Example sentences of "he becomes a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wants to go to university , turns up to listen to Einstein , studies hard ; but his father wo n't have it , and at the age of 14 he becomes a soap boy in a barber 's and then a presser in a garment shop . |
| 2 | ( 4 ) if he becomes a patient as defined by Section 94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or becomes a person as to whom powers have been exercised under Section 98 of that Act ; |
| 3 | ( 4 ) if he becomes a patient as defined by Section 94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or becomes a person as to whom powers have been exercised under Section 98 of that Act ; |
| 4 | When a noble assumes his title and feudal responsibilities he becomes a member of one of the select brotherhoods of Knightly Orders . |
| 5 | He becomes a part of it . |
| 6 | But if he becomes a nuisance , William , ’ he added , ‘ you bang on the floor and I 'll pick him up . ’ |
| 7 | Above all he becomes a technician of controlled trance , to which he then surrenders totally — perhaps rather unknowingly as do our greatest actors and musicians . |
| 8 | He becomes a rebel , a pirate , a leper . |
| 9 | From being someone who simply happened to fail his first driving test , he becomes a person who ‘ always goes to pieces when sitting beside the examiner ’ . |
| 10 | But in Stephen Jameson 's performance he looks like Beckett 's Pozzo or a Daily Worker cartoon of a bloated capitalist : bounced around the stage at one point like a rubber doll , he becomes a figure from a comedy of humours rather than a semi-Chekhovian fantasia . |
| 11 | He is likely to be very bright and to find learning easy but in many cases he will be coached and encouraged by a parent ( usually the father ) in that one direction so that he becomes a prodigy or a ‘ genius ’ at mathematics . |
| 12 | Basically Wegman expresses his view of the world as an absurd and irrational place by photographing Man Ray in a variety of disguises — inked-on whiskers and ears cunningly transform him into a cat , in a dress he becomes a transvestite , and in a hotel bed with Fay he becomes the envy of every red-blooded hound on the planet . |
| 13 | Consequently , and this was of critical significance for all those who were concerned about the various aspects of the youth question , ‘ His education , which is the means whereby he becomes a citizen , is thus one of the State 's foremost concerns . ’ |
| 14 | At the beginning of the novel we are reasonably sympathetic towards Pip but as the novel progresses we become less sympathetic towards him , as he becomes a snob , embarrassed of his family in Joe , and we feel that he does n't deserve sympathy as he brought it on himself . |
| 15 | Where the defendant 's entry is by authority of law as opposed to the plaintiff 's authority and the defendant subsequently abuses that right , then he becomes a trespasser ab initio ( from the moment of entry ) ( Six Carpenters Case ( 1610 ) 8 Co Rep 146A ) . |