Example sentences of "became [art] [noun] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1971 Jack Webb became the Bondholders ' Secretary , followed by Harold Chambers in 1975 up to 1981 , from which date to their winding up Basil Peacock held the reins . |
| 2 | Ganymede was beloved by ZEUS , who assumed the guise of an eagle so as to spirit him up to Olympus ; there he was given immortality and became the gods ' cup-bearer , responsible for giving them their daily draught of the Elixir of Life . |
| 3 | After North became the contras ' overseer , in October 1984 , he tried , according to Rafael Quintero , to inculcate some honesty into them : taking Calero 's brother Mario off the contract for ponchos and boots ( the ponchos leaked , anyway ) and putting control of the contras ' foreign money in the hands of Secord and ‘ the company ’ . |
| 4 | This division eventually led to the departure of some of the laboratory 's senior staff , a loss that became the universities ' gain . |
| 5 | Over the years , the VMA gradually became a students ' association and at the first general meeting of its 45th session , on 19 October 1880 , John H. Steel , the secretary and librarian , announced ‘ the Veterinary Medical Association , while having wide sympathies with its members who have become qualified practitioners , is now the Students ’ Society of the largest British Veterinary School' . |
| 6 | However , after a short period in 1732 at the Dissenting Academy in Findern , Derbyshire , he became a justices ' clerk in Sheffield until 1737 and then commenced work as a carrier between Sheffield and Macclesfield . |
| 7 | In 1916 the 2nd Earl of Feversham was killed at the Battle of the Somme and the house became a girls ' school until 1895 . |
| 8 | The house became a girls ' school until 1980 when the grounds were developed for housing . |
| 9 | Before they were finished , the first charges went off and the place became a hornets ' nest . |