Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] start [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her pains , which had started long before a frightened Rose , acting as an amateur midwife , had thought to send for him , had stopped — a bad sign . |
| 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 . |