Example sentences of "in [adj] and become a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was called to the bar in 1948 and became a QC in 1967 . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ He came to live near us in Darlington in 1986 and became a regular at the church lunch club . |
| 3 | The book , which was published in 1986 and became a best-seller , was written with Americans Ken Smith , Michael Wilkes and Doug Kirby after several years of research . |
| 4 | He joined Comprehensive Financial Services , which later became Rathbone Brothers , in 1985 and became a director in 1990 . |
| 5 | Klingenzell priory , between the castles Liebenfels and Freudenfels , was founded in 1333 and became a place of pilgrimage . |
| 6 | For Cusick , who had joined the BBC as a Design Assistant in 1960 and become a Designer proper in 1962 , his move into Doctor Who was almost accidental . |
| 7 | He qualified as a doctor in 1946 and became a Master of Orthopaedic Surgery in Liverpool in 1953 . |
| 8 | Western Samoa achieved independence from New Zealand in 1962 and became a member of the Commonwealth in 1970 . |
| 9 | Western Samoa achieved independence from New Zealand in 1962 and became a member of the Commonwealth in 1970 . |
| 10 | The Model Railways and Locomotives magazine was founded by him in 1908 and became a platform from which he could share his knowledge and expertise with others . |
| 11 | He was Fullerian professor of physiology at the Royal Institution in 1897 and became a professor in the University of London in 1912 . |
| 12 | THE Marchioness of Anglesey , who was admitted to the Royal Victorian Order in today 's honours , was awarded the CBE in 1977 and became a Dame of the British Empire in 1983 . |
| 13 | A member of the Commonwealth , Guyana gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 and became a republic in 1970 . |
| 14 | , Sir John Tomlinson , first baronet ( 1842–1919 ) , chemical manufacturer and politician , was born 8 February 1842 in Everton , Liverpool , the second of the three sons and the fourth of the five children of John Brunner , a Swiss Protestant minister who migrated to Lancashire in 1832 and became a Unitarian and a schoolmaster , and his wife Margaret Curphey , from the Isle of Man . |
| 15 | Harry obtained his Honours BSc in physics in 1938 and became a research student under Dr P. B. Moon ( later Professor P. B. Moon FRS ) . |
| 16 | He retired as a major in 1837 and became a sheriff of Cork in the same year . |
| 17 | John Strachey finally broke with Mosley in 1931 and became a Communist . |