Example sentences of "went on to become the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Maurice Thompson and Samuel Moyer [ qq.v. ] he was involved in trading ventures with West Africa , which brought him into competition with the East India Company , but he went on to become the company 's deputy governor in 1657 and its governor in 1659 . |
| 2 | This then later went on to become the Farnborough ramp . |
| 3 | With hands still firmly on hips , Joan went on to become the face that launched a thousand mannequins |
| 4 | Young and beautiful , Lisa was Model of the Year in 1987 and went on to become the Face of the Nineties . |
| 5 | In a neat piece of role-reversal , Lewis , who went on to become the Wales Under-21 coach , is now Jenkins 's assistant at Stradey . |