Example sentences of "could [vb infin] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might speculate that one could jump into a black hole in one place and come out of a white hole in another . |
| 2 | Her mood could escalate into a screaming rage almost without warning , and for that , too , he was responsible . |
| 3 | Uzbekistan 's President , Islam Karimov , on June 8 decreed a state of emergency in districts in Uzbekistan 's Andizhan oblast bordering Osh oblast , and warned that the Osh violence could escalate into a full-scale inter-republican armed conflict . |
| 4 | Either you should ask your spouse to enter into the covenant or you could enter into a Joint Deed of Covenant signed by both you and your spouse . |
| 5 | He likes Elland Road , he 's built up a squad that looks like it could develop into a REAL force over the next few years & he 'd be mad to leave for a job where he has a competition every 2 years/a draw 's a bad result/and nobody likes him ! |
| 6 | THIS rangy gelding looks as though he has matured during the summer and could develop into a useful handicap hurdler . |
| 7 | His partnership with Dean Hodgson , disappointed to be left out at the start , could develop into a reassuring one . |
| 8 | At this point in the proceedings I was offered a choice ; either I would have to undergo a major operation , knowing that the surgeon did not know what was wrong , or I could go into a residential physiotherapy hospital , Farnhan Park , one of the largest of its kind in England . |
| 9 | He was tall and reasonably good-looking , with a slightly sad , very reserved look which could melt into a charming smile , so intimate that it unbalanced almost any girl he cared to direct it at . |
| 10 | At worst an account person could degenerate into a mere messenger . |
| 11 | if you watch the news , watch the nine o'clock news tonight and try and sift out how many things you could put into a negative pile and how many you could put into a positive pile and I think that you would find that the negative pile |
| 12 | if you watch the news , watch the nine o'clock news tonight and try and sift out how many things you could put into a negative pile and how many you could put into a positive pile and I think that you would find that the negative pile |
| 13 | He could get into a stable but was unable to get out . ’ |
| 14 | I felt that if I could get into a regular habit-forming routine then I would be able to keep it up beyond the 30 days . |
| 15 | ‘ I could score on Wednesday and become a national hero , but a week after I could get into a little incident and it would be all over the back pages again and I 'm a villain . |
| 16 | I think everyone felt it was stodgy ; it was not a dynamic springboard from which we could leap into a new era of effective education . |
| 17 | Even if a 727 could slip into a Caribbean community with all the basic needs of life — video games , CD players , Benetton shirts and Playboy — its operating costs would mean the folk it was delivering to could not afford the service . |
| 18 | What was at best a speculative investment six months ago by five of the six major accountancy bodies , the BBC and accountancy trainers BPP , looks now as if it could turn into a roaring success . |
| 19 | The initial plan was for one 24-hour stoppage , but if management did not respond this could turn into a rolling programme of one-day strikes . |
| 20 | At any time it could turn into a strident chorus , a demand for humanity . |