Example sentences of "and [pers pn] had [verb] into [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Yeah they got me and I had to turn into one of them octopus things . |
2 | Yet he had photographs of her in every jacket pocket , and they fell out of books at the wrong time and upset Eva ; and when he asked me about Mum , Dad and I had to go into another room , away from Eva , as if we were discussing something disgraceful . |
3 | But sometimes these hiding places were found ; and I think that Ann and I had stumbled into one of these hiding places , where the women and children had lain , trembling with fear , listening to the sound of their approaching persecutors . |
4 | Where we lived was n't much of a place — there were fourteen families in the one house and as mother 's eyes got worse , less work came in and we had to move into smaller and smaller rooms . |
5 | He had obviously showered , the almost-black hair falling in damp curls over his broad forehead , and he had changed into casual trousers and a shirt . |