Example sentences of "he [be] promoted to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He was promoted to secretary in 1968 becoming deputy director general in 1974 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1930 and brigadier in 1933 , and he was knighted in 1937 . |
| 6 | He was promoted to director in 1984 . |