Example sentences of "could be [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be peeping from the eye-socket of any of the saurian skulls with jewels atip their horns mounted on the walls . |
| 2 | Although it can be argued that the arousal manipulation in their particular study could be operating on the lower portion of the curve , it does appear that numerous studies on vivid and flashbulb memories have suggested that highly emotionally arousing life events are remembered in surprising detail over very considerable retention intervals . |
| 3 | He turned his head so that when he opened his eyes he could be facing into the clearing . |
| 4 | Chatterjee then had the idea that maybe fusion could be acting within the Earth in the vicinity of the hot springs ; that 50 kilometres down beneath the ground the pressure and temperature caused the Earth to be a fusion engine . |
| 5 | But many more could be slipping through the net . |
| 6 | But it may be wise to follow the Which ? team 's advice before making your choice — otherwise the recipient of your gift could be limping into the New Year . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ There 's a suspicion that we could be getting into a mess . |
| 8 | I often hear and read stories of anglers spending weeks on end in search of Fenland zander with very little to show for it and yet with a little thought they could be catching on a regular basis . |
| 9 | The former would be a seminar or course , while the latter could be serving as a local councillor . |
| 10 | She wished she could be siting in the Prego Café , listening to the mind-pounding rhythms of the juke box . |
| 11 | ‘ You could be competing in the backstroke at Southport , and then have to travel to Cleethorpes or Torquay for the free style or breaststroke . |
| 12 | Their pay varied , but very few girls in these occupations ever earned as much as the 12s-13s a week , which as we have seen is what a girl compositor could be earning by the time she was about 20 , with the ( limited but real ) possibility of earning more later . |
| 13 | He/She could be looking for a Double Indemnity climax . |
| 14 | Regardless of the pit closure programme ta erm we 're in full flight erm at the end of the day we could be looking at a situation with four pits remaining in Nottinghamshire er and to that extent there 'll be up to four thousand miners still reliant on the services of , should er remain open . |
| 15 | He could be looking at a device which at any moment could be activated by a radio-operated switch . |
| 16 | You could be looking at a minimum of one , two , three years ' salary , because you might be thinking well at least that 'll give me a chance to get on , to get back on my feet . |
| 17 | Next Saturday the big race is the Guinness Champion Stakes at Leopardstown and with Market Booster in the field we could be looking at a future star . |
| 18 | If David Cork carries on playing like that , then he could be looking at a new contract instead of being on the transfer list . |
| 19 | A windfall or an inheritance is not out of the question , and we could be looking at the end of March , May or October-November for a material or financial boost . |
| 20 | Bearing in mind that the new Speaker served as a deputy before being elected to her new post we could be looking at the next Speaker of the House of Commons . |
| 21 | Bearing in mind that the new Speaker served as a deputy before being elected to her new post we could be looking at the next Speaker of the House of Commons . |
| 22 | Now , you see , in Rafferty 's here we could be sittin' on a gold mine . ’ |
| 23 | It seduced his imagination : woolly wisps streaming past told him nothing ; he could be flying into a mountainside … or diving … or two seconds away from a collision … |
| 24 | If you think a man could be missing from the job a couple of hours without anyone knowing it , you do n't know Ogden Textiles , Mr. Preston . ’ |
| 25 | Derelict buildings , old workings , dams and hushes scar the land and everywhere there are the cones of spoil heaps that stretch acre upon acre in some places , so that you feel at times that you could be standing on the surface of the moon . |
| 26 | It would also leave Lewis as possibly a minor player in the world heavyweight scene which could be returning to the chaos that surrounded it before Mike Tyson brutally united sports richest prize . |
| 27 | I could get myself into trouble with a colleague of yours in another town but er I am hopeful , so as I say , er on the seventeenth of January then we could be returning to the situation and I understand in nineteen seventy four when there was a sergeant and six constables here in until the demise of the Urban District Council when they were all moved to . |
| 28 | But be warned : if you own more than one sign , PC Plod could be knocking on the door with a warrant one day . |
| 29 | But as Shaffer remembers : ‘ He could be talking about a death and get himself very worked up about what he was saying , very passionate about whatever made him worried or angry . |
| 30 | It could be threatening to the group or at least bad manners for a lion or a wolf or a hyena to yelp and limp on twisting an ankle during a communal stalk . |