Example sentences of "on become the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Maurice Thompson and Samuel Moyer [ qq.v. ] he was involved in trading ventures with West Africa , which brought him into competition with the East India Company , but he went on to become the company 's deputy governor in 1657 and its governor in 1659 . |
| 2 | ‘ No , I hope that I can come back next season to ride Party Politics again and that he could go on to become the type who will run in the Grand National another two or three times . |
| 3 | One of them immediately returned home , never to set foot in the tropics again — while the other , Werner Meyer , the only white doctor left on the island , stayed on to become the director of Makassar 's hospital . |
| 4 | With hands still firmly on hips , Joan went on to become the face that launched a thousand mannequins |
| 5 | Young and beautiful , Lisa was Model of the Year in 1987 and went on to become the Face of the Nineties . |