unionists were among those who became shareholders for the first time . |
2 | He became mayor for the first time in October 1261 and was reappointed in October 1262 , years in which the king dominated London , having thrown off the restrictions imposed on him by the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 . |
3 | Many Arabs who lost their homes in what became the state of Israel and settled on the West Bank in 1948 became refugees for a second time during the Six Day War in 1967 . |
4 | Only three other deaf men became missioners for the first time in the 1920s , although some moved from one place to another like George Mackenzie . |
5 | THE Duke and Duchess of Kent became grandparents for the second time yesterday when the Earl of St Andrews and his wife had a baby girl . |