Example sentences of "have [vb pp] into a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | After some uneventful voyages over the years , and at least seven previous masters , the Orynthia seemed to have turned into a hornets ' nest . |
| 3 | Ruth had already decided to bring her own children to be photographed today , and then approached all her friends with young families , suggesting they might like to do the same — so it had turned into a children 's party . |
| 4 | Or they might hear she had walked into a police station somewhere later in the day . |
| 5 | They 'd all got off the bus together ; this one had gone into a truckers ’ cafe for cigarettes and a carton of coffee . |
| 6 | Perhaps he had run into a pensioners ' outing . |
| 7 | Yet , within a few years , the whole affair had degenerated into a foodies ' free-for-all . |