Example sentences of "and become [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | February 20th , 1920 : It was on this date that Adolf Hitler gave up painting and became spokesman for the newly-formed Nazi Party . |
| 2 | In Anglo-Irish. erm ‘ There was a small tap on the pane , as though something had struck it , followed by a light , though abundant falling , as though grains of sand were being dropped from a window above , and then a more intense and regular sound , which took on a rhythm and became fluid , resonant , musical , infinite , universal . |
| 3 | On 18 November 1715 he was received by George Hickes [ q.v. ] into the nonjuring communion , and became minister to a congregation in Holborn . |
| 4 | He came out to Rhodesia from London , the son of a butler ; made his way here and became Minister of Finance under Welensky . |
| 5 | On the formation of the LMSR the military or cast iron type of knave or hub was introduced and became standard . |
| 6 | He was one of the university 's select preachers in 1840–2 and 1847–9 , and became vicar of Culham , Oxfordshire , in 1848 , moving with his family to Culham vicarage . |
| 7 | Unable to practise , he turned to teaching at Cheltenham School of Architecture close to the home he had designed and substantially built at Malvern , despite his affliction , and became deputy principal . |
| 8 | Goodfellow had worked in American intelligence during the Pacific War and became deputy director of the OSS . |
| 9 | He was one of Ireland 's top student activists in the early 1980s , and became deputy president of the Union of Students in Ireland . |
| 10 | Akoka Doi , the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources , was elected as PAP leader on Oct. 5 , and became Deputy Prime Minister on Oct. 7 as part of a minor Cabinet reshuffle . |
| 11 | He joined United Distillers as managing director for the European Region in June 1990 and became deputy managing director of the company in 1992 . |
| 12 | A folk tale told of a Tahitian chief , Moikeha , who sailed to Hawaii and , largely thanks to his prowess on a surfboard , married two princesses and became king of the island of Kauai . |
| 13 | School and teacher 's house were then renovated and enlarged and became church and manse . |
| 14 | Of all the sons , CHARLES Tennant was the most successful ; by energy and business acumen he established a vast industrial conglomerate and became progenitor of a distinguished family who have been eminent in world commerce for 200 years . |
| 15 | Antun Vrančić ( 1504–73 , Antonius Verancius ) of Šibenik , a truly Renaissance man , travelled widely as a diplomat , had love poems published in Krakow and became Primate of Hungary . |
| 16 | In 1774 he emigrated to America where he edited an influential newspaper and became friend to Benjamin Franklin , Thomas Jefferson and George Washington . |
| 17 | He studied at Hornsey College of Art but was expelled and became art master at Stamford School in 1945 and later at Harrow . |
| 18 | In addition Hickey served for some years as deputy to the sheriff of Calcutta and became clerk to Sir Henry Russell [ q.v. ] , ultimately chief justice of the Supreme Court . |
| 19 | Jim and Jonathan especially were never there , and the arguments about washing up versus serving the revolution lost their gaiety and became mean-mouthed . |
| 20 | He had been elected FRS in 1840 and became FRCS in 1844 . |
| 21 | Through his other books however Bunyan had become famous when he was released under Charles II 's Act of Indulgence in 1672 and became Pastor of the Bedford Meeting . |
| 22 | He joined Cadbury Brothers Ltd in 1952 and became chairman in 1956 . |
| 23 | In October 1981 be floated the company on the Stock Exchange and four months later be merged Habitat with Mothercare , the world 's largest chain of stores catering for the needs of mothers and babies , and became chairman of the Habitat Mothercare Group plc . |
| 24 | He joined the family firm of McVitie $ Price in 1947 and became chairman in 1963 . |
| 25 | ‘ I was very active in politics in the early seventies , ’ he says , ‘ I was a member of the Bow Group , I wrote pamphlets on things like social responsibility and housing policy , I was a local councillor and became chairman of Hillingdon 's finance committee . |
| 26 | Peter Brooke , who left the firm to enter politics in 1979 and became Chairman of the Conservative party , set up the firm 's British base in prestigious but not overtly showy offices in park Lane . |
| 27 | He was a proprietor of the Liverpool Daily and Weekly Post and Echo and became chairman when the Daily Post and Liverpool Mercury amalgamated in 1904 . |
| 28 | A past chairman and managing director of the well-known Merseyside bakery firm , Mr Scott was elected to the Everton board in 1968 , and became chairman eight years later , in succession to Mr Alan Waterworth . |
| 29 | Far from wealthy , he took deacon 's orders and became chaplain to his cousin , Robert Sutton , second Baron Lexington [ q.v. ] , the new ambassador to Vienna in 1694 . |
| 30 | Henry III appointed Household officers like his Poitevin favourite Peter des Rivaux : when he became Chief Justice of the Forest for life in 1232 , des Rivaux was already Keeper of the Wardrobe , the Chamber and the Treasury of the royal household , and became Treasurer of the Exchequer in the following year . |