Pattern: V as n

The pattern can be best understood by viewing the interactive construction network link above.

To examine the individual constructions please see the tables below:

Examples
…he sits in the Galleria at Milan, masquerading as the composer himself. (BNC)
[He]considered that a good deal of point of sale came across as 'a ghastly, ill designed mess'. (BNC)
…the women artists and writers, the politicians and trades unionists, the women who came out as lesbians, and before them the witches and the suffragettes. (BNC)
I started as an engineer and have ended as a biologist. (BNC)
I propose that Tony remains as our representative. (BNC)

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