Example sentences of "[pron] could [be] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might write a book , I could be in a movie , I could become a photographer , I might sing … ‘ |
| 2 | It can put pressure on her family , on her children , er put pressure on her at work in her job situation and she could be under a lot of harassment . |
| 3 | And I may not need your services now , so you could be on a train back to Frankfurt tomorrow . ’ |
| 4 | Add legal fees and a new valuation and you could be on a loser . |
| 5 | you could be on a rough patch or bumpy patch whatever yes yes |
| 6 | So , supposing your income is £10,000 and your partner earns £5,000 you could be in a position to borrow either £40,000 or£37,500 . |
| 7 | ( Close your eyes , and you could be in a pavement café on Boulevard St. Germain . ) |
| 8 | Well that 's what I 'm saying about the image of the drinking er I guarantee you could as you know as you say you could be in a pub all afternoon all evening all night with maybe twenty people having a music session and ten of them might n't be drinking at all . |
| 9 | I think we might well we could be in a cul-de-sac here or a discussion which er could cease to bear any fruit very rapidly . |
| 10 | Mr client , if I can rest you assured on that point , that we could be in a position whereby you ne you never be without an income , do you think that 's an important area that we look at . |
| 11 | If that comes off , we could be in a position to buy the premises and re-open the club . ’ |
| 12 | I mean , we could be in a predicament that we 've got to stay in there cos nobody will buy it ! |
| 13 | The difference between having a good time and a bad time is so minimal it 's unbelievable , but this , with three points for a win , situation it makes it so hard to say well we 're a bottom side , we 're a top side , all of a sudden in half a dozen games we could be like a top side . |
| 14 | Either one could be in a position to take over Daine 's business interests . |
| 15 | Judging from its appearance , he doubted that whoever lived there could be of a benign character . |
| 16 | They could be worth a lot of money one day . |
| 17 | ‘ They could be worth a million for all the difference it would make , ’ said Reid . |
| 18 | The precise nature of neutrophil chemoattractants in these disorders is unknown and they could be of a diverse nature including microbial , chemical ( including prostanoids ) or indeed in ulcerative colitis the damaged colonocytes themselves . |
| 19 | They could be at a skipping game in the playground . |
| 20 | The myriad instruments and switches initially make the cockpits appear complex , but they are actually about as straightforward as they could be in a jet trainer deliberately well-equipped with supplementary systems ( although the snug front cockpit demands good house-keeping discipline with charts and lwt-down books ) . |
| 21 | Right I mean it could be as a matter of a last resort yeah . |
| 22 | It could be for a night , or a day , or longer — for example , a week or two weeks . |
| 23 | If any one of his rules was broken — and he had a number — he would put a notice on his front door which said that the offender was scartata , rejected ; it could be for a few days or anything up to a fortnight . |
| 24 | Thus the intrinsic value of something follows from its intrinsic nature , so that nothing exactly like it could be of a different intrinsic value , while yet it is not one of the features one could properly list in indicating what something else would have to be like to be just like this thing . |
| 25 | So I says , let me take it and get it valued , it could be worth a bit . |
| 26 | If anyone is offering decent odds it could be worth a few quid |
| 27 | Then that 'll go through to Turners so I mean it could be like a fortnight after they 've been okayed . |
| 28 | And soon it could be in a class of its own . |
| 29 | If Di Haine 's Smooth Escort makes the cut for the Grand National at Aintree tomorrow he could be worth a sporting each-way bet as his trainer has always maintained he was made for the marathon . |
| 30 | To this question the defendant answers ‘ No , ’ because at the time of his neglect the plaintiff was not in existence as a living person , had no separate existence apart from her mother , was not capable of suing to assert a legal right , and was not a legal person to whom he could be under a duty . |