Example sentences of "he become [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he came he became a prominent Parliamentarian , perhaps in the thirties . |
| 2 | He became a prominent critic of indirect rule and colonial self-sufficiency ; in the London group on African affairs he opposed the transfer of Bechuanaland , Basutoland , and Swaziland to South Africa . |
| 3 | It was the great fire of London in 1666 which gave him his opening , however , and he became a prominent figure in the rebuilding of the city over the next decade . |
| 4 | Late in life , having transferred his affections to the alsatian , Queenie , he became a professional bore over the superiority of animals to human beings , an obsession that led almost to derangement on the occasions when Queenie was cut by broken glass . |
| 5 | First he went to St Andrew 's in Scotland , then to Rome ; then he engaged in regular trading between England and Scotland for a while ; then he became a professional sailor . |
| 6 | He did a stint on a chain gang , and he became a professional boxer for a while . |
| 7 | In 1926 he became a commissioned officer in the Salvation Army , a commission he resigned in 1944 when his interest in spiritual matters had developed beyond the bounds of Salvationism . |
| 8 | In 1866 he became a Roman Catholic convert , was received into the Church by his model , John Henry Newman [ q.v. ] , and confirmed by Archbishop Henry Manning [ q.v . ] . |
| 9 | He became a frequent and esteemed visitor to Queen Victoria Street . |
| 10 | It was Chapman 's second foreign tour ( after Northampton 's German visit of 1909 ) and he became a firm advocate of overseas ventures , because of their publicity value and because they gave an opportunity of displaying the English soccer style to foreign audiences . |
| 11 | Mr Thomas penywaun was one of my father 's first customers at the shop and he became a firm friend . |
| 12 | He became a zealous agent of Thomas Cromwell in the Dissolution and , according to John Foxe , ‘ repented him very muche that he had made Songes to Popish Ditties in the time of his blindnes ’ and seemingly abandoned composition . |
| 13 | Early in 1864 , before he was sixteen , he became a lay member of an irregular order of English Benedictines under the leadership of ‘ Father Ignatius ’ ( Joseph Leycester Lyne , q.v. ) , and loved to wear a monk 's habit and cowl with bare feet . |
| 14 | he became a second permanent secretary in the Department of the Environment during Edward Heath 's administration . |
| 15 | But Portillo whose Spanish name meaning the narrow gate , is very citable to a man responsible for sanctioning public spending bids , would need a department of his own before he became a serious leadership candidate . |
| 16 | Later , he became a keen and accomplished mountaineer . |
| 17 | He became a keen supporter of the BAAS , founding a club which gathered each year at the meetings , for conviviality and science . |
| 18 | He had always been drawn to the sea , as is also evinced by his poems ; at Taranto he became a keen yachtsman . |
| 19 | He was undermanager ( 1841 ) and manager ( 1844 ) at Monkwearmouth , then the deepest mine in Britain ; c .1845 he became a managing partner in Washington colliery , and sole owner of Unsworth . |
| 20 | He became a grand officer of the Legion of Honour and a lieutenant of the City of London . |
| 21 | After this , he became a nicer cat , + was n't so proud of himself all the time . |
| 22 | After six years as Chairman , he knew all the important party figures and he became a dangerous foe ; in the National Union he combined with Selborne to mount a campaign against coalition and as a Birmingham MP he threatened even- Austen Chamberlain 's home base . |
| 23 | In 1926 he settled near Eastbourne , where he became a familiar sight driving at speed in his superb Lagonda through the Sussex lanes . |
| 24 | He later enlisted in the South African Navy , in which he became a chief petty officer specialising in radar . |
| 25 | He became a key figure in the early 1970s when the public employment service was modernised and Jobcentres as we know them today were first established . |
| 26 | Meanwhile he became a regular speaker at debates . |
| 27 | C. Aubrey Smith , the imposing king of the dress extras , liked him and he became a regular guest at his croquet tournaments . |
| 28 | Parry made his debut in the fourth match of 1931–32 , when he helped the Palace secure a superb 3–0 victory at Brighton , and he became a regular member of our side that season . |
| 29 | He became a regular for lunch and dinner after his wife died of cancer three years ago . |
| 30 | In 1293 he became a regular assize justice but continued to act for private clients in the Common Bench until the court moved to York in 1298 . |