Example sentences of "might [vb infin] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Might bump into you eh ? ’ |
| 2 | I excluded the whole of Scotland because she would have been a little too near home — even in Glasgow there was just the chance that someone might find her or she might bump into someone from home . ’ |
| 3 | It must be horrible to be driven away from all your old haunts because you might bump into your drug mates . |
| 4 | And who knows , but we might bump into each other … eh ? |
| 5 | He gave us an official letter to show the military commanders we might bump into along the way , and sent one of his high-ranking aides down to the dock to see us off . |
| 6 | She had no idea of course how frequently she might bump into Ven in the short while in which she shared his suite . |
| 7 | Yesterday Splash said : ‘ I was going to the conference in Stornoway anyhow , so no doubt I might bump into him . |
| 8 | I even hinted , without any good reason for thinking it , that in the course of time our little amateur effort at 1OAB might evolve into another commercial station , which caused considerable laughter from both my pioneer radio partners . |
| 9 | It was Sophy Sanger 's belief that by co-operating internationally for such practical , specific reforms , human beings might evolve into peaceful internationalists . |
| 10 | There were some Gaullists , like Brossolette , who hoped , in light of the apparent ideological convergence between the General and the Resistance in 1942 – 43 , that Gaullism might evolve into a permanent political movement , a broad progressive " rally " ( " rassemblement " ) to replace the discredited political parties of the Third Republic . |
| 11 | These vowel changes are brought about by rules — not the sort of rules that one might teach to language learners , but more like the instructions that one might build into a machine or write into a computer program . |
| 12 | I have a wee notion that JTR might fall into that category too . |
| 13 | The founding brothers never entrusted anything to paper , fearing that rituals and their interpretation of them might fall into the wrong hands . |
| 14 | In a muddled way , he expected that she might fall into his arms , that he would be able to comfort her and that one thing would lead to another ; and so absorbed had he become in the effect Sam 's death would have on his own affairs , that he had forgotten that it might have some other effect on Martha 's . |
| 15 | The Home Office publishes a leaflet ( BN7 ) giving detailed guidance on the requirements for individuals seeking British nationality and if you have any competitors who intend to compete internationally and who might fall into this category , then you should ensure that an early clarification of nationality is sought . |
| 16 | This should not present any major difficulties in the context of computers , although a dating agency which wanted to use a service mark " COMPUTADATE " but did not have a computer might fall into this category . |
| 17 | After much study Hahnemann came to the conclusion that the basic underlying causes of chronic diseases were what he termed the inherited miasms , a term which we might translate into modern parlance as inherited predispositions . |
| 18 | Proportional representation in Parliament might translate into disproportionate power in government in a way that would make the established first-past-the-post inequalities look rather more fair than is often seen to be the case . |
| 19 | There was a chance it might grow into the international peacekeeper its founders had wanted . |
| 20 | Many will need to pray that they might grow into this new role . |
| 21 | It might crumble into dust more readily . |
| 22 | And so while the corvette glided on towards its illuminated dock , as a minnow might swim into the mouth of a vast phosphorescent deep-sea predator , the interrupted service of thanksgiving continued . |
| 23 | Whilst some evidence suggested that repeated construal might break into this circle , a more effective way would be by making available the construals of others . |
| 24 | Whereas Roh 's authority had been sufficient to forge and maintain the DLP as a coalition of three diverse parties , without him there appeared every chance that the party might break into its constituent elements . |
| 25 | There may follow a period of spontaneous singing in tongues by the congregation , after which the whole assembly might lapse into a profound corporate silence and a still waiting upon God . |
| 26 | Laura collected sea-shells , looking for forms and colours she might work into her pots . |
| 27 | He drew back his head so that he might look into her eyes , misty with unshed tears . |
| 28 | I 'm gon na start , I might look into going to , to night school cos that |
| 29 | She did not want to go to her parents through fear of her father and because she might run into her baby 's father . |
| 30 | It might run into storms or , or be taken by pirates . |