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]considered that a good deal of point of sale came across as 'a ghastly, ill designed mess'. (BNC)
…he sits in the Galleria at Milan, masquerading as the composer himself. (BNC)
…money can function as a medium of exchange… (BNC)
I started as an engineer and have ended as a biologist. (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)
Constructions
1. the begin as something construction2. the end as something construction3. the continue as something construction4. the come across as a category construction5. the function as a role construction6. the qualify as a role construction7. the masquerade as a false identity construction8. the come out as an identity construction

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