Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [verb] [adv] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colbert went wet again in 1982 , there 's an active local theatre group , and some people in the area are in the process of restoring and reopening the Ritz — which had survived mainly as a warehouse , and briefly as a recording studio in 1957 — putting on plays , and possibly a film series too . |
| 2 | What had started out as a quest for metallic hydrogen now became a serious hunt for fusion . |
| 3 | What had started out as a bad day had suddenly become brighter . |
| 4 | What had started out as a dramatic sea chase and developed into a running battle had fizzled out in a disappointing anti-climax . |
| 5 | But what had started out as a dream come true had , within hours of their leaving England , turned into a nightmare . |