Example sentences of "might [verb] into the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so while the corvette glided on towards its illuminated dock , as a minnow might swim into the mouth of a vast phosphorescent deep-sea predator , the interrupted service of thanksgiving continued . |
| 2 | In which case we might move into the shade and partake of some wine ? ’ |
| 3 | As it turns out , our long way round through the deaf community , its history , sign language , memory and interpreting has given us an understanding of the concept of Total Communication and of how it might fit into the world of deaf people . |
| 4 | Steel-Maitland , Boraston , Jenkins and Fraser made up a team of experts , all of sufficient status to deal with politicians who might call into the office ; the work of the office was departmentalized for the first time and the heads of department brought together into a supervising board . |
| 5 | They might fade into the background , but they are unlikely to go away . |
| 6 | The reference to ‘ all the circumstances ’ was not included in the Bill , but had been in earlier legislation , and was reinstated for fear that the courts might read into the omission a legislative intention that was not truly held . |
| 7 | While this would be fine for writers of science fiction , it would mean that no one 's life would ever be safe : someone might go into the past and kill your father or mother before you were conceived ! |
| 8 | Heart filled with pathos , I slipped through one of the windows , and stepped gingerly around the saplings and splintered tiles , afraid I might crash into the cellar . |
| 9 | Coventry might come into the reckoning |
| 10 | In the above example fresh cash ( £100 ) might come into the banking system because the central bank issued more bank notes to enable the government to meet its expenditure . |
| 11 | Michael might come into the restaurant to say hello ! |
| 12 | The theory was that on seeing the sign motorists would be so surprised that they might drive into the verge or the car in front . |
| 13 | His aunt had always kept the door locked , fearing that children might venture into the mill and hurt themselves by tumbling down the ladders . |
| 14 | They are afraid , too , that Israel might expand into the space left by Iraq 's collapse . |
| 15 | At any moment he might trample into the road , lower his head , run at someone . |