Example sentences of "[noun] could [verb] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sorceress could see into the future , and she could see how her curse might again fall on us . ’ |
| 2 | Or he could sell most of his land to Mr Big and his house and a few acres could fall into the hands of a merchant banker who wants somewhere quiet with a paddock for the daughter 's ponies . |
| 3 | It was as if those grey eyes could see into the very depths of her soul , stirring the desire that lay there waiting to be aroused , as each of them recalled the passion they had shared the previous day . |
| 4 | They had their own windows with dark blue oil-cloth roller-blinds through which Dot could see into the compartment of the train alongside just like looking over at a next-door house . |
| 5 | Then it rumbled along a bridge , so Dot could see into the friendly clutter of people 's back yards , down into bomb-sites to view the mystery of chaos . |
| 6 | Not wishing to be a pansy , I stepped up my pace too , but I was no match for the male legs I was pursuing since both of my spindly little limbs could fit into the right leg of his breeches . |
| 7 | Control of subsidiary companies could pass into the hands of an owner who is outwith the local area . |
| 8 | Eva could enter into the exuberance and singing of African life whole heartedly and Sunday evenings were no exception . |
| 9 | Objects could fall into the black hole , but nothing could escape . |
| 10 | Avoidance would be easy , the camp could dissolve into the hills like mist within half an hour . |
| 11 | There was once a vestry built out here , and er this doorway was put in so that the vicar could get into the vestry to change his clothes . |
| 12 | And the slides that were then machined and put into it so that the , the , the , the arm of the , the stabilizer could slip into the water you know . |
| 13 | He feared that the plutonium reclaimed at the plant from irradiated fuels could fall into the hands of terrorists and be used to make crude atom bombs . |
| 14 | Because you could say international banking could go into the ser , tertiary sector . |
| 15 | ‘ The key problem ’ believes Iriyagolle , ‘ is that the area is unstable and that the hills above the site could collapse into the reservoir ’ . |
| 16 | An environmental health officer from Liverpool City Council visited the company 's bakery in Lorenzo Drive , West Derby , and found insects could get into the building through ‘ voids ’ around the pipework , and an insect screen had been nudged to one side . |
| 17 | Under the car-free plan only invalids , the police , fire and emergency workers could drive into the city centre . |
| 18 | As the moratorium on takeovers within the industry ceases at the end of 1993 the combined group will be in a position to be a predator and former hunter Manchester-based Granada could turn into the hunted . |
| 19 | If any of those specific points that I have listed came up , I believe , on the basis of what my hon. Friend the Minister of State said in his letter , that the local education authority could go into the school . |
| 20 | " I wonder , " she said , " if a woman could fall into the ways and after a while it would n't bother her . |
| 21 | ‘ The Met have now provided him with round-the-clock protection as they fear the filofax could fall into the hands of the IRA , ’ said the source . |
| 22 | Er , you know , Jane Austen , and and Bronte , they wrote quite a lot about clothes which meant probably , but always , I felt the Trollope could see into the minds of women you know , and he was good . |
| 23 | At the ‘ Drong ’ lower down the High Street the passer-by could look into the first-floor windows of the ancient cottages . |
| 24 | Labour 's defence spokesman has expressed fears that a missile system being developed in the region could fall into the hands of Iraq . |
| 25 | The £650,000 signing from Leeds could step into the first team if midfielder Steve Hodge fails to recover from the hamstring injury he suffered while training with England last weekend . |