Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [verb] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the only route that Allied personnel could use to travel into the Soviet Sector , with the dismantling of the wall it is now redundant |
| 2 | It could have turned into an ugly ruck pretty quickly . |
| 3 | There was an element of choice in Sukarno 's arrest ; he could have escaped into the surrounding countryside , but he awaited capture , perhaps calculating that in arresting him the Dutch were outraging international opinion . |
| 4 | If the Scud attacks had provoked Israel into entering the war , experts say it could have developed into a global conflict . |
| 5 | ‘ And he could have got into the other parts ? |
| 6 | You could have vanished into a Scotch mist and taken a boat to one of the Western Isles — with all the plate and linen , etc. , etc. — for all I am aware . |
| 7 | Dougal could read meaning into the meaningless , like a priest finding omens in the steaming entrails of a sacrificed animal . |
| 8 | The programme , from BBC East , is bound to shock conservative Asian families who have never accepted that girls from their community could get dragged into the seedy world of prostitution . |