Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [verb] into a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could scarcely have packed into a single letter more matter offensive to the ideals of the reformed papacy . |
| 2 | It is as though they could not wait to sink into a dotage spent in permanent contemplation of their childhood . |
| 3 | ‘ My lord , ’ he said , restraining what could easily have blossomed into a glow of triumph , ‘ even a layman may be inspired to speak prophecy . |
| 4 | ‘ It was about meeting new people and being inspired by other people 's work , or watching an actor or actress who could hardly talk come into a class and then six months later suddenly do a brilliant scene . |
| 5 | Bazille was killed a few months before his twenty-ninth birthday in the Franco-Prussian war , and since then scholars have been wringing their hands at the loss of a potential ‘ great Impressionist ’ , discounting the possibility that he could equally have evolved into a third-rate artist like Sisley or Morisot . |