Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [vb pp] into a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as Vecchi was concerned , the guy must have climbed into a hole in the ground and pulled the lid over his head . |
| 2 | Terence 's face went from being startled by his attack to astonishment , then might have cracked into a smile . |
| 3 | But remember that dreams and ambitions change as you get older , by his forties your high-flier may have turned into a slippers and spaniel man , and who knows , by then you may want to be PM . |
| 4 | But he could not have guessed that , almost fifty years later , Eliot would be loaded with honours and with happiness while he himself would have retreated into a silence of guilt and despair . |
| 5 | She remembered how huge she had thought the Longhills ' kitchen on her arrival in Nordale , and reckoned that it would have fitted into a corner of this one . |
| 6 | It was not the quantity of stars that was so impressive , though if there had been more they would have blended into a whitewash , nor was it their brilliance , though they were a dazzling variation of colour and size , but that they seemed alive . |
| 7 | In Por Tanssie , no one would have marched into a room uninvited in case the person inside was in a state of undress . |
| 8 | But I discerned that she was a pretty child , one who would have grown into a beauty had she been allowed the opportunity to age . |
| 9 | Any other time , McEnroe would have exploded into a torrent of abuse , but this time he just walked away . |
| 10 | Today , the result of our labours was several long rows of planted saplings which , in ten years ' time , will have grown into a grove of pussy willows doing useful service as a screen for walkers . |