Sentence examples for he was converted into from inspiring English sources

Originally a relief pitcher, he was converted into a starting pitcher shortly after being acquired by the Chicago Cubs in 1966.

While growing up in his native north-east, Pointer operated initially as a flankman, but such was his weight of goals in junior football that he was converted into a spearhead.

He started out as a goalkeeper and played as a defender before he was converted into a centre forward.

Originally a midfielder, while playing at Nice, he was converted into a full-back.

Last fall he was converted into a fullback before the Illinois game and proved a capable ground gainer.

In 1996, Nevin played in Class AA for the Tigers with the Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League, where he was converted into a catcher.

"For a while it seemed sort of antique to people," said Mr. Callenbach, a balding and eerily fit man of 79, sitting in his backyard, which he was converting into a preserve for native plants.

"The north lake is more spectacular and whatnot, nicer and classier, but I like it up here a lot more," Mr. Sanner, 38, said as he hammered on a shed that he was converting into a guest house, sawdust in his hair and a nail gun at his feet.

"I believe it is a complete evil misuse of a grand jury process he's converted into a private, secret trial designed to exonerate these officers".

Which, of course, raises an intriguing question: if Willis continued to struggle on the mound, could he be converted into a position player?

In a crisp white shirt and cane hat, Dr. Joe Smiddy a veteran pulmonologist out of nearby Kingsport, Tennessee, and medical director of the Health Wagon, a mobile clinic that provides care to people in the area rests for a moment in a tent in front of the motor home he's converted into a mobile X-ray unit.