Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] king " in BNC.
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| 1 | To send her two young sons , Mathieu and Laurent , to sleep , Cécile de Brunhoff told them the story of a little elephant who left the forest to discover the town and learn the ways of men , before returning to his own idyllic land of the elephants to be crowned king . |
| 2 | Hugh Capet paved the way for his son and namesake to be crowned king of France at Reims in 987 . |
| 3 | In 1359 he attempted to storm Reims in a bid to be crowned king of France in its cathedral . |
| 4 | The tide turned for the French when , under the inspired leadership of Joan of Arc , Charles was taken to Reims to be crowned king in the cathedral in 1429 . |
| 5 | Leopold II was to be crowned King of Bohemia in Prague in October , and a suitable opera was hastily required — in less than two months . |