Example sentences of "could [pers pn] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now how how you work it on your scheme or whatever scheme comes up , it just seems to me that if you are going to have self-regulatory body , there 's got to be responsibility for it and how you impose that responsibility , could I 'm sure be in all sorts of different ways . |
| 2 | Could I be bisexual or is this just a fantasy ? |
| 3 | So how could I be shocked or surprised ? |
| 4 | Could I be unmoved by such a gesture ? |
| 5 | ‘ Could I be tissue-typed ? ’ |
| 6 | How could I be useful to you ? ’ |
| 7 | Worse still , on the day , how could I be sure , with so many actors around , that the bridesmaids would n't turn out to be actors in drag ? |
| 8 | Could I be sure of meeting you all again in health I could be content , but there is the anxiety … |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , Guy , how could I be frightened of you ? |
| 10 | How could I be jealous of you ? |
| 11 | Could you be one of the owners of this cottage they 're talking about ? ’ |
| 12 | Could you be pregnant ? |
| 13 | ‘ How could you be sure that he would n't pick her up from there ? |
| 14 | ‘ How could you be sure she was dead ? ’ |
| 15 | Conference , could you be upstanding and welcome on to the platform , Catherine and , delegates from the Lancashire region where last year 's congress was held , to unveil the G M B banner . |
| 16 | How could you be such a damn stupid fool ? ’ he demanded as , despite his harsh words , his strong arms closed reassuringly about her trembling figure . |
| 17 | Could you be ready and keep your wits about you , do you think ? ’ |
| 18 | The road was deserted and even if a motorist came by and drew up , could she be certain that he was n't a kidnapper , a rapist , even the Whistler ? |
| 19 | Could she be right ? |
| 20 | He began to think about Therese Aschmann — could she be dangerous ? |
| 21 | ( Could she be worrying about her habit of giving her age as twenty years younger than it was ? ) |
| 22 | Not that Susanna Cellini — or Belford-Cellini as she apparently preferred to be known — would be impressed , but neither could she be disparaging . |
| 23 | How could she be sure this was a genuine UK species of big cat , Ms Rippon asked ? |
| 24 | But how could she be sure ? |
| 25 | Firstly , how could she be sure that note had actually come from Rohan ? |
| 26 | How could she be concerned about the choice of jam ? |
| 27 | She was aware she sounded stilted and awkward , but how could she be natural ? |
| 28 | Could she be happy once the novelty of being a married woman wore off ? |
| 29 | And the arm round her — could she be angry with that ? |
| 30 | And Thursday was not one of her days off — how could she be free in the afternoon ? |