Example sentences of "[pron] could be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm worried that I could be developing agoraphobia . |
| 2 | ‘ I could be three seconds out , ’ said the Thing . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I wish I could be more help , but all I 've heard are rumours — a lot of confused stories . |
| 4 | ‘ Nobody could be better company than you , Mr O'Hara . ’ |
| 5 | The result is likely to be closer relationships between customers and suppliers , which could be good news : Japanese companies such as Honda Motor tend to choose a few preferred suppliers and stick with them , rather than playing the field , and this policy seems to have paid off handsomely . |
| 6 | Having spotted his prey in a channel which could be fifty yards wide or more , the fisherman must literally read the fish 's mind . |
| 7 | Hutton , 68 yesterday , struggled to an 82 for 150 , which could be several shots below the total at which the field will be reduced to 64 golfers , and ties for the knockout stage beginning tomorrow . |
| 8 | Beware of ‘ bargain-priced ’ stick foods , which could be last year 's stock . |
| 9 | If big cats in zoos are ever offered the meat of surplus pot-bellies , they are said to turn up their noses — which could be another advantage in a pig raised in tiger country . |
| 10 | So any time a supervisor appears , which could be any time , you might get a token , okay ? |
| 11 | If she could be sure Miguel was there , she could walk up and ask for the jeep . |
| 12 | She could be growing cold . |
| 13 | She found herself wondering how often he thought of his lady friend in America , and feeling sorry for a man who could be such fun , but who spent so much of his time working . |
| 14 | You could be right Fred I do n't , I 've not heard that one . |
| 15 | Aye you could be right Murchison said and he slipped it back into the water . |
| 16 | Otherwise you could be changing status now only to change back again very shortly and it is not worth the upheaval for what would only be a marginal difference . ’ |
| 17 | But you could be important witnesses . |
| 18 | But this is the interest rate dip we 're in here , I mean we 've seen , we 've seen I reckon we 're somewhere around here , we could be either side of that , but I think what we 're going to find next year is that the Chancellor , because he 's had to keep interest rates low and he 's stimulating the economy , er you 're going to find that eventually he 's going to have to push interest rates up to control inflation . |
| 19 | ‘ She said in her letter that she did n't think we could be happy living at Maythorpe House , that she 'd be lonely and probably would n't make me a very good wife . |
| 20 | That 's in their division five couple of seasons la we could be fourth division team . |
| 21 | We 're getting , if we could be this time next week , given feedback and come back with some response and maybe John , you can take whatever comes out of that on board in your . |
| 22 | mm possible , of course that one could be some way for Jackie 's |
| 23 | Oh I suppose there could be better representation for the women because the management is all male . |
| 24 | Now if these issues are badly handled , yes there could be civil war between the Republics . |
| 25 | Indeed , there could be peaceful co-existence between different political systems . |
| 26 | Labour governments leant more sympathetically towards ideas ( of which there could be endless variations ) for some kind of ‘ Open Broadcasting Authority ’ to use the Annan Committee 's phrase . |
| 27 | There could be legal problems for you , and problems of security . " |
| 28 | There could be grand pianos , campers , |
| 29 | Early impressions suggest that there could be keen competition to provide such a service — if the money can be found ! |
| 30 | The British National Party candidate said there could be violent clashes between fascists and left-wing supporters when he bids to unseat local Tory MP and schools minister Michael Fallon . |