Example sentences of "[vb infin] become a " in BNC.
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1 | Maybe I should consider becoming a Power Pack leader . |
2 | Trevino admitted last year that he could not wait to become a Seniors ' Tour player and , as he predicted , the lack of similar calibre players has allowed him to dominate , winning almost $300,000 more than Mike Hill , second on the money list . |
3 | You do n't need to become a slave to Filofax — but you probably do need a college diary or alphabetical address book with space for telephone numbers , etc . |
4 | She says she has much more chance at this school of getting the qualifications she would need to become a social worker or a journalist ( she feels there a lot of good black journalists around but not enough women ) . |
5 | For the purpose of teacher training regulations the CNAA would now need to become a ‘ relevant organization ’ on the same footing as the Area Training Organizations . |
6 | What qualifications do I need to become a stunt-man ? |
7 | Why did you choose to become a fuel technician ? ’ |
8 | Mike Wilkinson did n't choose to become a press photographer — it was one of those things that just happened . |
9 | Peter Powell has flown trains of his kites from a fast launch up the Thames , from a rear-facing pillion seat on a speeding motorcycle , from the sunroof of a car , into the sea and out again , and has demonstrated these stunts all over the world ; but do not expect to become a Peter Powell Mk.2 overnight ! |
10 | For example , a building contractor whose company builds houses for the council should decline to become a member of the housing committee and so avoid innuendos which would otherwise follow . |
11 | Oswald , who lives in North Road , did not plan to become a market trader . |
12 | Certainly to explain the Incarnation in a quarter of an hour over the air is a tall order , but Lewis could surely have done better than to say , ‘ If you want to get the hang of it , think how you would like to become a slug or a crab . ’ |
13 | • I would like to become a member of the A.P.F./Mill Hill organisation . |
14 | For example the question ‘ Would you like to become a doctor and work in a hospital ? ’ is a double question because the respondent might like to become a doctor , but not work in a hospital . |
15 | For example the question ‘ Would you like to become a doctor and work in a hospital ? ’ is a double question because the respondent might like to become a doctor , but not work in a hospital . |
16 | With those children now at secondary school she wanted to restart her career and decided that she would like to become a dental hygienist . |
17 | I would very much like to become a counsellor , helping people with problems . |
18 | Ask any established pop band would they like to become a cult band and they 'll have you swiftly thrown out of their hotel suite , ordering another bottle of champers while they 're at it . |
19 | She began to feel that she would like to become a Roman Catholic , partly to frighten her mother , who was one of the pioneer Christian Scientists in England , and partly because the rigorousness of the experience attracted her . |
20 | Would you like to become a journalist for an hour or so , and copy out one or two ‘ In Years Gone By columns for us from the files ? |
21 | Adam says he 'd like to become a Grand Master . |
22 | And now I look back on the years I wasted on the building sites and I should 've become a policeman ea a lot earlier cos it 's great fun . |
23 | Currently a demonstration sport , the 1996 Olympics will see Tae Kwon-Do become a scheduled Olympic event . |
24 | Narasimha Rao , is a former foreign minister whose ill-health means he can not hope to become a permanent head of the party . |
25 | It was almost inevitable , given the excessive respect paid in the Potter house to the written word , and given Frederica 's own mastery of , and intense pleasure in , the school essay , that she should decide to become a writer . |
26 | And it may be that the warning of Cordell Hull was designed , among other things , to make it clear that , should Turkey finally decide to become a belligerent , she must do so in conformity with plans already agreed upon by the Allies themselves . |
27 | Chaos now seemed poised to threaten the system from inside and without , and it is almost inevitable that the term ‘ civvy ’ should have become a derogatory reference . |
28 | Sometimes a tool was ground after a breakage or similar accident , and the resulting shape would allow a usage not previously possible , and may even have become a treasured ‘ special ’ . |
29 | In short , the ration book would have become a national institution like the council house . |
30 | The difficulty here is best demonstrated when Honderich , analyzing the notion that Conservatism is a ‘ defence of the familiar ’ , argues that if this were central to Conservatism ‘ we should have a mystery on our hands , the mystery of how an egregious idiocy could have become a large political tradition ’ . |