Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A few years ago we thought the Butter Market could have been made into a little museum but it would have been difficult to cross the roads into it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Public interest ’ ( local jobs and executive homes ) would be pleaded , though if caught in time , the house could have been converted into a dozen flats for local people instead of second homes for outsiders , and the landscaped grounds adapted for the public benefit . |
| 3 | Later it may have been incorporated into an enormous palace compound covering a wide swath of the city |
| 4 | Dismissing fears that her daughter might have been tricked into a fake marriage by a man determined to ruin her , Nora tried to think more positively , but her brain persistently returned to the appalling question , ‘ Why an Italian , for God 's sake ? ’ |
| 5 | Her boyfriend Doug Robertson is worried that she may have been forced into an arranged marriage . |