Example sentences of "[noun sg] and became the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After being stranded on 99 for 25 minutes , he finally lost both patience and nerve and became the fourth player in the match to be dismissed in sight of a century as he charged down the pitch . |
| 2 | Then he climbed on to the winner 's rostrum and became the proudest man in the world as the British National Anthem echoed around the massive Montjuic Stadium . |
| 3 | Boomer was a handsome man with a great deal of charm and became the favourite professional of the rich who visited Paris , playing with such luminaries as Sir Philip Sassoon , who rewarded Boomer by having suits made up for him from Savile Row . |
| 4 | The firm expanded its activities still further under his direction and became the largest employer of labour in Oldham , the workforce rising from 400 in 1837 to 6,000 in 1870 . |
| 5 | In such a society , as in southern Italy , the stronger spirits took to brigandage or smuggling and became the epic heroes of a depressed race . |
| 6 | The issue of language symbolized and condensed the anxiety provoked by the black presence and became the preferred site for an educational response . |
| 7 | He was educated at Elphinstone College where he remained as a teacher and became the first Indian professor with his appointment to the chair of mathematics and natural philosophy ( 1854 ) . |
| 8 | Gordon accepted the title and became the largest land- and vineyard-owner on the island . |
| 9 | In the following years the population in the areas of West Bowling and Horton increased enormously with the growth of the worsted industry and the building of new steam-powered mills , so that in November 1881 Canon Motler established St Joseph 's as a new parish and became the first parish priest himself . |
| 10 | Archbishop Fisher accepted the argument and became the enthusiastic leader of the new movement . |
| 11 | There Frederick William I , again in spite of much opposition , achieved a similar success and became the real creator of the Junker officer . |
| 12 | He achieved great success and became the leading landscape architect of the day . |
| 13 | Sufism , the mysticism of Islam , was extremely influential in the Muslim world and became the dominant Islamic piety in many areas of the empire until the eighteenth century . |
| 14 | Question : what did Spanish film-maker Aldomovar do before he achieved world domination and became the trendiest thing on the planet ? |
| 15 | They formed early last year , when Margaret relocated from New York City and became the perfect foil for Dave 's abrasive muse , to be augmented by a ready-made rhythm section arising from the demise of The Wolfhounds . |
| 16 | It was known at first as a subway , a name thought of as an American term for an underground system , but later on was named the City and South London Railway and became the first tube railway in the world . |
| 17 | Arriving in Australia in 1814 , however , he quickly resumed his profession and became the virtual father of Australian architecture . |
| 18 | The first was meant to unseat Digital Equipment Corp 's PDP-11 on the glow of the IBM name alone , but was sent naked into the market with no software and became the ultimate dogsbody product , a computing resource for any whim that needed one , a computer without portfolio that never found a central role . |
| 19 | SUNDERLAND Harrier David Clark scored a unique double yesterday when he won Durham City Nike Destiny Run for the second year running and became the first to break 20 minutes for the four-mile race . |