Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] promote to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth Thompson writes ‘ I was promoted to Grade 5 ( Assistant Secretary ) in the Department of Trade and Industry in April . |
| 2 | Three and a half years ago I was promoted to manager . |
| 3 | And three and a half years ago y you were promoted to manager . |
| 4 | In 1924 she was promoted to chief of that section and in 1935 she published Labour in Agriculture , an International Survey . |
| 5 | Unless he 's promoted to Superintendent , he 'll face demotion , the sack or early retirement . |
| 6 | He was promoted to Minister of State at Transport , then went to Environment , where he was charged with burying the poll tax and devising its successor with Michael Heseltine . |
| 7 | When he was promoted to deputy chairman of the Plastics Division in 1966 he remained in charge of the film group . |
| 8 | At the end of August 1914 he was promoted to Brigadier on the field ; so suddenly that an elderly spinster had to furnish him with stars unsewn from her father 's uniform . |
| 9 | He was promoted to secretary in 1968 becoming deputy director general in 1974 . |
| 10 | He was promoted to Jig and Tool Assistant . |
| 11 | In 1806 , he was promoted to Captain . |
| 12 | Gregory says he was the son of a slave and that he came to prominence in the household of king Charibert , whence he was promoted to being comes of Tours . |
| 13 | His dedication and expertise with Delta were finally rewarded after eleven years when he was promoted to leader of Squadron B , with sixteen men under his command , but while he was on assignment in Libya his wife and five-year-old son were abducted by Arab terrorists in New York . |
| 14 | McGiven 's first two years with Town were as first team coach but in the summer , at Lyall 's suggestion , he was promoted to team manager . |
| 15 | Rejoining the fleet , he was promoted to commander but was soon paid off . |
| 16 | He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1930 and brigadier in 1933 , and he was knighted in 1937 . |
| 17 | In 1857 he was promoted to locomotive superintendent of the northern division , covering all routes of the LNWR north of Rugby , at Crewe works where in the following year the first of almost 1,000 of his 0–6–0 type freight locomotives were built . |
| 18 | He qualified in February , 1935 whereupon he was promoted to Sergeant . |
| 19 | He was promoted to director in 1984 . |