Example sentences of "became almost a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Parliament there was non-cooperation that became almost a guerrilla war between the parties . |
| 2 | Bodley was a corresponding member of the Institut de France ( Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques ) , and he was praised by Charles Maurras as the Englishman who knew France , so that ‘ he became almost a Frenchman without ceasing to be an Englishman . ’ |
| 3 | There , in a wooded dell called Holford Glen , close to the village church , they found an almost inaccessible waterfall which interrupted the Holford brook on its journey to the sea , and which , for them as for Coleridge , quickly became almost a voice of nature , an abiding , animated presence at the heart of their Quantock lives . |
| 4 | Reasoning that the very nature of Doctor Who would mean scenes at the beginning and end of serials where only the regular cast were involved , this element became almost a prerequisite to production . |
| 5 | Private rooms became almost a thing of the past , for closets went out of fashion ; bedrooms , which had formerly existed on all floors , went upstairs , but , although their dressing-rooms were often furnished as boudoirs , these were out-of-bounds from after breakfast , except in times of illness . |
| 6 | On the positive side , steam traction became almost a thing of the past ; by the end of 1966 , 96 per cent of total coaching train miles were operated by diesel or electric trains . |
| 7 | But he gave an account of having grown up being looked after by black servants because both his parents worked , and he claimed that , after they had separated , a black housekeeper named Evelyn became almost a mother-figure to him . |
| 8 | Thereafter he became almost a father to me . |
| 9 | The early plywoods were glued with vegetable or blood glues and , having virtually no moisture resistance , the word became almost a term of abuse . |