Example sentences of "[noun pl] could [verb] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Control of subsidiary companies could pass into the hands of an owner who is outwith the local area . |
| 5 | Objects could fall into the black hole , but nothing could escape . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Under the car-free plan only invalids , the police , fire and emergency workers could drive into the city centre . |