Example sentences of "he [adv] became the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the second Test at Port-of-Spain , he duly became the third ‘ W ’ , Weekes and Walcott having already made their debuts , and scored 97 and 28 not out . |
| 2 | But he soon became the keenest and most enlightened Italian expounder of the Council , and wrote a pastoral letter for Lent 1962 , Pensiamo al Concilio ( Let's think about the Council ) , that learnedly explains to the Milanese what is going to happen . |
| 3 | The hostility which this aroused , as well as his role as royal guardian of London , resulted in his death at the hands of a furious mob and he thus became the first bishop since Becket to be murdered . |
| 4 | He thus became the key figure in implementing the changes in the Government legal service arising out of the Compton Report . |
| 5 | A highly talented writer and a compelling public speaker , he quickly became the best-known left-wing agitator in Derry . |
| 6 | At the same time he also became the first known clerk of Parliament and thus was responsible for beginning the compilation of the rolls of Parliament . |
| 7 | He later became the senior trainer , served the Palace under ten managers and was one of a few staff left at Selhurst during World War Two . |
| 8 | According to Sark law , by her marriage her estate , including the seigniory , passed to her husband , but she had no intention of relinquishing her hold on island affairs and , although he then became the official seigneur , she sat beside him at meetings of the chief pleas ( Sark 's governing body ) , prompting his actions and continuing , albeit illegally , to give voice to her own opinions . |
| 9 | He then became the resident guitarist at ECM and therefore has played guitar for everyone in the modern movement : for example , Paul Bley , Mike Gibbs , Eberhard Weber , Paul Motian and Jan Gabarek . |