Example sentences of "[conj] become a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a person of non-servile status might be ordained a clerk or become a monk or nun . |
| 2 | Parliament also appoints a managing director for five years , and neither the managing director nor any other member of the executive of the organization is allowed to be engaged in business or become a member of the board of directors of any company . |
| 3 | One of the important variables in such patterns is the degree to which the dowry assets remain exclusively the property of the bride herself and of her future heirs or become a part of the pool of household property which can be used by the husband . |
| 4 | You might visit the elderly in their own homes , drive patients to hospital , run a holiday playscheme , help out in your Citizens ' Advice Bureau or become a Samaritan . |
| 5 | If you have ever wanted to learn about computers , take a degree , join a choir , become proficient in a craft , play competitive Scrabble , start coin collecting or become a beekeeper , you will find an organisation that caters for your enthusiasm . |
| 6 | If only he 'd got caught up in politics , or good works , or become a governor of his old school , he 'd have been taken out of himself more ? |
| 7 | The beauty of it is that while nut everyone can become Black or become a woman , anyone can join the ‘ real people ’ . |
| 8 | The cases to which I have so far referred have all , bar one , been cases in which a wife has given security or become a surety for her husband 's obligations . |
| 9 | I ca n't imagine he has ever had to search for his mother , or had narcolepsy , or become a hustler , yet he does all three so brilliantly in the film it breaks your heart . |
| 10 | We do not know yet whether he wants to extend his visit for a short time to see friends , or become a student , or stay permanently . ’ |
| 11 | But according to your ability and initiative , you could well transfer to a production company or become a producer yourself . |
| 12 | Suzi was never going to backpack round the world or become a rock star , and if she had been forced to go and live away from home — to study nursing , for instance — she 'd have mouldered away from homesickness . |
| 13 | On rolled the coach , around the bar to the estuary of the River Eske , another river that become a lough inland . |
| 14 | ‘ You should have stayed in Por Tanssie and become a tutor , ’ she said scornfully . |
| 15 | Well , we 'd like to think that er people , once they 've been introduced to these different sorts of drinks , and become a bit more aware about different sensible levels , would actually be interested in buying them in the future and trying them out themselves . |
| 16 | There is no such thing as bad publicity , and sometimes the only way to force change is to be anti-social and become a problem which eventually the authorities have to deal with . |
| 17 | Once someone has accepted an offer and become a council tenant , local authority management policies come to be an important aspect of their lives . |
| 18 | One can only hope for all concerned with the pub estate that Threshold Inns are allowed the chance to prove themselves and become a legend in pub retailing . |
| 19 | BELFAST could soon see annual profits of over £1m go up in smoke and become a dumping ground for waste from all over Europe , it was warned today . |
| 20 | And one does n't expect thanks , of course , but when they use the handout — and then turn round and start blaspheming , you really do want to chuck the whole business up , and go and become a monk , or something . ’ |
| 21 | He would also give up taxi driving and become a monk . |
| 22 | The last few days had seemed like a dream , but now , with the soft rain damp on his face , that dream had ended … and become a nightmare . |
| 23 | Where on this conjoined road of shared experiences did the Prime Minister go so badly wrong and become a Tory ? |
| 24 | ‘ I have decided to answer the Lord 's call and become a minister of the Methodist Church . ’ |
| 25 | The Russian revolution had swept away the most cruel and backward government in Europe and become a symbol of hope for many people , a symbol that ideas of freedom and justice could overcome tyranny . |
| 26 | This seems to have been not quite the case , though one of his ancestors did emigrate to Canada in the seventeenth century and become a beaver-trapper . |
| 27 | After he leave school he had set up some sort of agricultural commune thing , he was always a man like that , saying we were people must make the most of we community skills and thing , but he get squeeze in that farming business and last I hear of him he had gone in the hills and become a guerrilla . |
| 28 | Since qualifying in 1968 Margaret has run many classes in the Redhill area and become a Medau trainer in 1972 . |
| 29 | Matthew Truskett , who plays in the national youth orchestra , hopes to study music in a big way and become a violinist ; Janine Peacock , who was principal cellist in the national children 's orchestra , recently played solo in a concert at Stockton Parish Church ; and many others have won singing prizes . |
| 30 | After fertilization the eggs form larvae that are pelagic and become a part of the plankton for a short period of time before settling on a hard surface to grow into new colonies . |