Example sentences of "[noun prp] could be [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite his goal , Falconer could be left out against Sunderland today . |
| 2 | A fifth of England could be built on by the middle of the next century , according to a report from the Council for the Preservation of Rural England ( CPRE ) , which finds that countryside is disappearing much faster than official figures suggest . |
| 3 | But in the absence of an effective liaison between drainage men and archaeologists , there is a danger that such remarkable finds as the Bronze Age settlement built on a timber ‘ island ’ recently rescued at Flag Fen near Peterborough could be broken up by diggers or else left to crumble on exposure to the atmosphere . |
| 4 | Nobody wanted to stroke a Gnome , except perhaps another Gnome , He thought he might just have a word with Caspar to see if Fenella could be brought along to his , Inchbad 's , bed that very night . |
| 5 | Fire stations at Woburn Sands and Wolverton could be shut down if county councillors agree to make cuts in the fire service.But the county says it is trying hard to avoid cuts in that part of the budget . |
| 6 | If Haser could be brought down by the Swiss for money-laundering , so the theory went , then he would have no reason to dig the hole he was in any deeper by embarrassing the CIA with gratuitous revelations about the agency 's arms deals with Saddam Hussein . |
| 7 | EX-JOCKEY Dermot Browne could be kicked out of the racing game today — without defending himself . |
| 8 | On the surface , Red Or Dead could be lumped in with all those old-school London names who used to show wacky creations and sell zilch . |
| 9 | ‘ We are horrified that such an innocent young lad as our son Craig could be cut down in this way when he was doing humanitarian work , ’ he said . |
| 10 | He also played a part in developing in England , even before the full force of the new historical criticism of the Bible had been felt there , an understanding of the authority of the Bible which did not rest simply on regarding it as the inspired and inerrant compendium from which the truths about God could be read off in literal and rationalist fashion . |
| 11 | Hall replied to Cowley on 4th November that the premiums could not be altered , but designs from architects not residing in Britain could be submitted up to 4th April , 1857 . |
| 12 | Dr Wyn had told his friends that Lydia could be relied on to say something awful , or to sink , senseless , under the table . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , unknown Graham Kavanagh could be tossed in at the deep end for Middlesbrough 's FA Cup clash with Chelsea on Sunday . |
| 14 | ‘ Next year 's Eurovision could be put on at the King 's Hall . |
| 15 | If the Grand Duchess Elena lost ground with the tsar after his return to St Petersburg , General Nazimov could be put off no longer . |
| 16 | What was it all about when someone like Mac could be snuffed out , just like that ? |
| 17 | First division Leigh could be forced out of Hilton Park after being served with a High Court writ . |
| 18 | IN Ruddigore , Mad Margaret could be snapped out of her raving by the password ‘ Basingstoke ’ . |
| 19 | Dressed , Dawn could be passed off as a member of the audience . |
| 20 | European cup holders Marseille could be thrown out of next seasons competition , because of their involvement in a bribery scandal . |