Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] became a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once Edna had left school , she more or less became a fixture in the household and there was no doubt that Celia was a much happier and more tractable baby under her young but competent handling . |
| 2 | They were tagged ‘ miserable sods ’ — a label that soon became a standing joke — and the arguments raged . |
| 3 | It was a jibe that nearly became a prophecy , though Cambridge were left with more of a one-horse race . |
| 4 | One gang set fire to a shop after wrecking it and then that too became a feature of the attacks . |
| 5 | In ancient times this magnificent monument must have been much admired and it is hardly surprising that Imhotep was remembered as a great man and eventually became a god . |
| 6 | He began by building up the scout movement in the NorthEast and eventually became a scout commissioner . |
| 7 | The leather baggage and glass cosmetic pots of the day were too heavy to take on the plane but she managed to find lighter substitutes and so became a pioneer of lightweight luggage , as well as a pioneer female passenger . |
| 8 | Yet Louth-born Wilkinson was a midfield player as a schoolboy and only became a forward by accident . |
| 9 | But then again , the Golden Höfner was the flagship of the company 's electric hollow-bodied range between ‘ 59 and ‘ 62 and naturally became a platform for showing just what could be done . |
| 10 | The opening thrust of ‘ The Headmaster Ritual ’ brought immediate impact and soon became a favourite with all who had bad experiences at school ( which is everyone ) . |
| 11 | Under William and his son — and successor — Joseph Dalton Hooker ( 1817–1911 ) , Kew began to acquire facilities for studying exotic plants and soon became a centre of international importance . |
| 12 | In 1848 he became MRCS ( and soon became a fellow ‘ by examination ’ ) and in the following year was awarded the college 's triennial prize for an essay on the nerves of the eye . |
| 13 | Greece applied for membership in 1975 and finally became a Member State on 1 January 1981 . |
| 14 | He was one of the first eminent European scientists to make a career in the USA , and rapidly became a lion : his lectures and books were popular , and he built up a school and museum at Harvard . |
| 15 | Arthur Ramsey gave Michael a book by a scientist ( Romanes ) who was once an atheist and later became a believer . |
| 16 | The Lombard king was exiled to Neustria , and later became a monk in the Abbey of Corbey where he died in his old age . |
| 17 | She became chairman of the orchestra and later became a member and chairman of the Keswick Music Society . |
| 18 | And one of the most experienced U-boat commanders , Adalbert Schnee , who had been on sixteen patrols and later became a member of Dönitz 's staff , gave evidence that it was contrary to orders to kill survivors and that there could be no excuse for what Eck had done . |
| 19 | He entered Chichester Theological College and later became a curate in Lincolnshire . |
| 20 | He had been Head of Geography from 1919 until his retirement in 1953 , and later became a Governor , representing the staff of the School . |
| 21 | To cut a long story short , the church was granted special provision to use the building twelve months before it became generally available ; I was elected to the executive and later became a trustee of the community centre . |
| 22 | In this year , he was appointed President of the English Circle of Books Across the Sea , and also became a member of the Apollo Society which was dedicated to reviving " the neglected art of reading poetry and to show that poetry and music can be regarded as complementary " . |
| 23 | This delightful timber-framed listed building was once the medieval home of six priests , and then became a rectory , which it remained until 1840 . |
| 24 | The bone which in lizards conducts sound from the ear-drum to the inner ear originated as the hind border of a gill slit in a fish , and then became a strut bracing the jaw articulation to the skull , before it acquired its present function . |
| 25 | In 1941 he qualified as a parachutist and then became a founder member of the Indian Airborne Unit : he was Brigade Major of 50 Brigade , then commanded 152 Battalion , and later 77 Indian Parachute Brigade . |
| 26 | Everything needing a temporary home found its way into the stable and then became a permanency . |
| 27 | She became a teacher at Lowood , as you did , and then became a governess in the house of a certain Mr Rochester . ’ |
| 28 | In 1898 he worked for some months in Naples on the evolution of small sharks , and then became a demonstrator in the natural history department of St Andrews University . |
| 29 | His father is a veterinary surgeon , and he himself assisted his father for a year or two and then became a groom . |
| 30 | Bill had been a Beatles roadie and then became a manager , of The Mojos and Badfinger — which is how he came to be the owner of studios in Denmark Street . |