Example sentences of "becoming [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a time teaching in a Scottish school , Fettes , the degree got him a fellowship in mathematics at his own college of Magdalene ; where he remained the rest of his long life — teaching mathematics , holding various college offices , going every week to Emmanuel Congregational chapel , and becoming after a time one of its deacons or church officers . |
| 2 | The hon. Gentleman is in danger of becoming like a vulture scavenging around every incident , irrespective of the facts and of the accusations that he makes against other people . |
| 3 | She , i it was it was becoming like a dictatorship ! |
| 4 | Now those people , even at the best we spoke of , six months full , six months half , are now becoming into a problem area , are n't they ? |
| 5 | ‘ I ? ’ she said , drawing back slightly into her crystalline , black-and-white reserve , and becoming in a breath notably more French . |