Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] became an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he never took much part in college life and eventually became an object of derision among medical students , who called him ‘ Mummy Jones ’ . |
| 2 | Thomas Cook began as a tour operator organizing and selling his own tours and soon became an agent as well , selling all kinds of travel on behalf of other suppliers , particularly the railway companies . |
| 3 | He worked among the poor of the Shankill Road , and later became an evangelist in America . |
| 4 | He paid £200 for hand-crafted boots from Northampton , and even became an EastEnder by residence . |
| 5 | His ‘ Sanspareil ’ , which competed unsuccessfully in the Rainhill locomotive trials of 1829 , instituted by the directors of the London and Manchester Railway and won by the ‘ Rocket ’ of Robert Stephenson [ q.v. ] , gave excellent service until 1844 and then became an exhibit at the Science Museum , London . |
| 6 | WILLIAM was ordained as a Church of Scotland Minister but later became an army Chaplain ; he served in India for several years and wrote a series of books on the country which are still highly regarded . |