Example sentences of "he became the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this job terminated at the start of NEP , he became the State Bank 's Kursk agent for purchasing grain . |
| 2 | He became the personal embodiment of a new solidarity , a new ralliement , nudging his fellow-countrymen towards a new accommodation to changing circumstances at home and overseas . |
| 3 | Later he became the vicar of a Cambridge parish . |
| 4 | He became the vicar of St Benet 's Cambridge on 6 January 1939 . |
| 5 | He became the product director on the board for both paints and fibres and also territorial director for |
| 6 | Soon , he became the first man to drive on an Icelandic glacier . |
| 7 | Although David Cecil was and always had been a devout Christian , he became the favourite candidate of those who resented the ‘ clerical candidate ’ , the man who had been put up by Lewis , just because he was a Christian . |
| 8 | In the 1980s he became the industry 's pied piper , leading the way to the international conglomerate , crossing frontiers and combining different media . |
| 9 | But Mr O'Brien had to resign abruptly last summer when he became the subject of a grand-jury investigation into possible illegal loans from a military sub-contractor . |
| 10 | We have seen that , under the ordinary form of a mortgage of freehold land used before the property Acts , the legal estate was conveyed to the mortgagee , so that at law he became the owner of the property ; but that the mortgagor was treated by equity as the owner — he had an equity of redemption , which was an equitable estate in the land ; and he could only be deprived of his equity of redemption in certain defined ways , e.g. by foreclosure or sale . |
| 11 | In the same match he became the first bowler to take eight wickets in an innings in a Test against West Indies in England . |
| 12 | At Sydney in 1988 against New South Wales he became the twenty-second batsman and the first West Indian to score a century of centuries . |
| 13 | Hebrews 5.8–9 tells us that : ‘ Although he was a Son , he learned obedience through what he suffered ; and being made perfect he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him . ’ |
| 14 | He became the chairman of the residents ' committee , and at the official opening , had some very honest , articulate and moving words to say . |
| 15 | He became the director of the Riding Academy at Naples and taught the Frenchman , Antoine de Pluvinel . |
| 16 | Later he became the New Yorker 's music critic and went on to be music editor of the Listener . |
| 17 | Golden Minstrel , Forest Ranger , Willsford and Ghofar disputed the early lead and Brown Windsor was with them when , jumping left and colliding with Forest Ranger at Becher 's , he became the race 's most expensive casualty . |
| 18 | The son of a miner , Ronald Eyre was born at Mapplewell , Yorks , on April 13 1929 and educated at Queen Elizabeth 's Grammar School , Wakefield , and University College , Oxford , where he became the secretary of OUDS . |
| 19 | The match was a a personal triumph for Wigan 's Test half-back Shaun Edwards ; for in collecting his 18th medal he became the most decorated player in the club 's history , overtaking the late and great forward of the post-war years , Ken Gee . |
| 20 | PURSUIT OF LOVE shot to 5–1 favouritism for the 2,000 Guineas , on May 2 , with an emphatic two-length victory in yesterday 's European Free Handicap as he became the 200th winner trained by Henry Cecil for Lord Howard de Walden . |
| 21 | In 1927 he became the commanding officer of the British Columbia Regiment ( Duke of Connaught 's Own Rifles ) , a militia unit in Vancouver . |
| 22 | The Duke of Edinburgh introduced an award scheme for young people , in 1955 , and later he became the President of the World Wildlife Fund . |
| 23 | The drawing just pre-dated the wilder stories of Modigliani 's debauchery , before he became the established drunk of Montparnasse in the eyes of the world . |
| 24 | He became the ultimate mourner , suffering with us in our distress . |
| 25 | Alfonso , on the other hand , though go-ahead and energetic , was of a docile nature and readily deferred to his parents and his eldest sister Urraca , so that he became the favourite son and developed all the traits of a spoilt child . |
| 26 | Perhaps it is not surprising that he became the subject of legend , his noble image inspiring the collective imagination to attach magical tales to his historical person . |
| 27 | The nickname stuck after 1930 when he became the youngest player to appear in a Cup final , and by 1931 , before his twenty-first birthday , he had won Cup , Championship and international honours . |
| 28 | In Toronto on that homeward trip I first met Ernest L. Bushnell who had come into radio as one-quarter of a male quartet and who rose in the ranks of Canadian radio until he became the top executive of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation some years later . |
| 29 | He had travelled in Italy and Sicily , where he had studied the Greek temples , he became the surveyor to two city companies , and was a London District Surveyor . |
| 30 | He had been elected an Honorary Fellow in 1850 , and it is clear that Hope 's wealth and position were still of sufficient value to the profession that he became the only amateur , apart from Grey , to be the Institute 's President . |