Example sentences of "might [adv] [be] [verb] into " in BNC.

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1 For she had actually been engaged in the very pleasant task of deciding which room in her new house at Far Flatley might best be converted into a nursery when a messenger had come from Frizingley with the awful news .
2 Bevin was torn between fears of a resurgent Germany in its own right and of a Germany which might somehow be drawn into the Soviet orbit .
3 At least one small nineteenth-century factory in Dentorn , Greater Manchester , as an area noted for the manufacture of hats , was built with certain architectural features included so that it might easily be converted into a terrace of houses .
4 A short essay covering four A4 pages ( about 1,200 words ) might well be divided into about eight paragraphs .
5 Their memorandum on US policy towards Indo-China recognized the possibility that without what it called ‘ a bolder political approach ’ the French — and the US — might well be heading into a debâcle which neither could afford ; but the drastic political measures which were reckoned to be necessary would have to be a matter for voluntary decision by the French government .
6 It may be that you feel London might well be directed into three , having a representative for the western section covering Richmond , Hounslow etc .
7 Indeed , this might suggest that the Type A non-profit might usefully be dichotomized into those nationalized industries which have traditionally been ‘ profitable ’ and those which have not .
8 I said I would by no means submit to such injustice and was glad to hear my own voice steady and confident , for I feared my lips might again be sewn into silence .
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