Example sentences of "became [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to John Herbert , who became second Secretary of State in 1600 , it had three principal functions : the business of the Queen , in which it ‘ doth handle principally questions and consultations of state ’ ; disputes between party and party , which might involve either criminal or civil suits or a mixture of the two ; and disputes ‘ wherein the Queen is a party ’ . |
| 2 | Playing it long became second nature . |
| 3 | It 's a well set out machine and using it became second nature after just a couple of hours . |
| 4 | He masked the fear in his eyes with the vacant , subservient glaze which became second nature to military personnel . |
| 5 | It became second nature . ’ |
| 6 | From continually chasing my tail in the first month and being late for everything , and always being in trouble in varying degrees , punctuality became second nature . |
| 7 | I interviewed him when he became First Sea Lord and on one or two other occasions , and I always slightly regretted that my commitment to current affairs had prevented me from taking up Associated Rediffusion 's offer to spend two years with him , at home and abroad , researching and scripting the thirteen programmes they were planning on his Life and Times — a task subsequently and admirably performed by John Terraine . |
| 8 | Carson , although not after all included in this body , became First Lord of the Admiralty . |
| 9 | As I placed them in the water , the bone-china cups and saucers became first glass then nothing ; the water was cold as a glacier . |
| 10 | School Lisburn became first time winners of the Lisnagarvey Six-A-Side Invitation Tournament after beating Newry High School 2–0 in this afternoon 's final at Blaris . |
| 11 | His grandson , David , became first Baron Davies [ q.v . ] . |
| 12 | Curzon became first Baron Scarsdale on 9 April 1761 . |
| 13 | Among its most prominent leaders were Adu Boahen , a former history professor , who became interim chairman , and Johnny Hansen , Interior Secretary in 1982-83 , who became first vice-chairman . |
| 14 | As laid down in the will that he had made on 29 April 1696 , revising an earlier one dated 13 July 1685 , in which his wife had been named as his sole heir , Howard 's estates were inherited by his only surviving child , Henry Charles Howard ( born 18 October 1668 ) ; from him they descended to his son , Charles Howard [ q.v. ] , who became tenth Duke of Norfolk in 1777 . |