Example sentences of "he became [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he came he became a prominent Parliamentarian , perhaps in the thirties . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 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 | He did a stint on a chain gang , and he became a professional boxer for a while . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 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 | Mr Thomas penywaun was one of my father 's first customers at the shop and he became a firm friend . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He became a keen supporter of the BAAS , founding a club which gathered each year at the meetings , for conviviality and science . |
| 14 | He had always been drawn to the sea , as is also evinced by his poems ; at Taranto he became a keen yachtsman . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He became a grand officer of the Legion of Honour and a lieutenant of the City of London . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In 1926 he settled near Eastbourne , where he became a familiar sight driving at speed in his superb Lagonda through the Sussex lanes . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | With the introduction of the Model Engineer and Amateur Electrician magazine in 1898 he became a regular contributor and was a founder-member of the Society of Model Engineers . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Meanwhile he became a regular speaker at debates . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | C. Aubrey Smith , the imposing king of the dress extras , liked him and he became a regular guest at his croquet tournaments . |
| 25 | He would have done better to hoard a fast , independent ship with good signalling equipment , for on the Queen Elizabeth , which had been given tasks of her own , he became a virtual prisoner , unable to respond to events or give directions . |
| 26 | He became a new vicar . |
| 27 | He became a good husband , quiet and kind , but his family were strong Methodists and were shocked that she smoked and had such a joy of life . |
| 28 | At Dulwich and Oxford University he was an excellent athlete and Rugby Union Player , while in later years he became a good club cricketer and a member of I Zingari . |
| 29 | Padmore later became a central figure in the organisation of African students into nationalist movements , and later again he became a political advisor to Kwame Nkrumah when the latter founded the newly independent state of Ghana . |
| 30 | Nizan stuck to his principles , but after 1939 he became a political refugee . |