Example sentences of "he [be] promote to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Unless he 's promoted to Superintendent , he 'll face demotion , the sack or early retirement .
2 He was promoted to Minister of State at Transport , then went to Environment , where he was charged with burying the poll tax and devising its successor with Michael Heseltine .
3 When he was promoted to deputy chairman of the Plastics Division in 1966 he remained in charge of the film group .
4 At the end of August 1914 he was promoted to Brigadier on the field ; so suddenly that an elderly spinster had to furnish him with stars unsewn from her father 's uniform .
5 He was promoted to secretary in 1968 becoming deputy director general in 1974 .
6 He was promoted to Jig and Tool Assistant .
7 In 1806 , he was promoted to Captain .
8 Gregory says he was the son of a slave and that he came to prominence in the household of king Charibert , whence he was promoted to being comes of Tours .
9 His dedication and expertise with Delta were finally rewarded after eleven years when he was promoted to leader of Squadron B , with sixteen men under his command , but while he was on assignment in Libya his wife and five-year-old son were abducted by Arab terrorists in New York .
10 McGiven 's first two years with Town were as first team coach but in the summer , at Lyall 's suggestion , he was promoted to team manager .
11 Rejoining the fleet , he was promoted to commander but was soon paid off .
12 He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1930 and brigadier in 1933 , and he was knighted in 1937 .
13 In 1857 he was promoted to locomotive superintendent of the northern division , covering all routes of the LNWR north of Rugby , at Crewe works where in the following year the first of almost 1,000 of his 0–6–0 type freight locomotives were built .
14 He qualified in February , 1935 whereupon he was promoted to Sergeant .
15 He was promoted to director in 1984 .
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