Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [vb pp] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The marriage had come as a complete shock even to Eliot 's closest friends , such as Emily Hale and Mary Trevelyan . |
| 2 | The sun had appeared as a brighter white puddle in the white sky and the mist had begun to move . |
| 3 | By 1980 , recombinant-DNA had declined as a burning public issue in the US and the character of remaining concern , now limited to the cognoscente , had shifted . |
| 4 | In North Worcestershire also industrial growth made little or no visible impact on the structure of wealth , possibly because a man 's position in the rural hierarchy determined his choice of trade , In Yardley tile making had evolved as a major activity early in the fifteenth century ; along with tanning , which may still have been the principal industry in nearby Birmingham , it was practised by farmer-craftsmen , who mostly had well under £20 in goods , the £3 — £9 range forming a good two-thirds of the list : Thomas Walton , whose £11 was the highest assessment , made tiles and practised cooperage in winter . |
| 5 | This whole area had blossomed as a great region for settlement , in which the Spanish language was steadily being forced upon the survivors of the original population and to which Spanish emigrants went out as regular reinforcements to maintain the conquests of Cones and Pizzano . |
| 6 | Along with Argentina , Chile was one of the first countries in Latin America to experience union organisation and by 1970 , the labour movement had emerged as a strong and ideologically independent organisation . |
| 7 | The report had been generally very favourable and his and his colleagues ' morale had improved as a direct consequence . |
| 8 | His success had come as a complete surprise to him . |
| 9 | The news she had just received from Dorothy 's doctor had come as a dreadful shock , and for the moment she could not trust herself to speak . |
| 10 | This was where his grandfather had come as a young man , to worship and to be at peace with himself . |
| 11 | Led by a man named William Shorter , the gang had begun as a small group of poachers , their nickname derived from their dark clothing and blacked up faces for nocturnal raids in the forest . |
| 12 | ‘ She ; s come to make a hit , she should be so lucky , ’ the trio had joked as a nervous Kylie had sat patiently waiting to see them . |
| 13 | Her death had come as a great shock to him . |
| 14 | It had been clear that Artai 's decision to name Jehan as a member of the embassy had come as a complete surprise . |