Example sentences of "[conj] he became [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John 's youngest son , Azariah , backed Monmouth in the rebellion and was banished to the West Indies , where he became a sugar planter . |
| 2 | He studied languages , mathematics , and philosophy at Trinity College , Dublin , where he became a Fellow in 1707 . |
| 3 | He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he became a research student under Sir John Lennard-Jones from 1948 to 1951 , receiving his PhD for a thesis on Lone pair electrons . |
| 4 | After the war , young Fred did a spell of duty in the Far East , mainly Hong Kong , where he became a member of the Marine Band . |
| 5 | Perhaps the classic case of this sort was William Foot Whyte 's study Street Comer Society where he became a quasi-gang member but never lost his status of researcher . |
| 6 | He later worked on high-power magnetrons both at Birmingham and at SERL , Baldock , where he became a senior principal scientific officer . |
| 7 | He was keen to encourage the vocational aspects of art education and attracted into the various departments concerned with commercial art men and women of talent , including Macvyn Wright , Toni del Renzio , Mervyn Peake , Albert Halliwell ( later to follow Johnstone to Central School of Art where he became a catalyst for the teaching of basic design ) and Gertrude Hermes who was responsible for wood-engraving . |
| 8 | He was educated at Eton and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he became a fellow-commoner in 1800 . |
| 9 | His concern for religion was shown by service on the commission for the propagation of the gospel in Wales ( where he became a JP ) and by his part in petitions for toleration , which no doubt reinforced contacts with Oliver Cromwell . |
| 10 | He went to the College of Physical Science ( later Armstrong College ) , Newcastle upon Tyne ( 1874–7 ) , and then to Emmanuel College , Cambridge ( 1877–81 ) , where he became a scholar in 1879 . |
| 11 | He was appointed lecturer at St Bartholomew 's Hospital in 1863 , succeeded Michael Faraday [ q.v. ] as Fullerian professor of chemistry at the Royal Institution five years later , and in 1872 became Waynflete professor of chemistry at Oxford ( where he became a fellow of Worcester College ) , retiring in 1912 . |
| 12 | He had nine years at Leeds , where his children grew up and where he became a specialist in building matters and worked closely with architects on the planning of major buildings . |
| 13 | Bradman and the umpire disagreed and Cec came to play in the Central Lancashire League where he became a legend for his fiery bowling , lusty hitting and astonishing turns of phrase . |
| 14 | The son of a miner , Ronald Eyre was born at Mapplewell , Yorks , on April 13 1929 and educated at Queen Elizabeth 's Grammar School , Wakefield , and University College , Oxford , where he became the secretary of OUDS . |
| 15 | Almost immediately he became the anchorman of the Hampshire batting and he was to score over 1,000 runs in a season twenty-seven times , including twice when he passed the 3,000 mark , and nine times when he exceeded 2,000 . |
| 16 | As to the outward forms of religion , Lewis decided from the moment that he became a Christian that he should attend his college chapel on weekday mornings and his parish church on Sundays . |
| 17 | Originally , he thought he would become a poet and it was ‘ by accident ’ that he became a doctor . |
| 18 | It was in 1688 that he became a leader of the seven bishops , including Archbishop Sancroft of Canterbury , who refused to ‘ make themselves parties ’ to the two Declarations of Indulgence issued by James II and aimed at giving the Nation a greater degree of religious tolerance , thus taking some of the pressure off the Roman Catholics . |
| 19 | It was from that time , his friends judged , that he became a changed man . |
| 20 | There is widespread agreement that Mark was the first Gospel to be completed and that he became a prime source of both Matthew and Luke . |
| 21 | It was there , in lulls in the conversation , that he became a crossword addict and began to develop the concern for correct English , the wide vocabulary , the delight in the niceties of syntax , that have made him both a witty and a hard task master for generations of Bristol students . |
| 22 | Certainly the Office states that he became a hermit " without his father 's knowledge and against his will … because he loved God more than his father in the flesh " . |
| 23 | He had performed so brilliantly on other expeditions that he became a fully — fledged climber . |
| 24 | He was so inspired that he became an artist too . |
| 25 | Alfonso , on the other hand , though go-ahead and energetic , was of a docile nature and readily deferred to his parents and his eldest sister Urraca , so that he became the favourite son and developed all the traits of a spoilt child . |
| 26 | Perhaps it is not surprising that he became the subject of legend , his noble image inspiring the collective imagination to attach magical tales to his historical person . |
| 27 | He had been elected an Honorary Fellow in 1850 , and it is clear that Hope 's wealth and position were still of sufficient value to the profession that he became the only amateur , apart from Grey , to be the Institute 's President . |
| 28 | It was while he was travelling to South Africa in 1899 via India that he became the first man ever to take a cine-film of a total eclipse of the sun . |
| 29 | They claim that he became the Messiah only at the time of his baptism — that is , his anointment or coronation . |
| 30 | TERRY Waite , the special representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the would-be saviour of the Western hostages in Lebanon , became a burden to them once he became a hostage , Newsweek magazine reports in its latest issue . |