Example sentences of "and train as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I then learnt yoga and trained as a teacher .
2 [ Karon incidentally recently decided to leave the office and train as a service technician ] .
3 Two years ago Siu-ming left her job as a solicitor in Bath to work for the women 's workshop and train as a cabinetmaker at Brunel Technical College , on block release .
4 He was educated at Ratoath National School , county Meath , and trained as a teaching monitor at the Central Model Schools of the Board of National Education , Marlborough Street , Dublin .
5 Born a Brahmin and trained as a pundit , he supplemented his income by performing priestly functions for other Indian labourers .
6 Son of a postal worker and trained as a car body builder , Floirat rose from a humble upbringing to become a major industrialist nicknamed ‘ man with the golden fingers ’ for his financial expertise .
7 NUTRITIONIST Sarah Godden , 23 , has a special interest in dietetics and trained as a dietician at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridgeshire .
8 On leaving school , he went into Dad 's factory and trained as a machinist .
9 He was born in Leeds in 1789 and trained as an architect , but by 1830 had taken over the fight against child abuses from Robert Owen ( q.v. ) , and conducted a vigorous campaign for a ten-hour day , which only succeeded in 1847 with the passing of the Ten Hour Bill limiting the working hours of all those aged up to eighteen .
10 He supported himself playing alto-saxophone in a jazz band , and trained as an engineer in Switzerland .
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