Sentence examples for he applied to be from inspiring English sources

In 1954, he applied to be chief of the first atomic submarine.

He claims he applied to be a burger-flipper six months ago.

Carney refused to say whether he applied to be Bank of England governor, despite being widely tipped for the job.

He spoke a few languages, so on the advice of an uncle, he applied to be a concierge and has been doing it for 20 years.

However, he agreed that he had not mentioned his Hillsborough role at all when he applied to be chief constable of Merseyside police in 1998.

Next he applied to be on Channel 4's Deal or No Deal, where he appeared on 26 shows alongside Noel Edmonds, eventually taking home £44,000.

I suggested that he apply to be a mentor for "transitional-age youth," kids who are aging out of the system but still need help figuring out the basics of life.

NASA rejected Captain Shepherd when he first applied to be an astronaut, in 1980, but he was selected when he applied again in 1984.

He even applied to be a Mouseketeer in the mid-1950's, but was rejected.

He then applied to be a technician in Oak Ridge's analytic chemistry division and was accepted.

He has applied to be granted political asylum by Ecuador, whose London embassy is currently sheltering the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.