Example sentences of "could [be] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gulls can see the help and benefit they receive from Iago 's service , but can not see , or conceive , that Iago could be benefiting himself at the same time ; and no one could possibly see that Iago is in fact benefiting himself by destroying them . |
| 2 | While 4 glasses of wine is considered safe , more than that could be taking you into the danger area of getting cirrhosis of the liver . |
| 3 | I could be putting him on the spot . |
| 4 | To get out of the car to peer beneath its bonnet was not going to get her anywhere either , she knew in advance , because with her lack of mechanical knowledge the fault could be staring her in the face and she would never recognise it . |
| 5 | Even if the arrangement within each class was a branching tree , the classes themselves could be set one above the other to form a continuous sequence . |
| 6 | Friends remarked that it was a measure of Branson 's single-minded approach to conversation that you could be regaling him with the most scandalous piece of tittle-tattle in London and he would turn on his heel and walk away , leaving you talking to thin air , while he made yet another telephone call about business . |
| 7 | They could be selecting them off the |