Example sentences of "[Wh det] he became [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ealhfrith must have been about 20 years old at the time of the battle of the Winwaed , after which he became king of Deira , taking over the former territory of his cousin , Oethelwald . |
| 2 | When the Lenin shipyard came out on strike in August 1980 Walesa joined and was instrumental in extending the action beyond the plant through the Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee ( MKS ) , of which he became chairman . |
| 3 | In 1956 , Vo Quy founded , with a group of other academics , the University of Hanoi and established the department of zoology , of which he became head a few years later . |
| 4 | He was active in London guild life , especially in the newly formed Clockmakers ' Company , of which he became master in 1637 . |
| 5 | He then joined R. & W. Hawthorn & Co. of Newcastle , a firm which supplied locomotives to the Glasgow and South Western Railway , of which he became locomotive superintendent in 1853 . |
| 6 | At the same time , he helped develop Matra Engins , of which he became vice-president in 1957 , into the highly profitable defence , telecommunications and aeronautics firm , Matra . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , when the occasion demanded it ( as it did during the turbulent period in which he became Vice-Chancellor of Bristol University ) , he showed great courage and firmness — the latter always in the nicest possible way . |