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…finally qualified as an electrician in his own right. (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)
…the dispute which began as a strike in protest over lay-offs. (BNC)
I started as an engineer and have ended as a biologist. (BNC)
…money can function as a medium of exchange… (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

« Back to Construction Pattern List